Including personalized keynotes, breakout sessions, book studies, and more.
Supporting educational leaders with ongoing individualized leadership development.
Helping large and small educational systems refine practices to enhance educator performance and student outcomes.
Engaging educators in professional learning centered around meeting the needs of each and every learner.
Training and counseling educational leaders to lead with coherence.
“Times are changing, but the mission remains the same. We must ensure that each learner has access to a high-quality learning environment which includes authentic opportunities to thrive.”
-Dwayne Chism
The ASCD webinar Leading Your School Toward Equity, presented by Dr. Dwayne Chism, offers a practical, four-step framework to help school leaders implement meaningful equity practices. It guides educators in defining equity, developing an “equity lens,” and fostering a school culture that supports fair outcomes for all students. The session includes leadership strategies, professional development activities, and downloadable tools to support this work
The Artis Lee Chism Seeds of Hope Award honors the enduring legacy of Artis Lee Chism, a devoted caregiver who operated an in-home daycare for over 20 years.
Congratulations to our 2025 School Award Winner, Dr. Kimberly Villescaz, Executive Director of Professional Development, Fresno Unified School District!
Shifting Perspectives, Inc. is committed to promoting equity and ensuring that the needs of all students are met. We believe each student deserves access to high-quality education, regardless of background or circumstances. With a nationwide reach, we are dedicated to working closely with school districts and leaders to solve challenges in meeting the needs of all learners. We are passionate about positively impacting students' lives and helping them reach their full potential.
Teachers who are highly effective will have a positive impact on student learning that is greater than the impact of other factors, such as class size, school resources, and socioeconomic status.
A teacher’s beliefs have impact on their teaching practices, student learning outcomes, and classroom climate.
When leaders are unable to build a culture centered around coherence equity efforts fall short.
Equity vision statements that are not thoroughly understood or coupled with inaction are meaningless.
Dr. Dwayne Chism encourages listeners to identify their bold dreams and pursue them despite fear, reframing fear as something to move through rather than run from. Using a Les Brown quote about the graveyard being the richest place in the world, he emphasizes that everyone has unique greatness within them that the world needs them to act on.
Difficulty is not a sign of failure, but rather confirmation that you're doing meaningful, purposeful work that stretches you beyond comfort. True progress often comes with friction, weight, and honest reflection — and that struggle is evidence of growth, not a reason to turn back.
True leadership purpose goes beyond simply knowing your "why" — it must be consistently demonstrated through daily habits and intentional decisions that keep student learning at the center. The gap between what leaders believe and how they actually behave is where leadership stalls, and closing that gap requires discipline, clarity, and consistency especially when pressure mounts.
The ASCD webinar Leading Your School Toward Equity, presented by Dr. Dwayne Chism, offers a practical, four-step framework to help school leaders implement meaningful equity practices.
