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Sheldon Eakins

Sheldon Eakins

Dr. Sheldon L. Eakins, educator and author of "Leading Equity," founder of Purposeful Teaching Academy, specializing in equity, classroom management, and school culture.

Jul 18, 2026

2:43
You make a distinction about belonging that I think really extends in so many ways, right? And so I want you to share that distinction when children and adults come from different backgrounds and we don't realize that people literally view community in different ways.
3:00
Absolutely.
3:01
And the thing about is when we think about a sense of belonging, you want to make sure that every student or every staff member feels accepted, supported and included.
3:10
So those are the overarching things.
3:12
And those are the things that I talk about when it comes to consulting.
3:14
However, there's a piece where I discover when I was like really digging into this whole belonging piece and I found some research from his name is Gert Hofstede.
3:25
And he did some research with the IBM company and he did it on an international scale.

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12:48
So I'd love you to share now one of these four steps.

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