075: Solo | Consequences with Grace

Welcome back to another solo episode with you, me, and the mic. In this episode, I will be talking about the pathways of training, the concept of consequences with grace, and understanding that life is far from black and white.

Let’s jump into this episode and dig in more about leading and responding with grace.

[00:01 - 02:40] Opening Segment

• I want to invite you to our Virtual Conference 13th -14th July 2021, with an amazing lineup of speakers.
• To find out more about the conference visit www.rclfirst.com.
• I introduce the topic of today’s episode.
• Two pathways of training in The Relationship-centered learning in National Educators for Restoratives Practices.
• The evolution of gray developed from the concept of proactive vs. reactive.
• Gray are consequences with grace.

[02:41 - 08:24] Consequences with Grace

• The background of today’s topic and how I came up with this concept.
• Adults who fail to give grace to kids
• Life is far from black and white.
• I break down the analogy of speeding.
• The slow down period and the shift of behavior. 
• Experience accountability.
• Understand that we are all going to make mistakes.
• Leading and responding with grace
• Black and white are consequences without grace, gray are consequences with grace, and everybody wants black and white until you need gray. 
• Final words.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “As you grow up and go up in leadership of the educational system, it gets grayer and grayer.” -  Kevin Curtis.
• “As long as everything to you and your world is considered black and white, then you see no need for gray until you need it.” -  Kevin Curtis.
• “Black and white are consequences without grace; gray are consequences with grace. And everybody wants black and white until you need gray.” -  Kevin Curtis.

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