Creating Schools That Work for All of Us: A Guide to Empowered Stewardship is your invitation to lead with purpose, nurture intergenerational collaboration, and cultivate a school culture where equity is both a value and daily practice. This guidebook is grounded in decades of equity-centered practice and liberatory design aligned to the Seven Commitments of Stewardship. It brings together research-informed frameworks, guiding metaphors, and concrete strategies to help educators take action with courage, clarity, and care. This guide offers accessible entry points to know yourself, know your students, know your practice as a leader, teacher, student, community member, or any other role you may fill. Use it to lead professional learning, deepen your own practice, or co-create conditions for empowered learning with your students and colleagues.Integrates personal, professional, and organizational inquiry into a coherent framework for school transformation Anchors each phase of the journey in equity, joy, and intergenerational learning Includes 40+ adaptable strategies for collaborative teams, leadership development, and classroom practice Aligned with design thinking, culturally responsive pedagogy, and systems-level change Includes vivid visual tools and reflection routines that support sustainable implementation This is not just a professional learning guide; it's a roadmap for cultivating a more just and joyful future, one community at a time.