The 2016 Distinguished Service Award

Presented to

Robert Leaver

We recognize Robert Leaver

for caring so deeply, for so long, about our community

for his ardent facilitation and crusading advocacy for deep learning

for urging us beyond the building to the role of communities

for asking burning questions and ever seeking our edge

for revealing communities of practice and whole systems in action

for leading from the front and the back of so many rooms

for his enduring patience and persistence

Especially and always, for his art and poetry

March 9, 2016