Here is my challenge to school leaders, staff developers, and all who care about public education and the students it is meant to serve: We must go beyond helping educators become better at doing their jobs — as important as that is — and support them in becoming agents of institutional change. It is no longer enough for professionals to do their work well. Today’s professionals have an ethical obligation to help transform the toxic settings in which their work is done. A small story will help me make my point. The Center for Courage & Renewal, which I founded and am privileged to work with, offers longterm group retreats to help people in the serving professions (especially K- 12 teachers) renew their professional integrity