Invitational Education asserts that every person and everything in and around schools adds to, or subtracts from, the process of being a beneficial presence in the lives of students. Ideally, the factors of people, places, policies, programs and processes should be so intentionally inviting as to create an environment in which every person is cordially summoned to develop intellectually, socially, physically, psychologically, and spiritually. Invitational Theory Invitational Theory is a way of thinking about positive and negative signal systems that exist in all human interactions. Ideally, the four interconnecting assumptions should lead to a total environment in which each person is cordially summoned to develop intellectually, socially, physically, psychologically, and spiritually. Education should be a cooperative, collaborative activity.
People possess untapped potential in all areas of worthwhile human endeavor.
Process is as important as product.