Welcome to Rooted Frameworks
Our Mission
Rooted Frameworks exists to provide educational and spiritual resources that support language development, learning, and personal formation for families and educators. Founded by Dr. Shawn Chang, Rooted Frameworks integrates research, lived experience, and reflective practice to help individuals cultivate growth through intentional language, meaningful connection, and spiritual alignment—at home, in classrooms, and in the inner life.
We believe that lasting growth begins beneath the surface. Just as healthy roots sustain a tree, a strong foundation of language, faith, and values sustains learning, leadership, and resilience through every season.
“They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green.”
— Jeremiah 17:8
Our Vision
- The vision of Rooted Frameworks is to cultivate transformation by restoring how individuals and communities develop language, learn, and lead—through educational and spiritual formation grounded in faith, intentional practice, and meaningful connection.
- We believe lasting growth begins when people are rooted in purpose and identity, present to the moment they are living, and intentional in how they nurture learning, communication, and leadership in themselves and others.
- Through this lens, Rooted Frameworks bridges education, language development, and spiritual formation, helping families, educators, and leaders rediscover growth as a sacred process—one that unfolds through patience, alignment, and care.
Our Frameworks
- Rooted Frameworks offers educational and spiritual frameworks that support language development, learning, and personal formation for families and educators. Each framework is designed to cultivate growth through intentional communication, reflective practice, and spiritual alignment.
- Training Mindset: Teachers as First Responders equips educators to observe, respond, and intervene early with compassion and developmental awareness.
- Language Farming™ reframes communication and literacy, emphasizing that language grows best when cultivated with connection, purpose, and time.
- Seeds of Communication empowers parents to nurture early language development at home, positioning them as their child’s first teachers.
- Seeds of Hope supports families and educators navigating dyslexia and learning differences with empathy, science, and faith.
- The Art of War Series offers frameworks for spiritual formation and inner alignment, helping individuals understand trials, develop discernment, and cultivate faithful presence in the unseen battles of life.
- All frameworks share one foundation: communication shapes learning, and formation—both educational and spiritual—begins beneath the surface.
Faith and Reflection
Rooted Frameworks also offers spiritual reflection and devotional resources focused on spiritual formation, inner alignment, and faithful presence. These reflections are written from lived seasons of waiting, loss, refinement, and renewal—serving as reminders that God continues to cultivate growth even in the wilderness.
Grounded in Scripture and honest reflection, this space supports individuals navigating trials, discerning meaning, and developing resilience of the soul. Here, education and faith are not separate pursuits, but complementary ways of tending the same garden—the inner life.
“Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
and bring her into the wilderness,
and speak tenderly to her.” — Hosea 2:14
About the Founder
Meet Dr. Shawn Chang!
Dr. Shawn Chang is the founder of Rooted Frameworks and a visionary educator, coach, and leader with over 26 years of experience in special education, family systems, and leadership development. Born and raised in Wai‘anae, Hawai‘i, his story is one of resilience, faith, and a relentless pursuit of transformational impact.
As a newly conferred Doctor of Education, Dr. Chang’s research focused on early childhood language development and the systemic challenges educators face in supporting students with inadequate language skills. His work highlights the urgent need to reimagine education as a process of cultivation—one rooted in language, connection, and community.
Whether equipping educators to foster foundational communication skills, guiding fathers to lead their families with intention, or designing innovative frameworks for growth, Dr. Chang’s approach blends scholarship, lived experience, and deep spiritual conviction.
Through Rooted Frameworks, Dr. Chang inspires others to be rooted, present, and intentional—building strong foundations for thriving families, schools, and communities. His mission is both practical and prophetic: to cultivate lives of purpose, service, and lasting growth.