Professional Learning
Professional learning should produce something usable.
Sessions are hands-on. Participants spend most of the time making, revising, or planning — not listening.
Position
Sessions built to be used, not attended.
Most professional learning ends when the room empties. We design sessions backward from a usable artifact: if participants cannot point to something they made or a decision they can now act on, the session did not do its job.
That shapes the format. Content is compressed, examples are concrete, and the majority of the time is spent working — individually, in teams, or across a whole program.
What we offer
Six kinds of engagement.
Each can stand alone or combine into a longer professional learning arc.
Workshops
Hands-on sessions for educators and staff, built around the work they are already responsible for.
Faculty Development
Sessions for higher education faculty on curriculum design, assessment alignment, and instructional technology.
Early Childhood Professional Learning
Play-based learning, language and literacy, early mathematics, and coaching for early learning programs.
AI & EdTech Training
Practical, critical training on AI-supported tools: what they do well, where they fail, and how to use them purposefully.
Curriculum Design Sessions
Working sessions where teams build or revise curriculum together with structured support.
Speaking & Keynotes
Talks on research-informed learning design, educational technology, and turning ideas into usable practice.
Session shape
How a session runs.
- 1
Frame
Establish the problem and the research behind the approach.
- 2
Examine
Look closely at real examples, artifacts, or tools.
- 3
Build
Participants make something during the session, not after it.
- 4
Plan
Leave with a specific next step tied to their own setting.
Example outcomes
What participants leave with
- A working prototype of a tool, resource, or activity
- A classroom-ready activity participants designed themselves
- An implementation plan with concrete next steps
- A prompt framework for using AI tools purposefully
- A resource participants can use the following week
- A revised learning experience they brought to the session
Formats
Sized to your organization
- Single sessions, multi-part series, or full in-service days
- In person or online
- Sized for a small team, a department, or a whole program
- Content shaped in advance around your goals and constraints
- Follow-up support available as part of a longer engagement
Bring this work to your organization.
Tell us who will be in the room, what they are responsible for, and what you want them to walk out with.