Professional Development
Research-backed, classroom-tested professional learning for teachers, schools, and districts — grounded in play, inquiry, and joyful, child-centered practice.
All sessions draw on the latest research and provide strategies you can put into practice the very next day. Every offering can be delivered in person or virtually, and can be adapted for a single grade team, a whole school, or a full district.
Workshops & Conference Days
Designing Interdisciplinary Inquiry Units
Weaving Together Play, Language & Literacy
Kids First: Crafting Classrooms With a Culture of Empathy, Joy, and Impact
Designing the Physical Environment for Play and Inquiry
Work collaboratively to craft integrated units that build reading comprehension through hands-on, inquiry-driven instruction — grounded in the Science of Reading and responsive to children's authentic interests.
Explore the powerful connection between play and literacy. Learn play-based literacy strategies, see developmentally appropriate practices in action, and build joyful, language-rich classroom environments.
A four-part strand moving from mindsets → classroom environment → understanding learners (including trauma and emotional needs) → responsive teaching structures.
Explore how classroom setup shapes learning. From materials and light to layout and flow. Learn to design spaces that invite curiosity, support independence, and turn the environment itself into a co-teacher for play and inquiry.
Adaptable to Your Needs & Interests
Support that grows with you — from a single classroom to an entire district.
School & District Partnerships
Embedded Coaching
We work in your building, side by side with teachers and kids, in person or virtually. Coaching can focus on a specific topic or on general goal-setting and reflective practice, and is available as a single day, an ongoing arc across the year, or virtual follow-up between visits.
Unit Guide Licensing
Bring our curriculum unit guides to every classroom in your district through an institutional license, paired with a kickoff PD day for a consistent, well-supported launch.
Unit Launch + Coaching
Pair one of our curriculum unit guides (Studying Fall Changes, Studying Birds, Work Choice, and more) with a kickoff workshop and a follow-up coaching visit — giving teachers both the materials and the support to bring a unit to life.
COACH-the-Coaches Cohorts
Build internal capacity by equipping your instructional coaches to sustain and extend this work after our engagement ends.
Reggio-Inspired Practice
Workshops on documentation practices, play provocations, and an introduction to Reggio-inspired teaching — building on the image of the child, the environment as third teacher, and the Observe–Theorize–Relaunch cycle.
Multi-Year Partnership & District PD Days
A sequenced arc built around your district's needs and timeline — for example, foundational mindset and environment work in year one, unit design and inquiry-based curriculum building in year two, and coaching capacity-building in year three — anchored by large-audience PD days and keynotes along the way.
Let's Be in touch
Curious about something not listed here? Reach out — we tailor every partnership to your school or district's goals.