How do we empower teachers to “buy in” to school-wide professional development? Often, schools have an annual theme for the entire school to focus on in their instructional practice. Just as often, school leadership comes together to brainstorm and finalize a topic or theme, while the voices of the teachers who are asked to solve these problems of practice are absent.

Learn how schools can connect team collaboration goals with student learning goals to build educator capacity, strengthen shared leadership, and drive meaningful, student-centered improvement.

Student governance at a Michigan school turned performative.The missing piece wasn’t better tools for students but shared decision-making among the adults.

Discover how Student Steering Committees create space for meaningful student feedback, strengthen student voice, and help teachers build more responsive school communities.

Explore how teacher autonomy creates the conditions for self-directed learning, giving students greater voice, choice, and ownership while supporting meaningful and rigorous learning.

Learn how Aprende Middle School uses Teacher-Powered practices to expand teacher leadership, strengthen instructional leadership, and build greater autonomy, creativity, and collaboration across the school.

Explore how co-design empowers educators to rethink staffing, instruction, and leadership while building more collaborative, inclusive, and equitable learning environments for students.

Reflections from the Teacher-Powered coaching retreat on how shared leadership, community, and collective action can build more participatory and inclusive schools.

Explore how schools can integrate student-centered learning into MTSS to strengthen supports, promote student agency, and create more equitable learning environments.

Explore case studies from Teacher-Powered Schools and Empower Schools showing how teacher autonomy and shared leadership can strengthen innovation, educator satisfaction, retention, and student outcomes.