Paula Zwicke

Teacher-Powered Coach

Paula is a retired public school teacher. For 15 years, she led a teacher-powered, project-based learning (PBL) high school from an outdoor classroom in the school forest. Her experience expands traditional and alternative instructional practices. She collaborates to design schools that engage learners, reduce achievement gaps, inspire educators, and create community partnerships.

Paula holds a B.S. in English/Secondary Education from Northland College, an MA in Education from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, and an MFA in Writing from Lindenwood University. Her stories and essays have appeared in Teacher Powered Schools and Headrush Learning blogs, The Ruffed Grouse Society magazine, Wisconsin English Journal, and elsewhere.

Paula lives in the Lake Superior region of northern Wisconsin.