The short version
Daily coaching that makes PD stick.
We run the workshop. We coach the teachers every day after. We show the principal what's changing every 30 days.
We run the workshop. We coach the teachers every day after. We show the principal what's changing every 30 days.
Schools invest. Teachers attend. The workshop ends — and within weeks, practice drifts back to where it started. The gap between what gets taught and what actually changes in classrooms is the problem nobody has solved.
It's not a money problem. Schools spend an average of $18,000 per teacher per year on professional development. Only 30% of teachers show measurable improvement after it.TNTP, The Mirage
Turnkey kits, any coach can lead them. Thirty minutes of prep. Hands-on, not PowerPoint.
The AI works with each teacher to make their goal specific enough to coach against — then coaches against it, five minutes a day. Knows each teacher over time. Gets better year over year. Never resets.
What teachers are still working on, what they say is shifting, where the resistance is — anonymized, aggregated, ready to land on a leader's desk at Day 30, 60, 90. These are teacher coaching cycles. Real change in a school takes years. This is the daily work that compounds into it.
Teachers wanting to be good at this and schools wanting school excellence are the same thing seen from two angles.
PD spending that produces evidence. A coach for every teacher without hiring one. Reports that show what teachers are still working on, what they say is shifting, and where the resistance is. Teachers who keep growing — and a record of it.
A coach in your pocket who knows you and the kids you teach. Works with you to sharpen your goal so it's coachable, then coaches against it. Five minutes a day. The help you need in December, when the August workshop has faded. Your growth, your record, yours.
If you're not sure, start with the side that better describes what you do every day.
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