Take your teaching to the next level.
Tools you can use to create better learning experiences.
Wherever your classroom is located–on a trail, in a school building, next to a historic structure–you can adapt these field-proven tools to your learners, your curriculum, and your time-table.
Use and Share
Here’s a collection of downloadables that includes our usable learning models and go-to teaching tools. We have developed, field-tested, and refined these resources over decades with learners of all ages
in classrooms everywhere.
Pick and choose what works for you and share widely with others.
Here’s to more hands-on, heads-on, hearts-on learning!
Essential Concepts
Start here! These are the foundation upon which all our learning models and teaching tools are built.
Learn Local Lingo
A shared language promotes better communication. By assigning a specific definition to each term, we create clarity, and more importantly, invite conversation to gain deeper understanding.
Our Credo
Our statement of shared values reminds us to create positive learning environments with consistency and intention.
From Awareness to Action ©
We activate growth and move people from awareness to action. A2A is both a philosophy and practice–learners get “on the arc” and become empowered to tap their talents and do community better.
Messy Learning
Because when learning gets messy, we learn the most….
Teaching Models
Go Beyond Hands-On and Learn Local are dynamic teaching models that can be adapted and used for any place, any time,
and any group of learners. Think corporate board meetings to trades education to weekly staff trainings to college classrooms.
Each model encompasses a Philosophy and Practice defined here as follows:
Philosophy–beliefs about teaching and learning
Practice–a framework and routines to organize and deliver information
Go Beyond Hands-On!
Discover how this innovative learning model transforms traditional teaching methods to increase student engagment and improve learning outcomes.
Learn Local
Discover how this innovative learning model provides a fresh take on place-based, problem-based, project-based learning.