Mission
We work alongside educators in schools and districts to center educator learning to transform student experience.
Based in the United States, we are educators that focus on how educators’ daily learning—and how communities respond in practice.
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Meet Jody and Lynsey
We are two educators committed to transforming classrooms into vibrant, meaningful learning environments for both students and teachers. At the center of our work is a deep respect for teachers and a belief in viewing schools through an asset-based lens—recognizing and building on the strengths already present in educators and communities. Drawing on our experience supporting schools and districts, we explore how systems can be reimagined to center teacher learning and development as a pathway to improving student outcomes. We aim to bridge research and practice, making ideas actionable while connecting communities of educators. Along the way, we highlight relevant research and share resources to support others engaged in this work.
We’re open to collaboration.
Why Another Blog about Education?
One doesn’t leave their teacher preparation program with all the knowledge and skill they need. Teaching evolves over an entire career. Yet too often, educators are expected to navigate that complexity alone. New teachers enter classrooms still learning how to teach, experienced teachers are asked to coach without meaningful preparation, and school and district leaders are tasked with supporting teacher learning without clear models for how to redesign their own practices to do so.
This blog exists to fill that gap. It’s a space for ongoing conversation about the real work of learning to teach, and learning to support teaching, over time. We aim to connect educators across roles and contexts, bringing together teachers, coaches, principals, and district leaders who are all grappling with how to build stronger, more responsive systems for adult learning.
Through collaborative writing with colleagues in the field and “burning issue” conversations with practitioners, we’ll surface what’s actually happening in schools right now: what’s working, what’s stuck, and what’s worth rethinking. Our goal is to create a community that doesn’t just share ideas, but actively builds knowledge together—grounded in practice, informed by research, and driven by a shared commitment to improving student learning through better support for educators.
Acknoweledgements
Our work is grounded in the research conducted by Paul Cobb and others on the MIST project, as well as Elham Kazemi and others on the Learning Together project, as well as many other scholars who have studied mathematics education, teacher learning, and school reform.
Meet the people behind
the evolving educator
Jody Guarino
Learner & Teacher Educator
Jody Guarino, EdD, is a teacher educator at the University of California, Irvine and Manager of Educational Services at the Orange County Department of Education. A former National Board Certified elementary teacher, she believes children and teachers are brilliant, curious sense-makers whose ideas should drive teaching and learning. With over two decades of experience across classroom, school, and system levels, Jody partners with districts to design coherent systems of learning from classroom to cabinet. Her work focuses on aligning curriculum, instruction, and professional learning to support equitable, student-centered mathematics experiences. She collaborates with educators to build on their strengths, deepen content and pedagogical knowledge, and center student thinking and discourse. Committed to both teacher and student learning, Jody designs professional learning that fosters meaningful engagement, honors teacher expertise, and supports all students in developing confidence and proficiency in mathematics.
Lynsey Gibbons
Learner & Teacher Educator
Lynsey Gibbons is a teacher and leader educator at the University of Delaware. A former elementary teacher and school leader, she believes children and teachers are brilliant sensemakers whose ideas and curiosity should be at the center of teaching and learning. With over two decades of experience spanning classrooms, schools, and systems, Lynsey partners with districts to design coherent learning environments that support equitable, student-centered instruction. Her scholarship focuses on teacher learning through an organizational and systems lens, with particular attention to professional learning routines, the practices of principals and coaches, and the design of coherent learning events across a system. She supported the writing of Systems for Instructional Improvement: Creating Coherence from the Classroom to the District and in Learning Together: Organizing Schools for Teacher and Student Learning, both published with Harvard Education Press. Committed to both teacher and student learning, Lynsey collaborates with educators to build on their strengths, deepen content and pedagogical knowledge, and center student thinking and discourse.
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