Empower Your Educators

JOY

Strengthen instruction, retain talented educators, and drive student success - one strategy at a time.

What is Your Classroom Academy?

Your Classroom Academy is a 3-year professional development system designed to empower educators with research-based strategies, resources, and tools to create rigorous, engaging classrooms. Build foundational teaching skills, foster critical thinking, and enhance student outcomes - all while growing your confidence as an instructional leader. Membership is renewed on an annual basis and teachers can earn up to 2 continuing education units per year (6 total from the University of San Diego) plus badges for completing each year of the program.

Administrators benefit from bringing Your Classroom Academy to their school by providing their staff with consistent, research-based instructional strategies. Your admin team is provided with data insights, instructional observation tools, and professional learning support to foster teacher growth.

  • Streamline professional development

  • Improve teacher retention

  • Drive student success

By the end of the program teachers will confidently be able to design rigorous, engaging lessons that promote critical thinking, select the right strategies for desired outcomes, and articulate skills linked to academic success.

Spring Into Success!

Use 2024 - 2025 District and Site Funds: Explore our Extended Subscription Plans that start this spring. These plans are an extension of the Schoolwide Plan or Schoolwide Plus+ Plan, meaning these plans start in the spring and extend through the 2025 - 2026 school year.

Expanded Plan: Test Prep Focus

Includes strategies, lessons and resources to prepare students for upcoming district and state testing.

    • Identify test structure, type of question, time constraints

    • Set goals and manage time

    • Practice positive mindset

    • Strategies for multiple-choice problems

    • Comprehension and marking the text practice

    • Vocabulary strategies to help understand questions

    • Practice revisiting questions

    • Strategies to use leftover time wisely

    • Reflect in a constructive way

Expanded Plan Plus+: In Person Support

Choose between:

Site Walkthrough + Implementation Planning Meeting

OR

Site Walkthrough + Staff Professional Development

In person support can last up to 5 hours (not including travel) and must happen during the spring semester. Professional development topics will be determined by site leadership and Your Classroom Academy based on need.

Expanded Plan: Cost

$7,500 - $10,000/School Site (includes Schoolwide Plan or Plus+ Plan)

Spring 2025 - June 2026

Includes Test Prep Focus resources, access to virtual support, and begins as soon as payment is made.

Expanded Plan Plus+: Cost

$7,500 - $10,000/School Site (includes Schoolwide Plan or Plus+ Plan)

Spring 2025 - June 2026

Includes in person support (up to 5 hours) taking place during the spring semester. Any planning and scheduling meetings will take place virtually and do not count against the in person visit.

Research-Based Strategies

Foundational Framework

Year 1

Creating Classroom Community

Depth of Knowledge Levels

Active Note-Taking

Collaborative Structures

Marking the Text

And more!

Refining Rigor

Year 2

Goal-Setting

Learning Logs

Philosophical Chairs

Inside/Outside/Outside

Fishbowl Discussions

And More!

Leading Learning

Year 3

Bend the Line

Interactive Notebooks

Says, Means, Matters

Socratic Seminar

Critical Thinking Circles

And More!

For Educators

Increase Access to Professional Development

Challenge: Professional development is often limited to one-off workshops or conferences that don’t provide ongoing support or actionable strategies

How Your Classroom Academy Helps: The program offers a 3-year system with weekly strategies, resources, and reflection tools at a fraction of the price to send educators to in-person PD options.

Increase Teacher Retention

Challenge: Many new teachers leave the profession within the first five years due to lack of support, burnout, and insufficient training.

How Your Classroom Academy Helps: By providing consistent, professional development tailored to teachers’ needs, the program helps teachers feel more confident and supported.

Access Foundational Instructional Strategies

Challenge: Many new teachers, and some veteran teachers, lack the foundational instructional strategies or a clear understanding about how to implement them.

How Your Classroom Academy Helps: Teachers receive research-based strategies and resources focused on critical areas like inquiry, student engagement, and building critical thinking skills.

Increase Reflection and Feedback Opportunities

Challenge: Teachers rarely have structured opportunities to reflect on their practice or receive targeted feedback.

How Your Classroom Academy Helps: Teachers engage in weekly reflections and surveys that encourage teachers to think critically about their implementation of strategies, and principals receive data to provide focused support.

For Leadership

Increase Time for Teacher Support

Challenge: Administrators often juggle numerous responsibilities, leaving limited time for direct instructional coaching.

How Your Classroom Academy Helps: Principals receive actionable data and monthly updates on teacher reflections and progress, allowing them to provide targeted support without needing to personally check in with each teacher.

Provide Consistent PD Opportunities

Challenge: Many schools lack a cohesive, year-round system for professional development, leaving teachers without a clear path to growth.

How Your Classroom Academy Helps: Administrators can provide a structured, multi-year program that ensures teachers are continually improving, aligned with the school’s instructional goals.

Maximizing Return on Investment with PD

Challenge: With budgets being reduced, schools may not be able to invest as heavily in developing their staff as professional educators.

How Your Classroom Academy Helps: At a fraction of the cost of sending a few staff members to an in person training, administrators can provide their entire campus to aligned strategies.

Aligning Instruction Across Campuses

Challenge: Administrators often struggle to ensure instructional alignment and consistency in teaching quality across grade levels and subjects.

How Your Classroom Academy Helps: The program offers research-based strategies that all teachers can implement, ensuring a common framework for high-quality instruction throughout the school.