The ARC Model™ · Embedded professional learning
PD that is still working
in March.
Alignment. Rigor. Capacity building.
Embedded professional learning for your whole campus, built into the instructional week instead of added on top of it.
Send two or three teachers to a conference, or train your whole staff for a year.
- Handouts and slides in every teacher’s inboxEvery Thursday, built for their content area and grade level. Ready to print and teach.
- One language across your campusEveryone works from the same strategies, so walkthroughs and feedback finally connect.
- See it working, classroom by classroomA live dashboard showing strategies tried, confidence, and verified fluency.
The real problem
PD doesn't fail in the room. It fails in October.
The day goes well. Your teachers are engaged, the evaluations come back strong, and people leave with ideas. Then the year starts. A strategy flops on a Tuesday, there's nobody to ask why, and by October the binder is on a shelf.
The issue was never effort, and it was never the content. The support ended when the session ended. One good day of training cannot compete with a whole year of figuring it out alone.
What's missing isn't another initiative. It's a system that keeps running after everyone leaves the room.
You're paying by the day, not by the year. A training day is a fixed cost with nothing attached to it. The work that actually changes practice happens in the fifty weeks after.
Your teachers have nobody to ask on Tuesday. The question that matters shows up mid-lesson, not at the workshop. By the time anyone could answer it, the lesson is over.
You can't tell whether it worked. Without data you're relying on hallway impressions and hoping the evaluations meant something.
New initiatives land on top of old ones. Each year brings another framework, and staff learn they can wait it out.
Walkthroughs don't connect to anything. Without shared instructional language, feedback reads as personal preference instead of a common standard.
The ARC Model™
What a year actually looks like.
The ARC Model runs in three phases across a partnership: Align, Raise, Create. Every phase is built from the same weekly rhythm, and this is what that rhythm looks like from the first month to the last.
Set the tone.
Every teacher starts with one strategy, not twenty. Slides and student handouts land every Thursday, so the learning is built into the week instead of added on top of it.
- One strategy to begin
- Handouts and slides every Thursday
- Climb to Confidence posters go up on classroom walls
Hold the rhythm.
Teachers complete a self-check after they teach a strategy. You and your coaches see that data and answer it with feedback and coaching, in the rooms where it matters.
- A self-check after each strategy
- Coaches and leaders respond to what the data shows
- Teachers keep trying strategies, earning badges, and refining
Count the growth.
Milestones have been reached and practice has changed. You close the year knowing which teachers moved, by how much, and what to build on next.
- Milestones reached across the staff
- Wins celebrated and named out loud
- Next year planned from what actually happened
The goal was never for every teacher to finish all twenty strategies. It was for every teacher to grow.
Live sample dashboard
Lincoln Elementary
This is the leadership view, running on live data. Every time a teacher logs a self-check it lands here, so leaders can see where confidence is building across the whole site without waiting for a survey at the end of the year.
Sample names and data. Click any teacher to open their full journey.
Tier 1 · Foundational strategies
Lincoln Elementary
14 teachers on the climb. Every self-check they submit lands here.
Check-ins over time
How often your staff is reflecting, month by month.
Average confidence by strategy
Where the staff is strong, and where to put your coaching.
Badges earned
How many of your 14 have reached each rung.
- Strategy Starter13 of 14
- Practiced Planner9 of 14
- Robust Routines6 of 14
- Layered Lessons4 of 14
- Deliberate Designer2 of 14
- Confident Collaborator1 of 14
- Reflective Refiner0 of 14
- Grounded Growth0 of 14
Close to the next badge
One more strategy at fluency and these teachers move up.
- Priya RamanGrade 51 away from Deliberate Designer
- Renee BaptisteGrade 31 away from Layered Lessons
- Wes OkaforGrade 41 away from Robust Routines
- Aimee RochaKindergarten1 away from Practiced Planner
All teachers
Open a teacher to see their check-ins and where they are fluent.
Check-ins by month
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Sample names and data, shown the way a real site looks a few months in.
Administrator voices
What school leaders are saying
"Finally, PD that my teachers actually look forward to, and that I can see making a difference in classrooms."
Principal, California"The ARC Model gave us a shared language for the first time. Walkthroughs finally feel purposeful instead of performative."
Assistant Principal, California"We've tried so many programs. This is the first one that actually stuck because it built on what we already had."
Instructional Coach, HawaiiThe investment
One site. One price. One year.
One annual fee covers every teacher, coach, and administrator on your campus. No per-teacher licensing, and no seats to count.
Campus partnership
Up to $10,000
per site, for the full year
Small and rural sites start at $1,500.
Where your site lands depends on how many staff you have. We work that out in one conversation, and you leave knowing your number.
Schedule a conversationWhat your site gets
- Every teacher, coach, and administrator on your campus
- Research-based strategies across the year, with weekly slides built for each content area and grade band
- A private Leadership Lounge and Coaching Corner
- The leadership dashboard, with verified fluency for teachers who opt in
- Walkthrough look-fors and coaching rubrics for every strategy
Add on when you need it
Both are priced separately and can be added at any point in the year. See coaching options →
Not ready to bring your whole staff? Individual teachers can join Roster for $200 a year. See what teachers get →
Ready to get started
Your teachers are ready for PD that actually works.
Let's talk about what alignment, rigor, and capacity building could look like at your school.
No pressure. Just a conversation.