EDUCATOR ADVANCEMENT, ACROSS A CAREER
We Make Heroes.
40+
Years of field-tested experiece behind every engagement
Great schools are built by great educators.
We partner with school districts, independent and international schools, regional associations, and mission-driven education organizations to grow the individual expertise and shared capacity that make instructional practice meaningful and student learning personal.
Together, we strengthen preparation, mentorship, collaborative practice, and leadership across every stage of an educator's career, turning learning experiences into lasting impact.
Every
Stage of an educator's career from aspiring educator to system leader
26
Countries where our frameworks are in practice
Increased
Student growth in collaborative teaching environments versus solo classrooms
WHAT WE BUILD TOGETHER
Thriving educators.
Deeper learning.
Stronger communities.
Your community holds extraordinary possibility. Schools bring talent, experience, and commitment. We help connect those strengths through intentional pathways and shared practice, building the conditions for educators and students to flourish.
Every school community holds people with the potential to teach, mentor, design, and lead. The opportunity is to connect those strengths through intentional pathways, sustained mentorship, collaborative structures, and meaningful opportunities to advance.
When those conditions are in place, individual talent becomes collective efficacy — and students experience the difference every day.
01 | EDUCATOR GROWTH
Expertise that
keeps deepening.
Meaningful opportunities to develop practice, strengthen professional agency, and find new ways to contribute throughout a career.
02 | COLLECTIVE EFFICACY
Greater confidence
in what we can do together.
Teams learn with and from one another, examine their impact, and build a shared belief in their ability to advance student learning.
03 | LASTING CAPACITY
Growth that stays
with the community.
Mentorship, collaborative routines, and leadership pathways help knowledge travel and improvement continue across transitions.
When educator development becomes systemic, students benefit from stronger relationships, more personalized instruction, and deeper, more purpose-driven learning.
HOW WE PARTNER
Begin with what matters
to your community
Each partnership starts with your priorities and builds on the strengths already present.
PREPARATION
Teacher Apprenticeships & Educator Residency
Connect aspiring and early-career educators with supported, practice-based routes into the profession.
DEVELOPMENT
Instructional Expertise & Professional Growth
Experienced educators learn with and from one another, examine their impact, and build a shared belief in their ability to advance student learning.
COLLABORATION
Collaborative Teaching & Learning Design
Organize shared expertise around learners and translate learning science into purposeful classroom practice.
MENTORSHIP
Peer Support &
Guided Development
Build reciprocal learning relationships and the coaching capacity that helps educators develop together.
LEADERSHIP
Aspiring Leadership Pathways
Support educators as they lead colleagues, shape learning cultures, and expand their contribution to the community.
ALIGNMENT
Education Visioning & Program Design
Bring diverse perspectives together to clarify direction and translate shared aspirations into practical priorities.
THE WORK IN PRACTICE
Shared purpose.
Distinct communities.
Partnership takes shape through the people, questions, and aspirations of each school.
PANAMÁ, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC & EL SALVADOR
International Educator Residency Consortium
Great schools grow from within. Early members are making a deliberate choice to invest in local educators through structured mentorship. Together, they're pairing educators with trained mentors in an 18-month, competency-based residency.
GUATEMALA CITY
Colegio Americano de Guatemala
Nearly fifty stakeholders, board members, teachers, parents, and students, gathered for a 3-day Future of Learning Think Tank. Seven KeySTONE priorities. One unified direction for the next 80 years.
21 COUNTRIES · 5 CONTINENTS
AAIE Think Tank: Washington, DC
Forty international school leaders. Twenty-one countries. Five continents. EA designed and facilitated a two-day Think Tank that turned friction into forward momentum, sending every leader home with a concrete innovation playbook.
OUR APPROACH
Learning Science.
Shared practice.
Purposeful Design.
We work alongside your community to connect what we know about learning with the conditions that help people grow.
Listen & Align
Understand your context and establish a shared purpose.
Design Together
Build experiences and structures around your learners and educators.
Practice & Reflect
Use coaching, collaboration, and evidence to deepen practice.
Sustain & Extend
Grow the internal capacity to carry the work forward.
"This work feels deeply aligned with who we are and who we are striving to become as a learning community. We are grateful to be partnering with you to set a strong foundation."
- Dr. Audrey Menard, Head of School
International School of Panama
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PARTNERSHIP
Experience & Expertise:
Practitioners curious about what comes next.
Every member of our team has taught, led a school, designed learning, or built a system. We bring those perspectives to the work with educators and leaders, and we make ambitious ideas practical in the life of a school.
Dr. David Palumbo
CO-FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN
A first-generation college graduate from Uniontown, PA, David brings four decades of experience in education, research, and entrepreneurship, innovating learning experiences across 26 countries. Former senior advisor to Avenues: The World School, He holds an Ed.D. in Educational Psychology from West Virginia University and is the author of THE LAST TEACHERS.
Alicia Densford
CO-FOUNDER & CEO
Alicia has spent three decades across education leadership, consulting, and system design, including founding Leading Edge Consulting and serving in leadership roles at Degree Analytics and the After-School Opportunity Lab. She holds an M.A. in Teaching and specializes in translating bold ideas into practical, sustainable systems schools can execute.
Fred Greene III
OPERATING PARTNER, EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTS
Fred brings nearly two decades of large-scale real estate development experience, including work on over 3 million square feet of projects in the Washington, D.C. area. He is the co-founder of Project Destined, a national nonprofit that teaches real estate development to underrepresented youth, and now applies that expertise to designing world-class learning environments.
Rich Boerner
CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER
Rich has spent his career at the intersection of education and organizational strategy, with international leadership experience at the American School of São Paulo, the American International School Dhaka, and Korea International School. A Teachers College, Columbia University Head of School Fellow, he also serves as CEO of TruFit Talent, where he focuses on transforming how schools find and retain great educators.
Dr. Zoltan Sarda
CHIEF OF LEARNING EXPERIENCE
A late-career entrant to the classroom, Dr. Sarda was a founding member of High Tech High in California, serving as Assistant Director of Credentialing and Teacher Development. He has spent 35 years working with students and teachers across the U.S. and South America, including extensive work at Avenues: The World School. He brings deep expertise in designing deeper, more purpose-driven learning experiences.
Dr. Charles Xavier
CHIEF OF EDUCATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
An educational neuroscientist and author of Neurofables, a children's book series designed to build better brains through cognitive blueprints and neuroplasticity. At Education Accelerated, Charlie architects cognitively aligned learning systems — from four-year teacher apprenticeship programs to our 10-month international residency — ensure all our of practices are grounded in learning science
Dr. Lisa McCray Cannon
OPERATING PARTNER, COLLABORATIVE TEACHING
Lisa has served as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, school principal, and senior program manager with ASU's Next Education Workforce initiative, where she helped design team-based models wrapping multiple educators around shared learners. She is also a founding member of the East Valley Alliance of Black School Educators and CEO of EduFinderK12.
Shannon Hobbs-Beckley
OPERATING PARTNER, SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
An ICF-certified leadership and performance coach with nearly three decades of PreK–12 experience across international and U.S. schools, Shannon has served as an instructional coach, school administrator, and senior leadership team member. She is the founder of Shannon Beckley Coaching & Consulting and currently serves our LATAM International Residency mentorship cohort.
Jake Nelson
INTERN, BUSINESS & MARKETING ANALYTICS
A senior at the University of North Texas studying data analytics, Jake brings experience from Degree Analytics where he worked on data-driven solutions for college campuses. At Education Accelerated, he serves as the team's "Problem Finder," building data models that sharpen education solutions. Jake's curiosity and tenacity are a great addition to our team.
LET'S BEGIN TOGETHER
What would you like to make possible?
Tell us what your community is working toward. We will explore
together where a partnership could help.