CATALYST LEARNING COOPERATIVE (CLC)
OUR WORK uses a cooperative inquiry approach to help leaders and specialty personnel:
- Develop shared understanding and perspectives.
- Engage in joint work efforts and strategies, and
- Utilize broad evidence(s) of impact.
We accomplish these goals by providing a hybrid, sustained model of professional learning that blends in-person and virtual experiences, allowing leaders to grow over time rather than through two- or three-day workshops. Our cooperative approach includes:
- In-Person Events. High-impact gatherings that launch and anchor the cooperative and its work.
- Virtual Sessions. Strategically timed between in-person sessions to deepen understanding, apply new learning, and reflect.
- Coaching. Personalized 1:1 and small group sessions tailored to individual and team needs, promoting real-time growth and application.
- Learning Cooperatives. Cross role, school, district, region, and state groups of 8-10 leaders and specialists who want to focus on a common theme.
Why OUR WORK Matters
All leaders and specialists in educator deserve professional learning that:
- Is responsive to their unique challenges and contexts.
- Builds leadership capacity intentionally and over time.
- Provides actionable strategies rooted in research and evidence.
- Elevates system-wide coherence without adding initiative fatigue.
PD models that are over a few days fail to offer long-term, embedded support that results in sustainable impact. CLC intends to change that through a:
- Hybrid Model. Seamlessly integrating in-person and virtual experiences.
- Evidence-Driven. Strategies grounded in research and informed by practitioner experience.
- Strengths-Based. Helping leaders and specialists identify and amplify what is working, while tackling challenges with clarity, courage, and solutions that are sustainable.
- Boutique Design. A customizable experience that always considers the local context and current reality of practitioners.
What Clients Are Saying
MTSS
Integrated Conference
(Wenatchee, WA)
“I appreciated getting to hear the successes and learning opportunities while implemented a blended kindergarten program.”
“Best presenters all week!”
“Very real and vulnerable…made it seem doable.”
“Open and honest. Good information about teams and what needs to happen. Reality of how to be in the messy middle, and how to work through it all.”
What Clients Are Saying:
District Administrator Training
(Spanaway, WA)
“I appreciated the systems approach to creating higher standards and greater consistency.”
“I found CLC always ready to brainstorm, provide resources, and identify
What Clients Are Saying:
Aspiring Administrator Training
(Pacific Lutheran University, WA)
“You are a great team!”
“The activity and the energy Melissa and Amy bought was a game changer.”
“You guys were engaging, super fun, and clearly really know your stuff!”
“Amazing teamwork and great information.”
“I appreciate talking through the real world scenarios and administrative approach.”