Our Process

Schools are not machines, they are complex living systems.

If we are to transform them to prepare our students to flourish, we need to do so organically.

The process begins with you.

As we work with school leaders to increase student engagement, we follow a five phase process.

Define core values and a courageous aspiration for the learning culture that increases student engagement.

We meet with the leadership team to define an aspiration, your North Star, to guide the organic unfolding of a new culture within your schools.

Define Aspiration

Identify a group of educators eager to develop as guides that inspire creative learning in their classrooms.

We work with school building leaders to form a Creative Pod that will begin to model an Agile Mindset for their learners and colleagues.

Focus Intention

Introduce the Agile-based learning framework that draws from best practices used in the software industry.

Through an online workshop, we guide the Creative Pod through a transformative learning journey in which powerful new ways of thinking are collectively experienced.

Create Experiences

Educators are guided toward creating the conditions for deeper learning and ultimately, empowering the learners to become creative problem solvers.

In regular meetings, Catalyst provides coaching, resources and insights for guiding students through fast, iterative learning cycles that increase student engagement.

Develop Practices

Inspired by the first Creative Pod, curious colleagues are invited to form their own Creative Pods.

A network of support unfolds within the school to create the conditions for increased student engagement and academic achievement that align with the North Star of the school community.

Build Capacity

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed individuals can change the world. In fact, it's the only thing that ever has.

- Margaret Mead