Who We Are
Each and every child deserves a great teacher. As a nonprofit, we collaborate with schools, districts, legislators, and communities nationwide to recruit, train, develop and support educators who, in turn, support learners at all levels.
What We Do
We prepare outstanding new teachers, support good teachers and leaders to become exceptional, and shape systems and policies that foster vibrant growth and lasting success for all students and teachers.
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How We Do It
The experts at PEBC are lifelong learners who celebrate independent thinking and work to foster agency for both teachers and students, culminating in deep understanding. Our Teaching Framework is based on 30 years’ learning alongside teachers – the approaches are not new, and yet they are not outdated. Educators at all levels can adapt this Framework to their own context and effectively strengthen students’ confidence and competence as problem solvers and makers of meaning.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Effective Mentoring & Coaching Institute (February 2026)
In this institute you will learn a collaborative and inquiry-based approach to professional communication which focuses on supporting colleagues’ thinking around planning, reflecting and problem-solving.
Navigating Challenging Political Times: A Community of Practice for Education Leaders
This facilitated CoP will enable leaders to build a network with colleagues from around the country for a four-part education leadership lab where we work together on the intensifying educational and political conflicts of our time.
Writing Institute: Teaching Argument Writing (February 2026)
Teaching argument is more than offering students a persuasive prompt and a formula; it’s about teaching students to analyze the data in order to form a claim, to back that claim with valid and reliable evidence, and to create an essay that a reader wouldn’t want to put down.
New and Notable
FORWARD Initiative
The FORWARD Initiative strives to improve the education environment by equipping educators and leaders with skills in positive conflict resolution, including curiosity, respect, and bridge-building. It seeks to counteract polarization and drive positive change in education and decision-making.
Colorado Safer Schools Initiative
CSSI is expected to be a multi-year initiative that will provide added capacity and perspectives to work already underway at the state level and to support state and local leaders across a wide spectrum of efforts that relate to student and educator wellbeing.
Attend a PEBC Institute
We invite you to elevate your teaching practice with one of our signature Professional Learning institutes!
PEBC BLOG
Creating an Environment for Educators to Flourish
Flourish (verb) 1. grow or develop in a healthy way especially as a result of a healthy environment. 2. to thrive. 3. to cultivate order, beauty or abundance for the common good of others.* In what ways might we help educators flourish? “I can’t wait for Professional Learning Community (PLC) today,” shared Val, a fourth […]
Why Arguments Matter
For years I’ve been complaining about the loss of civil discourse, and for years my complaint has become more and more shrill. Is it hypocrisy that I can’t be civil as I bemoan the loss of civil discourse? But then I thought about Kirsten Myers-Blake 5th grade classroom that I have frequently visited. Those little […]
What does it mean to coach? Consider the 4 A’s
As I gasped through the end of my workout recently, I reflected on the conversation I had with my coach prior to the start. We were using kettlebells, and I was unsure of which weight to select. His feedback to me added clarity as to the purpose of the kettlebell. I needed a weighted kettlebell […]
Building Colorado’s Teacher Pipeline: How a Bold Idea Became TEACH Colorado
It began as many great ideas do – on the back of a cocktail napkin. In the summer of 2018, Colleen O’Neil, then the Associate Commissioner of Educator Talent at the Colorado Department of Education (CDE), was catching up with Sue Sava, President of PEBC at a convening in Washington D.C. Their conversation turned to […]
Latest Podcast
Listen in as Dr. Katy Anthes (former Colorado Commissioner of Education) joins PEBC’s Phenomenal Teaching podcast to share strategies for managing healthy conflict and avoiding extreme polarization. Dr. Anthes is leading PEBC’s latest initiative “Forward: From Polarization to Progress” and is supporting commissioners, superintendents, educational leaders and teachers. In this episode Dr. Anthes shares insights […]
