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Teaching Framework is based on 30 years’ learning alongside teachers – the approaches are not new, and yet they are not outdated.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 (September 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.
Foundations of Literacy: A Master Class in Evidence Based Practices (September 2026)
How do the systems of evidence based instruction make a difference for students? Connect with fellow teachers to share what’s working, ask questions, and build a common language around how young children learn to read.
Effective Mentoring & Coaching – Virtual Evenings
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.
PEBC BLOG
Welcome to Classroom Perspectives on AI
Welcome to Classroom Perspectives on AI, a new newsletter from PEBC exploring how educators are leading and learning with AI in their classrooms and practices. For this inaugural issue, I wanted to introduce myself, why we’ve decided to launch this project, and share a little bit more about what we are thinking and planning. My […]
What Makes a Workshop Work?
How would you describe a workshop? Perhaps it’s a place to tinker, build, create, and ideate. You might picture a space that’s a little messy, or at least full of useful materials. It’s not particularly quiet; instead, there’s a steady buzz of productivity. In many workshops, an expert craftsperson works alongside an apprentice; learning unfolds […]
Santa Cruz County Math Initiative with PEBC
A room full of teachers clusters in small groups over half sheets of colored paper, pointing and reaching, talking and gesticulating as they analyze data and sketch lines on maps, striving to ensure that a representative democracy’s election outcomes match that of the popular vote. The task, though fictional, invites participants to make sense of […]
Road Trip to Westmoreland
Earlier this week, I decided to take a trip to upstate New York while Dana Sorensen, PEBC Sr. Director of Client and System Services, was in town coaching at Westmoreland Central School District and the Oneida-Herkimer-Madison BOCES. The trip is roughly a five hour drive through some of the most beautiful and rural landscape the […]
Latest Podcast
What happens when educators learn where learning actually happens—in classrooms alongside students and teachers? In this episode of the Phenomenal Teaching Podcast, Michelle Morris Jones sits down with Annie Patterson, PEBC’s Senior Director of Education and Lab Networks, to explore the power of Learning Labs as a form of job-embedded professional learning. Annie shares how […]