Teachers are at the heart of every school design and improvement strategy put forth in the K-12 sector, and yet, experienced, high performing teachers are rarely served in differentiated ways. Improved classroom practice, instructional mastery, peer-to-peer support and leadership, and ultimately retention of our best educators is the opportunity and the solution to school performance, particularly in our high need schools. Since 2009, NAATE has researched, designed and delivered intense residential programs of advanced study tailored to the unique needs and requirements of already high performing educators.

When differentiating for the performance and experience level of educators, new content and pedagogies can be effectively employed. NAATE has created a suite of programs and materials to develop educators as masterful instructors of students and high capacity leaders of their peers through discussion-based learning that is mindset shifting, practice deepening, high transfer and renewing.

From 2010 through 2019, NAATE delivered a series of intense, face-to-face residential programs of advanced learning for high performing teachers and formal school leaders. NAATE served over 1,000 educators from across the country in charter, district and faith-based schools. NAATE's approach focuses on mindset shifting, metacognitive pedagogies and content, curated from the worlds of theory and practice across the domains of Teaching & Learning as well as Supporting & Leading. In order to respond to the need for high quality professional development content tailored to the unique context of a full range of schools, NAATE has converted its core curriculum to embedded Field Modules for easier, lower cost access by a broader range of schools and educators. Learn more here.