Our Story
It started with a conversation over a latte like so many other ideas in Seattle. Paul and Nicole mused about how best to transform professional learning in districts that went beyond the ineffectual, yet ubiquitous, “sit-n-get” models in schools and that leveraged teachers’ knowledge and voice - honoring their lives and expertise.
Paul’s work over the last decade at Teaching Channel had been working with teachers throughout the US and Australia in how to build blended communities of practice devoted to expanding and fine tuning instructional practices through video-enhanced professional learning. Nicole’s work had been devoted to coaching teachers in how to best serve and amplify the natural linguistic curiosity and identities of their ELL/MLL students through culturally responsive teaching.
Years later with a now-or-never mentality, Paul established Education Impact Exchange (EiX) and Nicole joined him, along with a team of others who are brilliant in the knowledge on dual language program, MLL instruction, and equity and inclusion. We have since continue to build our network and offerings to help districts, nonprofits, and business make substantive and sustainable change.