What We Do

Designing the Future of Education is a bold mission, but we’re up for the task!

Hands-On Teaching

Learning how to incorporate STEM through a PLC has hundreds of benefit's, but being Hands-On is one of the best. With every group session, Educators will be tasked

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Group Sessions

Indulge in the Whymaker experience and the P.D. Offering you chose by yourself or with a group of up to 20 Educators. Whymaker will have Group sessions with you and your colleagues to professionally develop your skills with STEM teaching.

Not only that, you'll be able to chat and brainstorm amongst each other to formulate new ideas and projects within your school. Each PLC includes Sessions of up to 1 hour each, Including 20 educators maximum, in a virtual or in person enviroment

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Why:

Professional development means many different things to many different people.

We believe in a professional development experience which encourages teachers to reframe their instructional approach in a supportive, holistic, ongoing, and (most importantly) fully customized way.

How:

We are teachers: Led by teachers, for teachers. As teachers, we understand the challenges they face and what’s needed to overcome them. We always put teachers first and give them actionable, doable, and real-world content that is ready to use in class tomorrow.

We personalize: We are fully present so with clients in order to provide the personalized experience they deserve. We pride ourselves in going above and beyond for every project by giving it a full service treatment and customizing the experience to meet the success criteria.

We are flexible: We support teachers with an open mindset while constantly bringing in new ideas and sharing current trends. We are able to respond and make changes quickly to meet the needs of our partners while grounding our work in proven, research-based strategies.

Our Approach:

We craft workshops that remove the pressure of the workday schedule, allowing educators to dive into hands-on practice with tools and technologies.
We put teachers first, which means listening to their needs and going out of our way to encourage them to build great learning environments.
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Through our style of professional learning, we create an environment of trust, respect and open dialogue for educators.
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We elevate teachers' voices. We encourage an environment of sharing from teachers based on the belief that the best knowledge is in the room. We have high expectations and deliverables for educators and hold them accountable for their own learning and growth.

Our Research:

We follow the Standards for Professional Learning
We use components of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in every professional learning experience
We use coaching models set forth by Elena Augilar
We follow research-based professional development strategies that have been proven to be successful

What we will help your school's
community with:

Stay current with new research and best practices in the STEM field
Improve educator performance, leading to better student learning outcomes
Help foster a sense of collaboration and community among teachers, leading to overall enhanced school culture
Provide new ideas, strategies and perspectives, which can be shared with other teachers, parents, and administrators, resulting in a more collaborative environment