Inspiring Hope and Resourcing Transformation
Helping schools, school leaders, teachers, and education entrepreneurs reimagine education!
What if schools were places of wonder, discovery, meaning, and purpose?
What if schools were hubs of innovation, creativity, collaboration, and design?
What if schools helped students find their voice, purpose, meaning, and passion?
What if education were completely reimagined around human and communal flourishing?
The challenges and opportunities of the 21st century require students with 21st century skills and the willingness to be leaders and agents of change to shape better communities and tell better stories for us all.
Based on the award winning, internationally recognized model of Odyssey Leadership Academy, the goal of the Odyssey Center for Transformative Schooling is to accelerate movements to help schools, school leaders, educators, and education entrepreneurs tell a better story for their students, families, faculty, and community.
Calling the dreamers, the creatives, the innovators, the hopeful, the desirous, the difference makers...those longing to see something new reimagined for education, students, schools, and communities!
The Odyssey Center for Transformative Schooling is designed for those who have a wildly imaginative spirit, a pioneer's vision, an innovator’s mind, and a dreamer's soul!
It is for those tired of the old and tired of the excuses. It is for those hell bent on seeing schools be places that foster the flourishing of all students.
The work we do is based around a model of schooling that supports:
21st Century Learning skills of collaboration, creativity, adaptability, growth mindset, design thinking, critical thinking, problem solving, and perseverance
Learner Centered Classrooms that invites every voice to be heard and every mind to be engaged
Reimagined Curriculum that helps students become engineers, scientists, authors, historians, statisticians, biologists, researchers, and scholars
Engaged Mastery Programs that gave students opportunities to become experts in their interests and passions today
Daily Mentoring Programs providing safe, caring, accountable communities of support and encouragement for every student at every school
Narrative Assessments (rather than numeric) that provides more in-depth description of a student’s work, growth, and discovery of the course of their academic journey
Community Partnerships that blur the lines between the classroom and the neighborhoods and invites students to be agents of change in their cities
Visionary Leadership overseen by imaginative leaders at every level in a given school community
Transformative Teaching done in every classroom by creative, dynamic, engaging teaching faculty who help students pursue of joy, wonder, imagination, discovery, purpose, and meaning
Partnering with Visionary Schools and Educators to Resource Innovation
It is our passion to help schools, school leaders, educators, and entrepreneurs pursue school transformation in their communities.
If you are:
a pioneering school wanting to foster deeper opportunities for transformation at your particular site
a visionary school leader looking to foster change on behalf of your learning community
an Edupreneur wanting to start something new in education
a teacher looking for inspiration to transform your classroom
We offer a variety of resources, research, experience, support, encouragement to help you reimagine education!
As teachers, administrators, and school leaders, you know that school can be more innovative, more engaging, and more rewarding for everyone.
The question we are most often asked is,
“But where do I start”?
We offer multiple avenues for schools to experience more innovative, creative, vibrant education!
We offer a full slate of options, including:
On site consulting options
Keynote speaking and vibrant Professional Development
Transformative Teaching resources
Transformative School Leaders Cohort
Education Entrepreneur E-lab
Inspiring Conferences
Robust and Supportive Peer Community
JOIN THE MOVEMENT!!
Check out the benefits of becoming an OCTS Member!
Beyond the rich slate of options we have, we also offer even more to our Members!
Free access to all of our webinars—an OCTS member exclusive
Free access to our award winning class constructs—an OCTS member exclusive
Free online consultation sessions—an OCTS member exclusive
Discounts on Resources and Events
Transformation Grant awarded to Member School for their work transforming education
Private, member only retreats