Our Goals


Center for Inspired Teaching's overall goal is for every student in our country to have an Inspired Teacher. As the organization works towards that goal, our programs are designed to achieve the following outcomes:
  • Instruction becomes challenging, engaging, and student-centered, and students achieve at high levels.
  • School becomes a place where children thrive and where adults and children find joy in their work.
  • Educators take ownership and become agents of change in their classrooms, schools, and beyond, so that changes are sustained.
These outcomes are accomplished through courses and mentoring for teachers, as well as comprehensive whole school partnerships which involve training for all faculty and staff within a building.

Success in achieving Inspired Teaching's goals is possible through a strong office culture based on the following values:

1) Relentlessly impact-driven and nurturing
Expectations:
  • Focus on outcomes; outcomes drive inputs.
  • Embrace opportunities and allies, and create them when needed, to maximize impact.
  • Transform obstacles into opportunities.
  • Take care of yourself and each other.
  • Engage in authentic relationships.
2) Decentralized and integrated
Expectations:
  • Take full responsibility and act as an owner in your impact area.
  • Do what's best for the organization as whole.
  • Contribute to and learn from cross departmental activities and events.
  • Be an outspoken, educated advocate for Inspired Teaching.
  • Improve Inspired Teaching's reputation with every interaction.
3) Radical creativity and structured execution
Expectations:
  • Seek out opportunities, partners, and resources in unexpected places.
  • Wrestle with tough questions, and adapt accordingly to achieve impact.
  • Thoughtfully evaluate opportunities.
  • Carefully plan implementation.