Teach Different was founded by practicing teachers in Chicago in 2017. We build a structured conversation routine called the Teach Different Method™, train educators to run it, and gather the practitioners who use it into a community where the practice gets sharper.
I’ve taught most of my career on the west side of Chicago. I believe America’s next great generation of leaders will come from its urban communities, and that the country’s polarized state is temporary. Plato prophesied it in the Republic. Philosophical and charismatic leaders will emerge to bring about justice in our society.
I see social-emotional learning skills and critical thinking as the most important gifts we can pass on to students. I value deep, meaningful conversations that give everyone a chance to listen, speak, and understand. I work with teachers, school leaders, business leaders, and philanthropists to make those conversations happen.
Teachers, principals, professors, psychologists, philosophers, journalists, technologists. The advisors who help us think and build.
Organizations that share the work. State institutions, nonprofits, philosophy groups, and the technology that powers our community.
We’ve presented at the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the National Council for the Social Studies, the Association of California School Administrators, the Illinois Education Association, and dozens of state and regional education conferences since our first workshop in 2015. The Teach Different Method™ was named and formalized in 2017, built on those early years of classroom practice.
We are a small company built around a craft. Teachers, advisors, partners, and a growing community of practitioners. If you are a teacher, a school, a funder, or a curious listener, we would like to hear from you.