IDEO Teachers Guild Collaborative
Who better to design creative solutions to classroom challenges than teachers? Fully embracing that idea, the Sonoma County Office of Education joined together with two innovative businesses/organizations— Teachers Guild and One Workplace—for a pioneering collaboration.
Beginning in November, 2015 and going through January, 2016, SCOE collaborated with the IDEO Teachers Guild to ask Sonoma County teachers how we might re-imagine professional development in K-12 education to provide teachers meaningful experiences that invigorate their classrooms.
A flexible program designed around teachers' schedules
Having spent the majority of their professional lives teaching in the classroom, the organizers of this collaborative at SCOE were keenly aware of the daunting time constraints which teachers navigate every day. With that in mind, the Teachers Guild developed a powerful online experience that made it possible for teachers to participate online at their own convenience.
Teachers Guild in the News
A unique partnership
The Teachers Guild
The Teachers Guild is a non-profit subsidiary of IDEO who believes that teachers are the revolution education has been waiting for. The Teachers Guild’s goal is to bring together teachers, just like you, to collaborate and solve 30 education challenges in three years.
One Workplace
One Workplace designs successful workplace environment solutions that transform culture by encouraging collaboration, fostering creativity, promoting productivity, and inspiring innovation.
Teachers Guild Launch
About 200 educators turned out for the October 27 launch event at DeTurk Round Barn in Santa Rosa. Scroll through pictures here.
Contacts
