Resources & Podcasts
Research-informed tools, frameworks, and reflections for educators and learning leaders.
Here, you’ll find practical, research-informed resources designed to help educators make tiny shifts that lead to big impact.
Each framework, article, and conversation reflects real work with schools around the world—shared freely so you can adapt, apply, and grow with your own teams.
Featured Resource:
Leading with Agency: Session Resources for Middle Leaders
In May 2026, over 100 educators from around the world joined a live session on what it actually looks like to build genuine ownership—not just compliance—in the people around us. The recording is on YouTube, open to everyone.
These two resources are free for you to use with your own team.
Language Pros Podcast: Building Agency in Education
Listen in as Gydion Kummer and Tonya Gilchrist take a deep dive into the conditions that nurture agency as well as the moves that can starve it.
Lessons from an Open Mind
Join us in this podcast as we chat about all things literacy, agency, and open-mindedness. Plus: find out the unexpected names of some of my childhood pets, how I feel about coffee...and more!
Rethinking Learning: Amplifying Inquiry, Honoring Agency
In this episode, we discuss my early life growing up in Virginia, my experience as a student and dealing with perfectionism, systemic problems in the world of education and the work we have before us, literacy coaching, honoring all languages in our schools, and living out our values as lifelong learners.
