About Us
We work with changemakers who inspire us every day: teachers, principals, counselors, district leaders, program officers, parents, youth, and community leaders.
Our clients share our own deep-seated commitment to equity and justice in our educational ecosystems. They love their work, but may sometimes feel overloaded, frustrated, or alone as they try to move change forward.
Our Story
We are a collaborative of educators, researchers, human services practitioners, youth advocates and storytellers.
We have lived first-hand the challenges of making change and keeping our humanity within entrenched cultures and institutions that don’t always live up to our shared ideals. We each come to this work with our own deep-felt experiences of connection and alienation within our educational systems.
Kids go through so much. Much of it is related to circumstances NOT of their own making.
It is our responsibility, as adults, to make sure our practice and systems are serving all kids. Sometimes that means getting over ourselves and uprooting our patterns so we can show up for young people. After decades in educational and human services organizations, we came together to support each other and our extended network of colleagues to live this inside-out call to change.
We help you enact change in your educational systems and community.
We founded Heartwise Learning to bring together heart-felt educators and practitioners to support transformational efforts in educational ecosystems. We only take on clients whose work we really believe in, so you will get our full support in moving your change efforts forward. Learn more about our team and how we can help below.
We Do Things a Little Differently
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We have deep subject-matter expertise, but we make space for, honor, and integrate the expertise of our clients and collaborators.
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We don’t offer plug-and-play programs; our focus is on collaboration, co-creation, and building long-term capacity in the organizations with which we work.
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We are deeply committed to ongoing reflection and evaluation of our projects as we go, leading to work that is tailored to the needs of our clients. Bonus: it also helps make sure we’re “walking the talk” and helping our partners to do the same.
We Can Help You
bring you and your team around a common vision
translate research-informed practices into practical action
provide ongoing support as you adopt and adapt new knowledge
work with you to co-create sustainable structures and systems
help you demonstrate impact