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Services
Speaking & Workshops
The Umi Project is available to run conference sessions or speak at events.
Curriculum Work
Help build capacity for teaching in the project-based and deeper learning frameworks. From developing PBL planning tools to supporting other educators in developing project ideas.
1-1 Leadership Consulting
Support for leaders in developing and implementing deeper-learning models and systems (project-based learning, student-led conferences, portfolios and more)
Professional Development
Tailored professional development courses, online and in-person, designed to support individual teachers and school groups with sustained professional development.
Best of Intentionally Designed Education
Advisors & Specialists
Our vision is to bring people and ideas together for a sustainable future
Testimonials
Working with Kay and the Umi Project is a joy. Kay is professional and passionate about deeper learning and education in general.
Megan Gatlin
Our coaches have developed strengthened connections, our founding staff is more aligned and committed to the instructional design and values of our school, and our school year began with more instructional coherency as a result of Dr. Sturm’s work with our team.
Alex Teece
The flow of information over the 6 weeks was developed well, it was fluid. And not being required to apply a strategy allowed me to apply what I was learning more authentically than some of the cycles that past PD’s have required (student voice and choice in action!)
Jessica Picone
About The Umi Project
Our Mission
We believe that empowered communities are intentionally designed, live with purpose, and contribute to a sustainable, healthy future for generations to come.
Our Origin
The Umi Project started as an idea: what does it take for a community to be sustainable? As educators, the answer to this question started with learning. When students are excited to learn and find meaning in the learning they do, they ultimately feel more aware and passionate about how they can contribute back to their community. When students know how to critically think, problem solve, and even take risks and fail, they become agents of change early on in their life. This starts beyond just the type of curriculum or learning experiences a child has the opportunity to have. It starts at the foundation of how we choose to learn and collaborate as a community.
We live in fast-changing times, where the human experience is intimately linked with the outcomes of our environment. Sustainability no longer just implies the individual actions that one takes to better their world, but with the changing climate, our communities are dependent on the interdependent actions of all of us. The Umi Project focuses on doing the hard work of creating intentionally designed systems in education that contribute to the learning outcomes we hope for the next generation.
