The ideal way to foster and sustain improvement is through a learning cycle approach. Learning cycles break professional development up into manageable segments and provide teachers and school leaders with the support and coaching needed to translate learning into effective practice.

Thus, Thoughtful Classroom partnerships are built around learning cycles. Each learning cycle focuses on developing specific capacities in classrooms, schools, and across the district. Each cycle includes foundation training for the entire staff, advanced leadership training for school and district leaders, and capacity-building coaching in which Thoughtful Classroom coaches work directly and intensively with teachers and Building Leadership Teams.