Professional Learning, Reimagined.
Collaborative. Sustained. Expert-Led.
We're not another one-off workshop. We're the infrastructure for ongoing professional growthโ connecting educators who understand your realities and providing the platform to keep learning together.
Trusted by these innovative educators & leaders
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Turn your staff into builders. In a day.
A hands-on hackathon designed for schools and districts. Your teams pick the problems worth solving, prototype real solutions, and walk away with experience as builders.
What your team walks away with
01 Problems worth solving
Surface the friction points in your district that are actually ready for a solution.
02 Solutions worth investing in
Working prototypes you can evaluate, refine, and scale across schools
03 Staff experience as builders
Confidence developing what works for your specific context, not generic tools.
Built around what districts actually need
You bring the priorities. We handle the rest, with the rigour districts expect from a PD partner.
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We scope the day around the initiatives and problems your leadership is already focused on.
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Vetted tools and data-handling protocols that meet district IT and compliance standards.
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Led by educators and AI specialists who know how to run rigorous PD for mixed experience levels.
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A debrief report with prioritized prototypes, recommended next steps, the teams to champion them, and collaborative infrastructure to go from here.
How CoLab PLCs Work
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Join Your Cohort
Choose an open cohort or we'll create a custom one for your school/district. Get matched with educators in similar contexts.
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Learn Together
Combine live sessions (1-2x/month) with flexible asynchronous collaboration. 80% asychronous on your schedule, 100% relevant.
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Build Frameworks
Work with practicing educators and experts to develop approaches that fit YOUR students, YOUR school, YOUR reality.
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Stay Connected
Keep collaborating in your community space long after the cohort ends. The learning compounds over time, and your network never fades.
Join our 2026 Professional Learning Communities!
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Open Cohort AI Foundations - Registration Now Open! (Fall 2026)
Join educators and school leaders from across the US and Canada in a collaborative journey to build AI confidence. From personal exploration to leading community-wide implementationโat your own pace, in your own context.
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Canadian Independent Schools - AI Leadership - Registration Now Open! (Fall 2026)
Exclusive cohort for Canadian independent schools. Build AI leadership capacity while strengthening cross-school collaboration within your network. Learn from educators who understand the unique context of independent schools.
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Indigenous Education - Canadian Schools - Registration Now Open (Fall 2026)
Join Kโ12 teachers and school leaders from across Canada in a collaborative journey to build confidence in Indigenous education. From personal exploration of Indigenous ways of knowing to leading land-based implementation - in your own context.
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CTE - Open Cohort (Fall 2026)
Join CTE educators and professional learning experts from across the US and Canada in a collaborative journey to design and implement high-quality, industry-aligned curriculum. From refining your technical standards to launching hands-on student projectsโat your own pace, in your own shop, lab, or classroom.
Need a Custom Cohort for Your School, District or Education Community?
We co-create tailored Professional Learning Communities that meet YOUR teachers and school leaders exactly where they are, on YOUR timeline, addressing YOUR specific priorities.
Perfect for: Districts launching AI initiatives, schools rolling out new programs, teaching associations serving specific member needs, or any organization wanting to build educator capacity on a priority topic.
Hear from our PLC cohort members!
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โSeeing what other schools/teachers/coordinators are doing in this area is invaluable. We are all facing these new opportunities and challenges in real-time. It's not a one-size-fits-all, but it's important to keep engaging and adjusting.โ
Lucas Tompkins
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โCollaboration allows us to bring our unique strengths and capacities to the the table, providing a richer, more diverse pool of knowledge for everyone to glean from. Collectively, we have a greater chance of staying up to date with the break neck pace of how things are changing!โ
Stephanie Stephens
Director of Learning Innovation and Technology, HTS -
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โCollaborating while on my AI journey is important to me because I am evolving in my career along side the evolution of AI resources and tools. Learning from my peers with similar interests is key for mutual growth as it provides greater perspective and insight into what it means to be an educator in the digital era.โ
Anna Spotta
French Teacher, Greenwood -
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โNobody learns deeply on their own!โ
Andrew Moore
English Teacher, Bayview Glen -
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โCollaboration is important to me because AI can do a lot, but it canโt replace the ideas, creativity, and encouragement that come from working with other people.โ
Barry Panas
Science Teacher
St. Johnโs Ravenscourt -
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โWorking together with other educators puts an emphasis on critical thinking skills so that we can all start to understand the issues and opportunities in the quickly changing world of AI.โ
Grace Sheppard
Teacher-Librarian
St. Johnโs Ravenscourt
Why traditional PD fails and what we do differently.
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Traditional PD: Workshop ends, you're on your own
CoLab: 3-5 month journey + ongoing platform access for continued collaboration
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Traditional PD: One-size-fits-all content disconnected from your classroom
CoLab: Customized to your reality with frameworks you can actually use
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Traditional PD: Attend solo, implement in isolation, hope it sticks
CoLab: Collaborate with peers facing similar challenges, support each other's growth
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Traditional PD: No follow-up system, results depend on individual willpower
CoLab: Professional networking platform ensures learning continues long after cohort ends
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85%
Still Collaborating
of cohort members continue working together 6+ months after completion -
3-5x
Greater Impact
Sustained collaborative learning vs. one-off workshops on behavior change -
100%
Relevance
Learning is contextualized to YOUR school, YOUR challenges, YOUR students -
24/7
Ongoing Value
Year-round platform access means the learning never stops
Learn how CoLab can amplify your school or district's initiatives by building collaborative professional learning communities.
Book time with our team to learn more:
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After completing a quick needs assessment, our team will send over a proposal with recommendations and pricing that fit your strategic goals.