🏫 School Services

Every classroom can become a place where all students belong.
The Authentic Educator partners with schools to strengthen inclusion from the inside out—through professional learning, collaborative coaching, and honest reflection on how systems, environments, and expectations impact access.

Our work centers dignity, belonging, and evidence-based practice. We don’t just train educators; we build capacity for lasting change.

🌱 Access Points PD

Every classroom includes invisible doors—some open, some closed. This professional learning series helps teachers identify where students are invited into learning and where they’re unintentionally excluded. Together, we rework routines, expectations, and environments to increase access for every learner.

Key outcomes:

  • Recognize implicit exclusion in daily practice

  • Learn strategies to increase participation and engagement

  • Build inclusive environments that honor neurodiversity

🌼 Removing Barriers

When a student can’t access learning, the question isn’t “What’s wrong with them?” but “What’s getting in their way?” This workshop helps staff identify and remove instructional, emotional, and environmental barriers that limit engagement.

Formats: half-day or full-day workshops, team coaching, or embedded PD cycles.

Key outcomes:

  • Understand the link between environment, regulation, and engagement

  • Apply practical strategies for differentiated instruction

  • Create shared systems of support that reduce burnout and behavior crises

🌾 Student Dignity PD

Discipline means to teach, not to punish. This session explores how classroom management practices can either preserve or undermine student dignity—and what restorative, relational approaches look like in real classrooms.

Key outcomes:

  • Redefine “discipline” through a teaching lens

  • Use language that preserves belonging and accountability

  • Implement restorative routines that build safety and trust

🌻 Special Topics Series

Customizable sessions for school teams needing targeted support in specific areas of inclusion and behavior. Topics include:

  • School Refusal & Reintegration – Supporting students returning after anxiety, trauma, or shutdowns.

  • Elopement & Safety Planning – Reducing flight risk through proactive design and regulation supports.

  • Behavior Support that Teaches – Moving from compliance to collaboration.

  • Understanding Neurodivergence – Foundations in ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and executive functioning.

Available formats: half-day, full-day, small group, or ongoing coaching.

Our Commitment

We show up as allies. Our work is not about evaluation or critique — it’s about connection, communication, and co-regulation. Together, we ensure every student feels seen, supported, and safe enough to learn.

Our Mission

The Authentic Educator partners with families and schools to ensure every student’s academic, behavioral, and emotional needs are understood and supported—with dignity and without exclusion.
We believe learning begins with belonging, and that connection is the foundation of behavior and achievement.