ABOUT ACP
Helping Schools Reimagine
What Learning Can Be
Applied Coaching for Projects is a professional learning organization that partners with schools and districts to create thriving, learner-centered environments. Grounded in constructivist pedagogy, we shape professional learning, coaching, and system support around each community’s goals, educators, and learners.
WHAT GUIDES OUR WORK
Together, our mission and vision define why ACP exists and the learner-centered future we are helping schools and districts create.
Our Mission
Our mission is to prepare students for graduation and life beyond through connection, compassion, and community. We empower schools to reimagine educational practices and establish thriving environments that nurture every student and family.
Our Vision
Guided by constructivist pedagogy, we tailor our work to meet the unique needs of all learners. We champion a change towards learner-centered work that transforms schools into dynamic spaces of meaningful engagement and growth.
Mission & Vision
HOW WE SHOW UP
Core Values
These values guide how we build relationships, make decisions, and approach every partnership with educators, schools, and communities.
Community
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Each of us needs to belong, and investing in the community is investing in ourselves.
Compassion
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We should approach all situations and individuals with understanding to address the challenges in education and our world.
Connection
03
Learning and relationships are made richer through connections.
Meaningful Work
04
Through our interactions, work, and products, all people should be engaged in meaningful work that has personal or community impact and is of the highest quality.
HOW ACP BEGAN
The story of ACP, told by our CEO & Owner Alicia Peletz
The Relationships That Built ACP
ACP began with a shared passion for Project Based Learning and grew through friendship, collaboration, and a commitment to create practical support for educators.
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A PBL coaching workshop first brought Gina, Kristy, and me together. Gina was leading curriculum work at the Buck Institute for Education, and Kristy and I joined the workshop redesign as consultants. What began as a professional collaboration gradually became daily conversations, a close friendship, and a partnership in which each of us made the others better.
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I often brought the big, sometimes wild ideas. Kristy brought energy, connection, and an ability to draw people in. Gina helped us simplify complicated ideas and shape them into something meaningful and useful to others. As we continued working together, we realized how much stronger the work became, and how much we all grew.
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ACP grew from our desire to continue collaborating, no matter where our lives and careers took us, while sharing what we were learning with educators.
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FROM THREE PEOPLE TO A GROWING TEAM
Today, what began with three people has grown into a team of educators, coaches, facilitators, curriculum designers, writers, and leaders who bring different experiences and perspectives to the work.
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As we look ahead, our goal is not growth for its own sake. We want to bring thoughtful people into the work, deepen the ways we support schools and districts, and create more opportunities for educators to learn with and from one another while holding onto the relationships, trust, and collaboration that made ACP possible.
The Starting Three of ACP
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE WORK
Dedicated, Passionate Educators
ACP has grown into a team of educators, coaches, facilitators, curriculum designers, writers, and leaders. We bring different experiences and areas of expertise, united by a commitment to constructivist, learner-centered education and meaningful support for schools and districts.
YOUR NEXT STEP
Let's Work Together
Every partnership begins with understanding where you are, what you are working toward, and what your educators and systems need.
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Whether you are strengthening educator practice, building leadership capacity, or supporting meaningful change across a school or district, ACP can shape professional learning, coaching, and system support around your goals, educators, learners, and context.