By empowering TEACHERS to implement their ideas, we spark change and generate more impact for students.

Purpose. Implementation. Joy.

Our team works with schools, districts, and organizations to co-design experiences and opportunities to best invest in the strengths of our educators.

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  • Darcy is grounded and really approachable. I love that she has something worthwhile to say and knows how to say it in a way that's easy to hear.

    Paul Magnuson, Educational Research
    Leysin American School in Switzerland

  • Darcy brings a joy to thought partnership that is needed and often overlooked. She sees possibility where others commonly see dead ends. She reaches out personally in-between work engagements, demonstrating care and empathy. What I’ve gained from our time together is a reassurance that the world of consulting has deeply good humans in it, despite what is often perceived or projected!

    Jimmy McCue

    Director of Finance & Operations, Open Way Learning

  • “In an era of extremely high expectations and an extreme amount of “more on educators’ plates”, Darcy helps teachers silo information so they can work smarter, not harder, to best do what is needed for students.”

    Amy Flicek

    Director of Professional Development, ND United

  • "Working with Darcy as a thought partner over the past two years has been impactful. She has the ability to simultaneously validate my original idea and then make it better."

    James Mattice, School Principal, Founder Assessment and Competency Collaborative

Workshops. Inservices. Keynotes. Collaboration. Facilitation.

The Educators’ Lab provides a wide variety of services to meet the needs of educators and the communities they serve.

Joy Lab

Reconnect, rejuvenate, and ignite action. The Joy Lab provides the time, support, and inspiration to funnel frustrations and challenges into innovative solutions.

Rooted in research, the Joy Lab’s flexible design means you can work Joy into a keynote, a breakout session, or a stand-alone workshop.

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The Teacher Empowerment Incubator

The Teacher Empowerment Incubator & Microgrant Program brings together a cohort of 12-15 teachers/year from across North Dakota. Armed with ideas to improve teaching and learning, we empower them to act as catalysts for change by cultivating the skills needed to respond to educational challenges and providing them with $500-2000 micro “Spark” grants to design and pilot localized, place-based solutions. By tapping into teachers’ desire to make an impact and providing the training, support, and resources to propel their ideas, we can reimagine what schools can be and reinvigorate the teaching profession.

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Our 4 Pillars of Action

  • The Educators’ Fund: Investing in Teachers

    Impact happens when we invest in teachers' ideas. Through micro grants and startup style programming, we enable educators to drive meaningful change in communities, increase student learning outcomes, and demonstrate the transformative power of teachers to the world.

  • Teacher Catalyst Programming

    We provide teachers with place-based pathways to advance educational initiatives. We work with specific schools, districts, universities and education systems to facilitate, design and implement programming that ensures teacher-catalysts are supported in-house to drive positive change. 

  • Strategic Partners

    From the future of work to climate mitigation, from civic engagement to responsible tech and regenerative economics, we create spaces that connect educators with the causes they care about. We partner with organizations and translate impactful ideas for the education space. By bridging  organizations and teachers, we spark the collective action needed to create systems change. 


  • Storytelling Lab

    Teaching must be seen as a valued profession, and society must trust in its teachers. For this reason, we think it's critical to use storytelling and media to both capture and showcase the amazing work of our teachers. Through storytelling partners and innovative content, we shine a light on the impactful work of teachers and spread their ideas for how we might improve conditions for those in the profession.