What is Contributive Learning?
Contributive Learning is a process for integrating academic and social-emotional learning in everyday instruction in ways that engage and empower students, teachers, families, and communities.
What does it look like in schools?
Over the course of six interconnected, collaborative workshops, teachers learn to create positive learning environments, develop strong connections with students, and improve students’ well-being through curricular learning. Our workshops and tools support K-12 schools to make equitable enhancements to teaching and learning.
A Six-Part Workshop Series
Create
the conditions for success
Connect
with your students
Integrate
academic and SEL objectives
Design
learning to meet needs
Enhance
professional practice
Share
successes and ways forward
Resources and Publications
The Depthvale Detectives and the Great Education Crisis
A Guide to Contributive Learning in Schools
“The Depthvale Detectives uses the power of storytelling to connect readers to the change that is essential in education. Every educator will be able to read this, see themselves and their school, and begin to think about how they can truly contribute to their own school community.”
Patrick Fisher
Principal, Meramec Elementary, United States
Measuring Human Return
Understand and Assess What Really Matters for Deeper Learning
Human return is the human capacity to contribute to people’s lives and to the world. It’s incredibly important in the lives of every one of us, because when we contribute—when we add to the world—that gives us meaning, fulfillment, and well-being. Check out the audio companion guide or read the book to learn more.
Joanne McEachen
Founder, Contributive Learning
Designed by The Learner First
Contributive Learning is based on the educational research of Joanne McEachen and her international team at The Learner First.
Bringing together decades of experience at all levels of education, our research-proven tools and processes have been used in thousands of schools around the world.
