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Our Impact


Since 2018, we’ve given 45,000+ students greater access to empowered teachers and higher quality, inclusive educational opportunities.

1,800+ educators

engaged in a DLC-led professional learning experience, with an average rating of 4.7 of 5 in value of the experience toward improving practice with their diverse learners.

125 Schools

reached through DLC professional development, learning communities, and project-based support resulting in increased quality of service for diverse learners.

65 DLC Teacher Leader Fellows

completed the year-long fellowship, with nearly all returning to their roles as educators and 100% recommending the experience to their peers.

Over the past 6 years, the Diverse Learners Cooperative has grown from an idea to an impactful organization in our Nashville community and beyond. We have served over 100 schools in that time and hundreds more teachers. It has been such an honor to enlist a growing DLC team, all former teachers, to come alongside school teams in enacting a collective vision of inclusive education. 

We’d love to share with you the DLC’s 2023 – 2024 Annual Report. Inside these pages you’ll find a capture not just of the quantitative impact of our work, but of the stories that illuminate why this work is necessary in the future of accessible education.

With your unwavering support and generosity, diverse learners will have greater access to capable, confident, and connected teachers. This will drive change from within and for generations to come. Thank you for being part of our story of impact!

Due to the DLC Fellowship, I had motivation to dig deeper into my teaching practice and think holistically about EL instruction at my school. ... From the full group meetings, discussions, and resource sharing to observations and thought-partnering in the classroom from my coach, each element of support equipped me with strategies and ideas that I would not have had access to otherwise. My school’s EL students greatly benefited from the fellowship, and I’m so thankful for all that it provided to my practice.
Caroline Montgomery, EL Teacher, East End Prep
This was my favorite year of teaching by far and I owe so much of that to the DLC. It was energizing and encouraging to tackle such a “big” issue common in schools and to consistently be thinking of ways to solve it. The DLC helped me come up with so many creative solutions and really helped me feel confident in the impact I, as a single educator, can have on an entire school’s culture and practices.
Kelsey Smith, Special Education Teacher, Crieve Hall Elementary
The Cooperative's support has positively impacted my students because they provide our team with a go-to resources for best practice, daily problem-solving, and ways to tackle annual challenges.
Jim Leckrone, School Leader, East End Prep
DLC has been a great thought partner in the work I do serving diverse learners. Working with Brooke and her team, we’ve extended the capacity of our network to support teachers in better serving diverse learners.
School Leader, DLC Partner School
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Accessible Professional Learning: Micro-PD

Problem

Diverse learner educators are hungry for meaningful professional learning to help push their practice. However, demanding schedules and the cost of professional learning often interferes with access to these opportunities.

DLC's Support

The DLC’s Accessible Professional Learning (APL) Micro-PD Series is an easily accessible development opportunity available to educators across the country. Leveraging virtual platforms, we offer a robust calendar of 30-minute professional learning sessions throughout the school year at no charge to participants.

Results

On average, participants rate the value of our Micro-PD sessions as 4.6 out of 5 in improving their practice with diverse learners.

School Partnership: KIPP Nashville RTI-B²

Problem

KIPP: Nashville Public Schools wanted to improve access for students with challenging behavior across their network of schools. In order to engage in this system-wide culture work, they sought the support of the DLC.

DLC's Support

The DLC engaged in a needs assessment to better understand the scope of the project. With clear goals in place, KIPP and DLC collaborated in order to create behavioral support systems designed to help decrease challenging student behavior and increase prosocial behaviors.

Problem

Across the network, culture teams worked to implement RTI-B, with the strategic partnership of DLC. One impact of this work was seen at a KIPP elementary school where out-of-school suspensions dropped 20% from the previous school year.

KIPP educators reported feeling more equipped to identify student needs, develop and apply function-based interventions, and measure progress.

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When you give to the Diverse Learners Cooperative, your gift directly supports our work with teachers. We offer personalized coaching, valuable collaborative networks, and high quality resources so that teachers (and their learners) can succeed.
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