SREB’s training model is designed for sustainability, building LDC collaboration tools and teacher-leadership development into Year 2 workshops. Teachers trained during Year 1 are considered experts, moving into a teacher-leader role in Year 2. These teachers collaborated with common content teachers during their first year, which meant they were prepared to share what they learned with new teachers in their departments. During that same time period, SREB was developing a local trainer to champion and coordinate the spread of LDC to more teachers across the district.

Sheri Blankenship is an instructional coach with Rankin County School District, in Brandon, Mississippi.