WHY?
To Promote:
Customizable professional development for your site and teachers
Tools and resources for planning and implementing your PBL units
Responsive support from the PBLN team + connection to PBL educators around the globe
Dr. Amy Baeder is an independent education consultant supporting instructional excellence through project-based learning. Dr. Baeder is the Director of the Project-Based Learning Network, which supports teachers across the United States and 43 countries.
Her devotion to student success, interest in family-school connections and partnerships, as well as her commitment to quality teacher preparation drives her in her work. Dr. Baeder remains a science teacher at heart, and has served on the Arkansas Science Teachers' Association board since 2015 as historian and, most recently, President-elect.
Dr. Baeder holds an EdD in Educational Leadership & Policy from the University of Washington, and an MEd in Curriculum & Instruction from Seattle University.
PBLN members receive exclusive and unlimited access to our products, tools, and resources. Members receive guided support in the form of coaching calls and Fishbowl Coaching — a coaching conversation from which other members can learn.
PBLN members also have access to our private online community to share questions and ideas with other educators implementing PBL in their classrooms.
Join the MembershipOur PBL Curriculum Developer Certification Course is a self-paced online program that takes you through the steps to write a high-performance PBL unit. The 5 video modules walk you through the entire PBL Roadmap, with step-by-step Action Tasks to bring you closer to your goal in each lesson.
The PBL Unit Plan Book provides the prompts, templates, and tools you'll need to complete your unit. When participants are finished, we review the work against our benchmarks of high-performance PBL before issuing the certification.
Get Certified
If you're pursuing project-based learning in your organization, it's essential for leaders to set teachers up for success. The PBL Instructional Leader Program will support you through every stage of envisioning, planning, implementing, and optimizing your PBL efforts.
This self-paced online program walks you through the development of a PBL implementation plan for your context. The PBL Implementation Plan Template helps you consider how PBL will look in your context, and your final plan can be submitted for review and feedback to receive certification.
Become a LeaderMembers of the Project-Based Learning Network get access to exclusive support resources including:
