Partners

Center for Educator Preparation and Innovation (EPI Center)

The Center for Educator Preparation and Innovation (EPI Center) offers personalized pathways to develop teachers as EPI Educators, uniquely well-prepared to “teach to each” in underserved schools and communities. Our partnership supports the Center’s leadership team and staff in strategic planning, impact assessment and continuous improvement of the Center’s initiatives, and implementation of competency-based preparation programs.

Propel (Formerly Ed Farm)

Mira Education supports Propel Education in its work to design an online learning system aligned to national standards for micro-credentials and competency-based learning. Mira Education’s ongoing partnership will build on the accessibility and visibility of these micro-credentials in several states in 2025-26, with an emphasis on supporting educator professional growth in underserved communities and school districts.

NC East Alliance/STEM East

Mira Education supports the NC East Alliance and STEM East in designing a sustainable and effective regional network and ecosystem for STEM teaching and learning throughout its 29 districts. In partnership with STEM East, Mira Education will design a sustainable coaching model to provide embedded support to schools seeking to become STEM Schools of Distinction or leverage the regional Industries in Schools effort. This effort will create a roadmap for how schools can increase engagement within the broader STEM East network over the coming years.

Richland School District One

Mira Education has supported Richland School District One’s development of a personalized professional learning system over the past five years. In 2024-25, we are crafting learning modules, on-demand videos, and role-specific sessions to support the sustainability of the micro-credentialing initiative. The Richland One model will inform the work of other districts regarding the impact of personalized professional learning on educators and students.

South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE)

The SCDE has partnered with Mira Education to design, implement, and scale its model for collective leadership for participating schools. Over the last seven years, Mira Education has provided ongoing support to the statewide Collective Leadership Initiative (CLI), including implementation of learning modules, development of collective leadership practices, and analysis of data collected to inform strategy design. As a direct result, more than 90% of educators in CLI schools report confidence in seeing themselves as leaders capable of narrowing achievement gaps, building collective efficacy, and maximizing resources at their schools.

Tennessee Grow Your Own Center (TN GYO)

University of Maryland (UMD)

Mira Education is a partner in the School Improvement Leadership Academy housed at the University of Maryland’s Center for Education Improvement and Innovation (CEII). Working in collaboration with CEII and Learning Forward, Mira Education supports participating principals and assistant principals in three states to demonstrate growing competencies to lead improvement, instruction and other areas in their schools. This effort will ultimately accelerate personalized pathways to leadership development and retention, as well as boosting impact of school improvement efforts.

University of South Carolina College of Education

Mira Education’s ongoing partnership with the College of Education at the University of South Carolina (USC) directly supports CarolinaCrED in delivering a range of customized supports in personalized professional learning design and implementation for SC learners and leaders; the Carolina Collaborative for Alternative Preparation (CarolinaCAP) in its implementation of a high-quality alternative pathway into teaching; the Writing Improvement Network in the production of on-demand modules focused on a distinct competency related to the teaching of writing, and SC TEACHER, an education research consortium focused on studying the educator pipeline in SC to inform state- and district-level policies and practices.

The innovative collaboration of this work has helped USC recruit more than 300 teaching applicants in CarolinaCAP’s pipeline who are eager to “chart a personalized pathway to learn and demonstrate competency in content and pedagogy” through the use of more than 200 micro-credentials (produced by USC with Mira Education’s support), as well as four successful campaigns to tell the personal stories of SC teachers to inform others about their unique experiences from preparation to practice.

This partnership is a model for other colleges and universities who are interested in pursuing expansion of innovative practices to address the shifting demands of teacher recruitment, preparation, and retention, as well as strengthening the role and efficacy of alternative pathways to teaching in various states.