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The Educators' Cooperative

When teachers work together, the future of education is greater than the sum of its parts.

Nashville, TN   |  www.educatorscooperative.org

Mission

The Educators' Cooperative is a professional community of teachers who work in classrooms and schools all over Middle Tennessee. Working across the boundaries of private, public, and charter schools, Cooperative teachers collaborate & create the space for PreK-12 teachers to collaborate and share best practices in teaching and learning. Members meet monthly at different schools all over the state to continue the conversations, support, learning, growth, and development, and work on plans, units, study groups, and coordinate observations. They are leaders in their schools from whom other faculty members can seek input, feedback, resources, and connections to the larger Nashville education community, increasing teacher job satisfaction and teacher retention in all sectors.

Ruling year info

2019

Director

Mr. Gregory O'Loughlin

Program Director

Ms. Amy Nystrand

Main address

507 Hagan Street

Nashville, TN 37203 USA

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EIN

83-4073143

NTEE code info

Education N.E.C. (B99)

Community Coalitions (S21)

IRS filing requirement

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Programs and results

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Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Summer Workshop

During the weeklong summer workshop, teacher participate in a variety of activities focused on increasing community building, collaboration, and communication skills including:
Critical Friends Groups, Mindfulness and Social/Emotional Learning in all subjects, Teaching for Understanding, Human-Centered Design Thinking, EdCamp, and more. 
 
Teachers begin the week with a dinner and welcome event and close the week with a closing event hosted at venues in the city. These elements of the workshop are key to creating a collegial and professional setting.

Population(s) Served
Adults

Once the summer workshop is over, we enter the second phase of the Cooperative. Cooperative teachers share resources, provide professional support and problem solving, and share experiences and best practices in teaching and learning in a private online workspace, as well as at our monthly meetings hosted by schools in neighborhoods all over Nashville.Our monthly meetings are a mix of sharing the latest from our classrooms, following up on our online conversations, asking for help, support, or resources, and school visits. They provide a rare opportunity to see schools all over the city – the classrooms, faculty lounges, libraries, labs, and student work spaces all offer a great deal of information and new ideas.

Population(s) Served
Adults

The Educators' Cooperative hosts Nashville's only regional EdCamp, open to teachers and members of the larger education community to gather, share, learn, and collaborate together for a one-day workshop.

Population(s) Served
Adults

Educators who bring a growth mindset to their work everyday are hungry for feedback, observation data, and evaluative comments on their teaching, planning, and classroom management. The Educators' Cooperative provides the planning, organization, rubrics, templates, and vision to provide participating teachers with the optimal number of observations and type of feedback needed to continually hone and improve their craft and effectiveness.

Population(s) Served
Adults

In order to develop the paths of leadership for teachers who choose to stay in the classroom, The EdCo Summer Collective serves as a platform for EdCo teachers to share their best practices with the larger Education community in Nashville. Member teachers lead workshops with their partners in other sectors. Keynote speakers set the tone, followed by a variety of workshop choices. Information about the first EdCo Collective can be found here. https://educatorscooperative.com/the-edco-summer-collective-2/

Population(s) Served
Adults

Where we work

Awards

Videos

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We demonstrated a willingness to learn more by reviewing resources about feedback practice.
done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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The Educators' Cooperative

Board of directors
as of 08/28/2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Dr. Ricki Gibbs

MNPS Principal

Term: 2019 - 2023

Alecia Ford

Community Volunteer - MNPS

Ricki Gibbs

Metro Nashville Public Schools

Gregory O'Loughlin

The Educators' Cooperative

Joel Bezaire

University School of Nashville

Christiane Buggs

MNPS School Board

Bo Daniel Parr

Community Volunteer

Jenna Davis

MNPS

Conor Duggan

JP Morgan Chase

Jon Eisen

Lemuel Holifield

LEAD Public Schools

Ashford Hughes

MNPS Central Office

Bela Lodygensky

Harpeth Hall

Emily Masters

MNPS School Board

Michael Mitchell

MNPS

Lindsay Roe

LEAD Public Schools

David Rutledge

LIUNA

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 8/28/2022
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Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.

Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

No data

Equity strategies

Last updated: 08/28/2022

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.