What Learner-Centered Collaborative does

Learner-Centered Collaborative (LCC) is a private nonprofit founded in 2013 that partners with K-12 public school districts, state education agencies, individual schools, and educators to redesign public education systems around learner-centered paradigms. The organization's core methodology is the proprietary Learner-Centered Ecosystem Framework — a five-element model covering Whole-Learner Outcomes, Learning Model, School Design, Enabling Conditions, and Culture — codified in the Ecosystem Report by Katie Martin, the School Redesign Playbook, the Competency-Based Reporting Playbook, the Scorecard Guide, and three published leadership books. LCC is led by a Co-CEO model (Dr. Devin Vodicka) and Chief Impact Officer (Dr. Katie Martin), supported by 18 full-time staff and a 9-member Board of Directors.

LCC generates revenue through multiple streams: custom multi-year consulting partnerships with districts and state education agencies (the largest source, with named engagements including Texas, Hawaii, Indiana, Utah, Colorado, and Wisconsin), self-paced online courses on the Thinkific platform (eight courses including The Learner-Centered Launchpad, Authentic/Personalized/Competency-Based Deep Dives, Project-Based Learning, Design Thinking, and book studies), book sales via Amazon, free publications used for demand generation, and donor-supported fundraising via one-time and recurring gifts. Distribution combines enterprise field sales (district/state partnerships), product-led growth (Thinkific with group enrollment discounts and an optional Southern New Hampshire University graduate-credit add-on), community-led growth (Learning Communities and Catalytic Events), and event-driven demand generation (convenings, Inspiration Visits, webinars).

The customer base spans 30+ public school districts across 30 states serving 250,000+ students and 12,800+ educators, with heaviest concentration in California (Santa Ana Unified, Mesa Union, Escondido Union, Del Mar Union, Laguna Beach USD, Lynwood USD, Wiseburn USD, Vista USD, Salinas Union, Lamont Elementary) and additional named district customers in Colorado, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and New Mexico. Strategic field-building partners include America Succeeds, Carnegie Foundation, Getting Smart, NGLC, AERDF, High Tech High Graduate School of Education, and the Reinvention Lab at Teach For America. Geographic reach is United States only; there is no international footprint.

Name

Learner-Centered Collaborative

Legal name

Learner-Centered Collaborative

Website

https://learnercentered.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Learner-Centered Collaborative is a nonprofit founded in 2013 that partners with 30+ U.S. K-12 school districts and state education agencies across 30 states to redesign public education systems using its proprietary five-element Learner-Centered Ecosystem Framework, delivered through consulting, online courses, publications, and books.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Education Consulting and Professional Learning Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Research, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Partnerships (EDADALAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Membership Communities with Learning (Community-Led Education) (MPACALAF), Peer Feedback, Discussion Forums & Social Learning Communities (EDAFAGAH)

Keywords

• K-12 education consulting
• Learner-centered education services
• School district partnerships
• Professional learning services
• Competency-based education

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. District & School Consulting Partnerships: Multi-year, custom co-designed consulting engagements with K-12 school districts, schools, and charter networks. Engagements span coherence-building, capacity-building (innovation cohorts, leadership academies, coaching), co-design (design teams, school redesign), and impact measurement. Recurring revenue with multi-year contracts.
2. State Education Agency Consulting: Strategic consulting engagements with State Education Agencies (SEAs) and statewide organizations. Includes co-design of frameworks, playbooks, OER tools, scorecards, and leadership training. Customers include Texas, Hawaii, Indiana, Utah, Colorado, Wisconsin.
3. Online Course Sales: Individual and bundled self-paced course sales on Thinkific platform, with group enrollment discount available for 10+ enrollees. Optional graduate-level credit add-on through Southern New Hampshire University partnership.
4. Book Sales: Book sales via Amazon and other retailers for 'Learner-Centered Leadership' by Devin Vodicka, 'Evolving Education' and 'Learner-Centered Innovation' by Katie Martin. One-time license purchases.
5. Donations: Non-profit fundraising via one-time and monthly donations in suggested amounts ($25, $50, $100, $250, or custom $1-$100,000). Funds research & development, school & district partnerships, professional learning, and convenings.
6. Publications & Playbooks: Free and premium publications including AI case studies, ecosystem report, scorecard guide, competency-based reporting playbook, and CTE reimagining reports. Drives demand generation and thought leadership.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

Learner-Centered Collaborative is a nonprofit education organization that provides custom multi-year consulting partnerships with K-12 school districts, individual schools, charter networks, and state education agencies to redesign public education systems around learner-centered principles. The offering is built on a proprietary five-element Learner-Centered Ecosystem Framework and is delivered through four integrated practice areas: coherence-building, capacity-building, co-design of big moves, and impact measurement. The organization complements its enterprise consulting with self-paced online courses on Thinkific, authored books, publications and playbooks, a podcast, Learning Communities, and Catalytic Events.

Product overview

Learner-Centered Collaborative (LCC) is a non-profit education organization that delivers its offering as a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on its Learner-Centered Ecosystem framework. The core "platform" is the consulting and partnership practice — District Collaborations and State Collaborations — through which LCC supports schools, districts, and state education agencies with strategy, capacity-building, co-design, and impact measurement. Sitting on top of that core are several content and learning "modules": (1) Online Courses on Thinkific, including the four Learner-Centered Learning Model courses (Launchpad, Authentic Learning Deep Dive, Personalized Learning Deep Dive, Competency-Based Deep Dive) plus Project-Based Learning, Design Thinking, and two Book Study courses, which together form the Learner-Centered Education Bundle and can also be taken for Southern New Hampshire University graduate credit; (2) a Publications library of playbooks and guides, including the School Redesign Playbook, A Learner-Centered Ecosystem, Designing the Future (AI case studies), Competency-Based Reporting Playbook, Scorecard Guide, and CTE in California's Continuation High Schools; (3) Books authored by LCC leaders — Learner-Centered Leadership by Devin Vodicka, Evolving Education and Learner-Centered Innovation by Katie Martin; (4) The Learner-Centered Collaborative Podcast hosted by Katie Martin; (5) free resource libraries of Learner-Centered Strategies, Big Moves (system-wide transformation guides), and Downloadable Tools; and (6) Learning Communities (Innovation Cohorts, Communities of Practice, Connections) and Catalytic Events (Webinars, Inspiration Visits, Custom Events).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Learner-Centered Collaborative Podcast: A branded podcast series hosted by Katie Martin featuring special guests from the learner-centered education ecosystem, distributed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.

Products and services

• District Collaborations Custom consulting partnership with school and district leaders to design systems that put learners and learning at the center. Includes Framework for the Future, Blueprint, Innovation Cohorts, Leadership Academy, Custom Workshops, Coaching, Design Teams, School Redesign, and impact measurement.
• State Collaborations Custom partnerships with state education agencies (SEAs) and statewide organizations to create coherence, build capacity, and design resources, systems, and structures for learner-centered education at the state level.
• Learning Communities (Connections, Communities of Practice, Innovation Cohorts) Cohorted, ongoing experiences bringing district teams together multiple times in person and virtually to build relationships and learn together. Includes Learner-Centered Connections, Communities of Practice, and Innovation Cohorts.
• Catalytic Events (Webinars, Inspiration Visits, Custom Events) Standalone sessions designed to foster connection and shared learning. Includes webinars, Inspiration Visits to learner-centered campuses, and custom events, workshops, and keynotes for schools, districts, and states.
• The Learner-Centered Launchpad An asynchronous online course teaching educators how to design a learner-centered community, built on LCC's Learning Model. Includes videos, examples, resources, tools, activities, and a culminating performance task.
• Authentic Learning Deep Dive Online course focused on how to design real-world challenges that encourage peer and community collaboration as part of learner-centered practice.
• Personalized Learning Deep Dive Online course focused on how to design for learner agency and personalize learning experiences.
• Competency-Based Deep Dive Online course on how to design meaningful assessments and make learning visible in a competency-based paradigm.
• Project-Based Learning Additional asynchronous online course that helps educators design project-based learning experiences.
• Design Thinking Online course on design thinking for educators and leaders. Note: graduate-level credit from SNHU is not offered for this course.
• Learner-Centered Education Bundle Bundle that packages the four Learner-Centered Learning Model courses (Launchpad, Authentic Learning Deep Dive, Personalized Learning Deep Dive, Competency-Based Deep Dive) at a discount.
• The Learner-Centered Collaborative Podcast Podcast hosted by Katie Martin (Chief Impact Officer of LCC), featuring conversations with practitioners across the learner-centered ecosystem. Distributed via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and other podcast platforms.
• Learner-Centered Leadership (Book) Book by Dr. Devin Vodicka providing a blueprint for transformational change in learning communities, drawing from theories of the mind, change management, and organizational transformation.
• Evolving Education (Book) Book by Dr. Katie Martin advocating a shift to a learner-centered teaching model that creates purposeful, personalized, authentic, and competency-based experiences.
• Learner-Centered Innovation (Book) Book by Katie Martin on sparking curiosity, igniting passion and unleashing genius through learner-centered innovation in K-12 environments.
• School Redesign Playbook Publication that supports schools in shifting from an industrial-era model toward a learner-centered design, addressing content knowledge and the broader needs of learners.
• Designing the Future: AI in Learner-Centered Classrooms Case Studies Publication containing case studies on how AI can be used in service of learner-centered classrooms.
• A Learner-Centered Ecosystem Publication by Katie Martin diving deep into the shift from a school-centered education system to a learner-centered ecosystem.
• Learner-Centered Scorecard Guide Guide introducing a 4-step framework for measuring and communicating educational progress beyond traditional metrics via local Learner-Centered Collaborative Scorecards.
• Competency-Based Reporting Playbook Playbook on Competency-Based Assessment, Grading and Reporting, helping schools shift from ranking/sorting learners toward competency-based practices.
• Pathways to Possibility: Reimagining CTE in California's Continuation High Schools Publication focused on personalizing Career Technical Education for continuation high school students, often underserved by traditional systems.
• Learner-Centered Leadership Book Study Book study course accompanying Devin Vodicka's Learner-Centered Leadership book. Graduate-level credit from SNHU is not offered.
• Evolving Education Book Study Book study course accompanying Katie Martin's Evolving Education book. Graduate-level credit from SNHU is not offered.

Quantifiable outcome

• Supports more than 30 public school districts serving over 250,000 students and 12,800 educators across the United States.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and moderate.

• Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic credit partnership enabling learners to earn one Graduate Level Credit per course by completing and submitting Performance Tasks. Available as a 'Graduate Level Credit add-on' when purchasing courses (not offered for Design Thinking or Book Study courses).
• America SucceedsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed partner organization in LCC's network; shares focus on durable skills and learner success. Cross-promotes work and amplifies reach in the education field.
• Carnegie FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed partner organization in LCC's network with shared interest in education system improvement. Co-amplifies research and thought leadership on learner-centered approaches.
• Getting SmartmoderateGTM or Marketing PartnerContent partnership; articles co-published and republished with permission (e.g., 'Rethinking SAMR in the Age of AI' by Vriti Saraf, Nate McClennen & Katie Martin). Amplifies LCC thought leadership to Getting Smart's broader audience.
• Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed partner organization in LCC's network; shares focus on next generation learning models and innovation in education.
• High Tech High Graduate School of EducationmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner — together with their Center for Love & Justice and education professor Eduardo Lomba, LCC Co-CEO Devin Vodicka listened to learners, engaged with educators and families, and collaborated with school and municipal leaders on meaningful change initiatives.
• Reinvention Lab at Teach for AmericamoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic alignment with shared values of human-centered design, equity, and learner agency. Featured on Podcast Episode 48 with Mike Yates, Senior Product Designer, AI for the Reinvention Lab. Catalyzer of the Month recognition for Sunanna Chand, Executive Director.
• Chase DesignminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWebsite design partner for Learner-Centered Collaborative, credited as 'Website Design by Chase Design' in footer.
• AERDF (Advanced Education Research and Development Fund)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed partner organization in LCC's growing partner network.
• Compass AcademyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed partner school featuring competency-based learning implementation; showcased in webinar recording 'Let's Talk About Competency-Based Learning' with Sharon Stanley.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Education Elements: Education consulting firm that partners with K-12 districts on personalized learning, strategic planning, and capacity building — overlapping almost exactly with LCC's District Collaborations offering and serving similar superintendent/principal buyers.
• 2Revolutions: Education design and innovation firm working with districts and states on future-of-work and learner-centered redesign, with a comparable mix of consulting engagements, playbooks, and field-building content.
• Transcend: Nonprofit that partners with schools and districts on whole-school redesign and learner-centered models, including competency-based and project-based approaches — directly overlapping with LCC's School Redesign and Framework for the Future work.
• KnowledgeWorks: Nonprofit that works with state education leaders and districts on personalized, competency-based learning — closely comparable in audience (SEAs and districts), methodology, and field-building orientation.

Emerging players

• Getting Smart: Education media and advisory organization producing articles, podcasts, and reports on personalized and learner-centered education; an LCC content partner that competes for the same thought-leadership audience.
• Reinvention Lab at Teach For America: TFA-affiliated design and AI lab working on learner-centered innovation; an LCC podcast/podcast-collaboration partner that operates in adjacent learner-centered and AI-in-education territory.

Broad incumbents

• Aurora Institute (formerly iNACOL): Advocacy and field-building organization advancing K-12 personalized, competency-based, and online learning — competing for state-policy influence and SEA attention that LCC also targets.
• Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: Education research and improvement organization; a listed LCC partner that competes for grant dollars, state-level mindshare, and field-building authority on system redesign.
• Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC): Education venture philanthropy funding next-generation school models — a partner-level peer that influences the same districts and schools LCC serves and competes for the same innovation narrative.

Regional players

• America Succeeds: Nonprofit focused on durable skills and learner success with strong ties to state policy work; an LCC network partner that overlaps in the SEA and employer-engagement space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors22 records

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