The Educator Collaborative

What The Educator Collaborative does

The Educator Collaborative, LLC is a privately held New York limited liability company founded in 2014 and headquartered in Astoria, New York, operating as a K-12 literacy professional development think tank and educational consulting firm. The firm delivers human-led consulting, workshops, summer institutes, and online professional development to schools and districts, supported by a network of recognized literacy consultants, fellows, and book ambassadors. Its flagship public-facing product is TheEdCollab Gathering, a biannual online K-12 Literacy Conference that draws thousands of international viewers and offers NYS CTLE and Texas CPE continuing education credits.

The company's core offerings include yearlong literacy consulting engagements, professional development day trainings, on-site summer institutes, and downloadable resources, with a community blog (Voices of Educators) and a Book Ambassador Program as supporting ecosystem assets. The firm holds no proprietary technology platform; its delivery model is human-delivered professional services rather than software or AI-driven tooling. Revenue mechanics span quote-based consulting contracts, paid conference registration, and downloadable resource sales, with a horizontal customer segmentation across K-12 schools, literacy nonprofits, universities, and government bodies.

The firm is independently operated with no disclosed external institutional investment, and all consultants work remotely across the United States. Operational compliance posture includes NYS CTLE sponsor approval, Texas CPE provider approval, PCI DSS-aligned payment processing via Stripe, GDPR data subject request handling, and CCPA opt-out mechanisms. The stated customer base spans thousands of educators across the U.S. and internationally, though no enterprise customer logos, contract values, or revenue figures are publicly disclosed.

Name

The Educator Collaborative

Legal name

The Educator Collaborative, LLC

Website

https://theeducatorcollaborative.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Educator Collaborative is a K-12 literacy professional development think tank offering consulting, workshops, institutes, and a biannual online Gathering literacy conference to schools, districts, universities, and government bodies across the U.S. and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Professional Development Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAJAFAF

Literacy & ELA Instruction (School-Delivered)

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/K–12 Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment (School-Delivered)

SECONDARYEDAJAFAB

Instructional Delivery & Pedagogy (School-Led)

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/K–12 Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment (School-Delivered)

Keywords

• K-12 literacy consulting
• Teacher professional development
• Educator literacy training
• School district consulting
• Literacy instructional coaching

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Literacy Consulting Services: Yearlong literacy consulting and staff development for schools, professional development day trainings, on-site summer institutes, and online professional development sessions delivered by a network of literacy consultants.
2. Conference Registration: TheEdCollab Gathering conference with paid registration providing access to live and recorded sessions, with continuing education credits (CTLE, CPE hours).
3. Downloadable Resources: Sale of educational resources and materials through the website's downloadables section.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Educator Collaborative is a K-12 literacy professional development think tank that delivers consulting services, workshops, institutes, and conferences to educators. The organization partners with schools, districts, and educational organizations to provide research-based literacy instruction training, with offerings delivered both in-person and online. Its portfolio includes paid consulting engagements, an annual Gathering conference with paid registration, downloadable educational resources, and a Book Ambassador expert network.

Product overview

The Educator Collaborative is a K-12 literacy professional development think tank and educational consulting organization offering a portfolio of human-driven services. Core offerings include K-12 Literacy Consulting (site audits, workshops, and job-embedded professional development), The Gathering Conference (biannual online literacy conference), and Workshops and Institutes (online and in-person professional development). Supporting products include Downloadables/Resources, a Community Blog featuring educator voices, and a Book Ambassador Program providing book curation and recommendations. The company does not offer software products or AI-powered tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Gathering: TheEdCollab's biannual online K-12 Literacy Conference that draws thousands of viewers from countries throughout the world.

Products and services

• K-12 Literacy Consulting Services

Quantifiable outcome

• The organization has supported 'thousands upon thousands of educators' through its conference and consulting work.
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Center for the Collaborative Classroom: Center for the Collaborative Classroom is a nonprofit that provides K-8 literacy curriculum, teacher PD, and coaching aligned to ELA/social-emotional learning, competing for the same school-level literacy PD contracts and consulting engagements.
• Learning Forward: Learning Forward is the leading professional association for K-12 educator professional learning, offering consulting, the annual conference, and PD standards/resources that directly overlap with The Educator Collaborative's PD consulting and TheEdCollab Gathering offerings.
• Heinemann: Heinemann is a literacy-focused publisher (home to Fountas & Pinnell and Calkins) that sells authors' books, on-site workshops, and PD services to K-12 literacy teachers, directly overlapping with The Educator Collaborative's literacy consulting and book-ambassador ecosystem.
• Benchmark Education: Benchmark Education provides K-12 literacy curriculum, intervention programs, and teacher professional development, overlapping with The Educator Collaborative's literacy consulting, workshops, and downloadable classroom resources.
• Teachers College Reading and Writing Project: Teachers College Reading and Writing Project (Columbia University) is a long-standing K-12 literacy PD provider offering on-site staff development, institutes, and coaching in reading and writing instruction, competing head-to-head for school and district consulting engagements.

Broad incumbents

• Solution Tree: Solution Tree is an established K-12 professional development publisher and conference operator (PLC/MTSS conferences) that overlaps directly with The Educator Collaborative's on-site institutes, workshops, and school-wide PD contracts, serving the same K-12 instructional-leader buyer.
• International Literacy Association: The International Literacy Association is the premier professional membership association for literacy educators, offering conferences, publications, and PD that intersect with The Educator Collaborative's literacy events, conferences, and educator community offerings.
• Corwin (SAGE Publishing): Corwin is a major educator professional development and publishing imprint within SAGE, offering literacy author-led PD, on-site institutes, and conferences that compete for the same school- and district-level PD budgets as The Educator Collaborative.

Emerging players

• Choice Literacy: Choice Literacy is an online K-12 literacy PD platform featuring articles, videos, and paid memberships from leading literacy educators, overlapping with The Educator Collaborative's Community blog, downloadable resources, and online PD subscriptions.
• Jan Richardson Consulting: Jan Richardson Consulting is an author-led K-3 literacy PD provider offering on-site workshops and institutes on guided reading and intervention, mirroring The Educator Collaborative's author/educator-talent-driven consulting model in a narrower grade band.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/theedcollab
• Facebookfacebook.com/TheEdCollab
• Instagraminstagram.com/theedcollab
• Xx.com/theedcollab
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-educator-collaborative-llc

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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