Agile Classrooms Certified Teacher credential

Growing authentic skills through Agile learning

Agile Classrooms Certified Teacher (ACT) Certification: Build a classroom where students can carry more of the learning.

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Become a Certified Agile Classrooms Teacher See what you’ll learn

Learn how to use Agile Classrooms routines, tools, and learning cycles to help students plan, collaborate, reflect, and improve with more ownership.

A practical certification for educators ready to move from managing every step to coaching a clearer learning process.

Agile Classrooms isn’t another complicated framework.

It’s a simple, flexible system designed to make student-led learning actually work.

Students set goals, track their progress, reflect, adapt, and collaborate — while you coach the process instead of managing every move.

Agile routines make progress visible, create clarity, and build the kind of ownership that leads to real growth — for both students and educators.

This is how you grow skills that matter: confidence, adaptability, collaboration, and self-direction.

These are the essentials — not just for school, but for life.

A simple, flexible operating system for learning.

Students set goals, track their progress, reflect, adapt, and grow with greater ownership.

Instead of managing every move, you coach the process and watch students take charge of their own learning journey.

With Agile Classrooms, your classroom becomes a place where students drive their own success, collaborate meaningfully, and learn how to learn.

These are the essential skills students need for school, college, career, and life.

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What you’ll learn

Agile Classrooms Certified Teacher course outcomes

Visual overview of ACT outcomes: apply Agile in education, facilitate learning sprints, form student teams, grow student collaboration, make learning visible, and scaffold student choice

What students and teachers gain

What students gain

Set their own learning goals and track progress visually
Reflect on prior learning to shape what comes next
Manage time, tasks, and scope using Agile Learning Sprints
Apply initiative, ownership, and self-direction
Collaborate meaningfully using the Spectrum of Collaboration
Resolve conflicts and give/receive peer feedback
Advocate for their own learning needs
Develop real-world habits like resilience, organization, and self-awareness

Aligned with CASEL, ISTE, IB Learner Profile, and P21 21st Century Skills

What teachers gain

Facilitate learning routines that build autonomy and collaboration
Spend less time managing behavior and more time connecting with students
Use visual routines and rubrics to make progress visible — for students and yourself
Align your classroom practices to standards like CASEL, ISTE, IB, and P21 with confidence
Demonstrate your expertise with a respected certification
Collaborate with colleagues and lead change in your school or district
Inspire students — and other educators — to take learning ownership seriously
Access ongoing support and updated resources to keep evolving your practice

Why this course

Helping students lead their own learning takes more than good intentions. It takes the right routines, the right structure, and the right mindset. This course gives you practical tools you can use right away to create real growth in your classroom.

Interactive and hands-on

No boring lectures — just real-world product challenges to tackle.

Use it the next day

Learn tools and practices you can use with real students the very next day.

Grow 21st-century skills

Build classrooms that grow collaboration, ownership, and 21st-century skills.

Ready-to-use tools

Get access and use routines, templates, and rubrics that fit any grade level, content area, or student group.

Educator community

Join a community of professionals and connect with like-minded learners. Networking is built into the class.

Expert-led

Get guidance and feedback from educators who have been applying and innovating Agile in education across the globe.

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What you get

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ACT certification

Obtain the Certified Agile Classrooms Teacher credential — recognition that you’re equipped to lead student-centered, self-directed classrooms using Agile practices.

Hands-on practice

Use the Visible Classroom tools and practice the 5 Agile Learning Routines iteratively with a hands-on team project.

Plug-and-play tools

Templates, rubrics, and protocols for making learning visible, facilitating collaboration, and supporting student reflection — ready for use in any subject or grade level.

Standards alignment

Clear mappings to CASEL, ISTE, IB, and P21 frameworks — perfect for programs focused on SEL, digital fluency, global competencies, STEM, or CTE.

Lifetime updates

Stay current with new tools, templates, and improvements to the Agile Classrooms system — automatically included with your certification.

Meet your guides

Two educators who built and teach this work — in real classrooms and with real teams.

Laura Williams

Laura turns classrooms into launchpads for authentic, student-driven learning.

She co-leads the Iowa Authentic Learning Network, founded the Authentic Learning Alliance, and manages statewide PK–12 initiatives at the Iowa AEA.

Over the past decade she has paired her project-management background with a mission to make learning relevant, empowering, and deeply human — helping educators tap into student passions instead of running through checklists.

Certified ScrumMaster · Certified Scrum Product Owner · M.A.T. Secondary Science Education · M.A. Educational Leadership & Policy Studies

John Miller

John built Agile Classrooms with teachers, in real classrooms, over many years.

He partnered with educators to shape the framework through real experiments and collaboration, refining it into a living approach for adaptability, collaboration, and self-direction.

Today he bridges education and industry, drawing on edtech leadership in schools and work with teams at Netflix, Apple, and Amazon to help schools build classrooms where students are ready for what’s next.

Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) · Founder, Agile Classrooms

The Agile Classrooms Framework

Success today isn’t about memorizing facts — it’s about self-direction, collaboration, adaptability, and problem-solving. The Agile Classrooms Framework is a 21st Century Learning OS, giving students a structured, iterative way to develop these real-world skills while making teaching more effective and engaging.

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The Agile Classrooms Framework is made up of four elements:

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Make Learning Visible

Utilize visual tools to create transparency in the learning process, helping students track their goals, progress, and feedback.

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Facilitate Learning Sprints

Implement iterative cycles with five self-directed routines, fostering self-management, continuous improvement, and collaboration.

Educator observing two students collaborating side-by-side, supporting teamwork through the Spectrum of Collaboration

Grow Collaboration

Scaffold teamwork and communication with the Spectrum of Collaboration, guiding students from working independently to thriving in team-based learning.

Educator coaching a student to make independent decisions, using a checkmark and X symbol to scaffold autonomy

Grow Choice

Incrementally increase student autonomy by scaffolding decision-making, empowering learners to take ownership of their learning journey.

What educators are saying

Teachers leave with practical routines, clearer structures, and tools they can use with students right away.

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FAQ

You’ve got questions. We’ve got answers.

Is there an exam for ACT?

There is no exam at this time.

Are classes in person or online?

All our classes are live-led online. We use Zoom and Miro for an awesome online learning experience.

How long is the course?

To get certified, you must attend 12 hours of live-led learning time.

What if I need to reschedule or cancel?

We make it hassle free. We will reschedule to another class for free or refund your money. Life happens, and we’re here to support you.

Do you have group discounts?

Yes, we do. You can contact us to help you with this.

Get a 5% discount for up to 3 participants.
Get a 10% discount for up to 5 or more participants.
15% or more for 10 or more participants.

Do you accept Purchase Orders?

Yes — we accept Purchase Orders.

Is this course right for you?

This is for you if…

You teach K–12 and want students to take more ownership of their learning
You coach teachers or lead PD and need a practical, education-native framework
You already do project-based, inquiry, or workshop learning and want better structure
You lead a school or district moving toward student-centered learning

This may not fit if…

You’re looking for a corporate Scrum or software-team certification
You want a fully self-paced course — ACT is 12 hours of live, hands-on practice
You need a fully scripted, ready-to-deliver curriculum with no adaptation

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