The Guide Bootcamp
Prepare your guide team for the new semester.
Practical training for teachers, coaches, and guides in student-driven schools. Leave with a shared playbook for motivating students, coaching through challenges, creating Ambitious Afternoons, building a school kids love, and giving parents confidence.
Saturday, January 9, 2027
10am - 1pm Central |Â Live online
$199 per individual | $750 per school team (up to 5 participants)
Includes the Guide Toolkit and a live follow-up Guide Clinic on January 23, 10–11 a.m. Central.
By the end of the Bootcamp, you’ll be ready to:
Motivate students to take ownership
Build goals, games, and incentives that help students take ownership and see their progress.
Coach without taking over
Help stuck or resistant students move forward while keeping learning in their hands.
Create Ambitious Afternoons
Plan meaningful projects and experiences that develop students’ talents beyond core academics.
Build a school kids love
Create routines and a welcoming community where students feel they belong and want to contribute.
Meet your lead instructor
Heather Clayton Staker
From Harvard researcher to school builder
For nearly two decades, I’ve studied what makes innovative schools work. Today, I lead Guide School and World Microschools, putting those ideas into practice with real students.
In Indonesia, students using our model achieved 3.6× expected academic growth—with more time for farming, football, and community projects.
The human side of education matters more than ever. In the Guide Bootcamp, we’ll practice helping students take ownership, overcome challenges, and thrive.
Harvard College | Harvard MBA | McKinsey Strategy Consultant | Christensen Institute | California State Board of Education | Author of multiple books on educational innovation | Founder, Guide School | 3.6× student growth
You’ve changed the school model. Help your team change how they work.
Even great teachers need practice guiding students who learn at their own pace. The Guide Bootcamp gives your team a shared playbook for the everyday challenges of student-driven learning.
Built for new and experienced teachers, coaches, and guides in microschools, mixed-age classrooms, and other student-driven schools.
Five daily challenges. A practical playbook for each.
“My students aren’t taking ownership.”
Build motivation systems that work
Design goals, games, and incentives that help students work hard, see their progress, and take more responsibility for learning.
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“My student is stuck—or keeps asking for help.”
Coach without taking over
Practice responding to frustration, resistance, and requests for help while keeping responsibility in the student’s hands.
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“Academics are finished. Now what?”
Create Ambitious Afternoons
Turn the time beyond core academics into meaningful projects, experiences, and opportunities to develop students’ talents.
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“How do we build a school kids love?”
Build a culture where students belong
Build routines and a community where students want to show up, contribute, and grow.
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“How do parents know this is working?”Â
Make learning visible
 Help families see what their child is accomplishing and communicate progress in ways that build confidence.
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Start the semester with a shared Guide playbook
Practical training your team can use the next school day—with tools to take back to school and a follow-up session to help put them into practice.
The Guide Bootcamp
$199 per Participant
$750 per school team · Up to 5 participants
Register for the Bootcamp
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Prepare your guide team for the new semester
Practice the skills that help students take ownership, overcome challenges, and thrive.
3-hour live Bootcamp + Guide Toolkit + follow-up Guide Clinic
January 9, 2027 | Live online
$199 per participant
$750 per school team · Up to 5 participants
Register for the Bootcamp
