Acera EI – Catalyzing Innovation in Education

Catalyzing School Innovation

Our Mission
We believe all schools can catalyze students’ passions, free their potential, and inspire a sense of purpose and curiosity, growing the next generation of innovators and leaders.

Our Work
We empower schools to become places where students engage deeply, find purpose and agency, build scientific and critical thinking skills, and grow into creative problem-solvers.

About Us
We support change in school structures, systems, culture and pedagogy. We help public schools foster curiosity, purpose, and engagement, cultivating the next generation of innovators and leaders.

Whole School Change projects

Since 2019, Acera has engaged in Whole School Change projects, working with school leaders and change agent teachers to develop custom innovation plans for each school.

Our Leadership Institute and AceraEI Fellows programs are year-round, with monthly meetings in which school Principals and their Change Agent Teacher teams create and enact customized plans for their schools, based on their needs.

What does this look like? Often, a first step is an embedded workshop/visit day at Acera School in Winchester, MA where AceraEI Tools to Transform Schools can be observed in action, inspiring educators to envision new possibilities in their own schools.

Success Story

AceraEI and S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary School
Through customized professional development to teachers in hands-on STEAM, AceraEI increased both teachers’ and students’ confidence and engagement, improving overall school culture and climate.

Curriculum, tools, and training for teachers

AceraEI partners with public schools to offer 50+ modules in engineering, computer science, robotics, life sciences, makerspace learning, design thinking, and social and emotional learning. Our consultants provide teacher support and mentorship every step of the way.

Resources and mentorship for school leaders

We help schools and districts achieve their goals: increased teacher satisfaction, retention, and confidence; authentic student engagement and positive attitudes toward STEAM learning; enhanced performance on NGSS assessments and mastery of ISTE standards.

Expertise based on real-life experience and results

Acera’s Education Innovation initiative grew out of the school, Acera: The Massachusetts School of Science, Creativity and Leadership. Our approach is built around evidence-based pedagogy that results in student growth and creativity via joyful learning.

Latest News!

AceraEI in the Boston Globe — “How one Mass. school bucked the rise in absenteeism.”