Intentionally designing education for a sustainable future.
Doing the work for educators and education systems everywhere.
C O N S U L T I N G
Support for school and organization leaders:
New school design
Project-Based Learning roll-out
Strategic planning
Coaching and professional development design
Consultation on new or renewal Charter School application
F A C I L I T A T I O N
Expert facilitation services providing:
Tailored professional development courses designed to support individual teachers and school groups.
Strategic planning and goal-setting workshops
Coaching and follow-up support
International and U.S. Domestic PBL Training available through PBL Works
C U R R I C U L U M
Project and/or place-based curriculum writing and project design
Curriculum revision and integration
DR. KAY STURM
Education Consultant
The Umi Project, LLC was founded in 2018 as a platform to bring people and ideas together to design improved, sustainable systems for education. Kay has a Doctorate of Education from the University of Southern California; with a focus on leadership and teaching and learning in the Project-Based Learning (PBL) environment. In 2016, Kay was named Hawaii’s Charter School Teacher of the Year. She has experience teaching students and educators at all levels of learning, from early-childhood to post-secondary. Kay works as an education consultant with clients partnered with The Umi Project, and as a National Faculty trainer and curriculum developer for PBL Works. She lives in Homer, Alaska with her husband and children. She is passionate about teaching content through the lens of project-based learning and place-based education, and loves working with educators to bring their ideas and passions into their work as they create sustainable pathways for learning.
C L I E N T - T E S T I M O N Y
“Working with Kay and the Umi Project is a joy. Kay is professional and passionate about deeper learning and education in general.”
-Megan Gatlin, Coach, Anchorage STrEaM Academy
“The Umi Project allows you to bring your ideas to life. Many school leaders have innovative ideas but too many responsibilities to implement them. The Umi Project provides school leaders step-by-step guidance on bringing all innovative ideas to life.”
-Ryan Mandado, CAO, DreamHouse ‘Ewa Beach
Overall, (The Umi Project) really helped clarify for me that you can have a project based mindset through the practices that you implement in your classroom. And with the right mindset you can implement practices and structures that are intentional to developing student centered learning opportunities.”
-Lance Nishimura, 4th grade teacher, Project-Based Practice Course Participant
