A year-long professional learning program designed to train and support teachers delivering digital creativity in schools.

Using simple but effective cycles of instruction, practice and review, Edge Ahead gives teachers the opportunity to develop their digital skills and classroom practice.

Edge Ahead is perfect for all teachers & school leaders

  • It positively impacts student outcomes and engagement

  • It builds teacher skills and confidence in delivering digital learning

  • It’s personalized to the needs of the teacher and the school

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Teachers kickstart a skills uplift in their use of digital creativity via digital skills workshops with our expert trainers.

STAGE ONE - Expert Instruction

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Teachers take their new skills directly to the classroom and embed their learning with repeated practice.

STAGE TWO - Classroom Practice

Teachers sustain their learning throughout each module in one-to-one coaching sessions with an expert mentor.

STAGE THREE - Coaching and Review

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Benefits of the Edge Ahead program…

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Choose from many impactful, engaging student projects

Photoshop tutorial graphic with a lesson on masking. The image shows a Photoshop interface with a giraffe and transparent background. Instructions on masking are included, emphasizing the use of black and white brushes for revealing and concealing pa
Photoshop tutorial on blending layers with a giraffe image example, featuring layer panel and instructions for combining images using blending modes.
Adobe Photoshop Inspire poster featuring a brick wall with a graffiti-style image. The wall shows a stencil of a person and a Shakespeare quote: 'But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.' The text 'TAG
Illustration promoting The Bezier Game, a tool for learning the Pen tool in Adobe Illustrator, featuring a game interface with a car outline on a black background.
Graphic showcasing creating a monogram in Adobe Illustrator with step-by-step instructions and a sample design.
Promotional graphic for "Ai INSPIRE." featuring a "FOUR ICON CHALLENGE" with icons representing witches' hats, a dagger, a bloody hand, and a question mark linked to Shakespeare. Encourages using pen tool skills for storytelling. Orange border backgr
InDesign text wrapping tutorial graphic with red border, showing text wrapping options in a layout. Features silhouette of a hiker with text wrapped around image. Includes text "LEARN", "TAKING SHAPE", and instructions on text wrapping.
Graphic promoting a chess club with a red chess piece. Text reads: 'CREATE' with the InDesign logo. Details: Room 27, Wednesdays, 3 PM, Grades 5-8. Instructions for using InDesign to create promotional materials."
Graphic design featuring a mock magazine titled "POWER TODAY" with Lady Macbeth on the cover and the phrase "Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under 't". Accompanied by the prompt "Character Exposé" suggesting a creative project to mo
Adobe Express tutorial on removing the background from an image, featuring screenshots of the editing interface and a tennis club promo.
Promotional graphic for Adobe Express showing two template designs, one for "Little Dolphins Swimming Club" and another for "First Serve Tennis Club." The design encourages remixing templates with a multicolor gradient background and bold text "CREAT
Promotional graphic for Adobe Express's "Album Cover Designer" feature, showcasing a design tool interface with a cassette tape design labeled "Summit Mixtape Voyage" on a gradient background. It encourages students to create aesthetic album covers f
Instructional graphic on L cuts and J cuts in video editing. Shows a diagram with arrows illustrating L cut and J cut techniques on a video editing timeline. Includes explanatory text about their use in maintaining viewer interest in filmmaking. Adob
A smiling person taking a selfie on a smartphone, giving a peace sign, with text encouraging video creation and introduction. The image is used as an example for video editing tips.
Promotional poster for a two-minute documentary project about space, titled 'Space: The Last Frontier.' The poster encourages students to use skills in research, presentation, and video editing. Includes Adobe Premiere Pro logo.

How does Edge Ahead work?

Participants complete three blocks of training throughout the year, each with a specific focus, e.g. video, visual design, etc. In each training block, participants will:

  • Join small group instruction and 1:1 coaching

  • Receive a live online training session with an expert tutor

  • Embed new learning into their classroom practice

  • Access supporting resources via our dedicated online platform to enhance their and their students’ learning

  • Receive ongoing individual coaching and mentoring support from an expert Edge Gain trainer

  • Celebrate and exhibit their learning and their students’ outcomes

Includes at least 20 hours of instruction, training, individual coaching and collective review. Schools and institutions can reserve their teachers a place on the programme by contacting us.

Evidence-informed

We believe that professional learning is most effective when the impacts are observed, measured and developed.

We achieve this using the most effective and evidence-informed teacher professional learning practices such as those outlined in this report by the Learning Policy Institute. Edge Ahead is sustained, content focused, incorporates active learning strategies, engages teachers in collaboration and provides coaching and expert support with time for feedback and reflection.

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