I'd love to have you join the waitlist to be notified when open enrollment begins again! FTC is the place for teachers like you to find your people, create beautiful work, and cultivate the conditions for flourishing alongside thoughtful educators who care as deeply about teaching as you do.
FTC is now closed for enrolment for this academic year.
FLOURISHING TEACHERS COLLECTIVE
There comes a point in an educator’s journey when you’ve developed the confidence and expertise to create meaningful learning experiences, yet find yourself asking, “What’s next?” You may be encouraged toward leadership roles you don’t really want. You may have pursued graduate studies to challenge yourself and reconnect with your love of learning, only to discover that sense of intellectual community ends when the program does.
Over the years, I've had this same conversation with educators again and again: You're looking for more than another workshop or resource. You're looking for companions who challenge your thinking, celebrate your creativity, and inspire your next inquiry.
The Flourishing Teachers Collective is my response to teachers' wishes: a community of practice where passionate educators learn alongside one another, cultivate collective wisdom, and create beautiful work together.
Beautiful work might be a classroom inquiry you’ve been longing to try, a creative practice that reconnects you with teaching, a collaboration, or something new that emerges organically.
If you're looking for creative companions for the year ahead, I'd love to welcome you.
What if you could learn alongside creative teachers whose work you admire—and where your whole self is always welcome?
what is the Flourishing Teachers Collective?
— Wendy Russo, Teacher and Teacher Mentor
Dr. Misty has the unique ability to bring out the best in us, and then reflect it back to us while lifting us up in celebration."
Yet meaningful professional growth rarely happens in isolation or all at once. It develops through returning to conversations, building trusted relationships, and learning alongside others over time. The Collective creates the continuity for that growth to unfold.
Workshops spark ideas. Conferences broaden perspectives. Graduate studies deepen our thinking.
Even the best professional learning has its limits.
You're ready to build something meaningful over time, with others
You want to co-create—not just consume—professional learning
You're looking for inquiry companions who care as deeply about teaching as you do
You’re still imagining what school could be, years into the profession
You believe in the value of handcrafted learning experiences
dear artisan teacher...i think we've been looking for each other. Does this sound familiar?
The Flourishing Teachers Collective brings that learning to life
in a professional community shaped by curiosity, creativity, care,
and the wisdom we cultivate together.
For more than twenty-five years, I’ve been learning alongside educators and children about what helps meaningful work flourish.
Where curiosity matters more than right answers, where space is made for every voice, where beautiful inquiries grow through relationships, and where passionate teachers discover they were never too much; they were simply waiting to find their people.
I believe every educator deserves a professional community where they can bring their whole selves to creative work:
I'm committed to nurturing a caring community.
This became a lifeline.
I remembered the teacher I wanted to be.
I found a space where teaching loves me back.
I shared things I'd never shared aloud before.
Educators who have joined me in workshops, mentorship, and research have said:
If you're wondering whether you're "the right kind of teacher" for this community, here's what I've learned: there is no one right way to teach. The educators who flourish are those who remain inclusive, curious, generous, and willing to grow alongside others.
I'll cultivate the conditions for you to think deeply, create meaningful work, and become part of a community that genuinely wants to see you flourish.
my promise is simplE:
that Make Everything Else Possible:
An Investment in the Conditions
Make Everything Else Possible:
An Investment in the Conditions that
THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR
Together, we cultivate the relationships, creativity, and collective wisdom for sustaining the work you love.
CREATIVE EXPERIENCES HELP MEANINGFUL WORK FLOURISH.
It grows through relationships, meaningful participation, and the opportunity to create alongside others.
WELLBEING ISN'T SOMETHING
WE CREATE ALONE.
They bring meaning, possibility, and belonging to our professional lives—nourishing the roots of fulfillment.
CREATIVITY, CONNECTION, AND PARTICIPATION MATTER.
what's waiting for you inside:
A facilitated three-week creative health experience to help you reconnect with your purpose, your creativity, and your love of teaching through therapeutic artmaking and educational research.
Creative Wellbeing Series
A six-week guided process for learning alongside others while designing a meaningful, transdisciplinary inquiry with students. The 2026–27 focus, Patterns in Our Lives, gives us a shared focal point for crowdsourcing ideas, making connections, and building something collectively across classrooms, schools, and countries.
Student Inquiry Project
Not another resource hub, but an archive of participation and collective learning. Ideas, tools, insights, and artefacts emerge through our work together, creating a place to revisit experiences, deepen thinking, and remember what we’ve learned along the way.
Living Library
Studio sessions are one gathering place within the wider Flourishing Teachers Collective. The Living Library and retreats create opportunities to encounter ideas and perspectives from educators participating in different places and across Studios.
Community
Gather in person to enjoy creativity, connection, and restoration in a beautiful location. Reflect, rest, and deepen friendships with fellow members. An Italy retreat with an Atelierista is currently being explored and would be offered separately from annual membership.
Annual Retreat (July 2027)
Drop in to contribute to the wider field through an almanac, digital exhibition, journal article, or another creative form. Together, we’ll create something worth sharing with our peers.
(April–May)
Something to Share
A six-part series to design a transdisciplinary inquiry project that curates our best ideas, opens collaborative possibilities, and celebrates your students' interests.
(Six sessions in Jan-Feb)
Patterns in Our Lives
A three-part series to reconnect with your vocation, tap into deep creativity, and experience the conditions that help meaningful work flourish through creative exercises.
(three sessions in october)
Creative Wellbeing Series
Begin by sharing something you love—a book, a classroom practice, an artist, a material, or an idea—and discover the commonalities with people you'll be learning alongside throughout the year.
(early october)
Favourite Things Launch Party
10 CORE GATHERINGS, CAREFULLY SPACED
SEE THE CALENDAR FOR DATES
The Rhythm of Our Year
*Local times may shift with seasonal clock changes.
Timed for educators in South West Asia, Africa, and Europe.
5:30–7:00 PM London
6:30–8:00 PM Johannesburg
7:30–9:00 PM Istanbul
Wednesdays | 9:30–11:00 am (PT)
Wednesday Studio
Timed for educators in the Americas and the Asia-Pacific region.
6:30–8:00 PM New York
9:30–11:00 AM Sydney (Wed)
7:30–9:00 AM Tokyo (Wed)
Tuesdays | 3:30–5:00 pm (PT)
Tuesday Studio
Choose the Studio that best fits your schedule—and know there’s flexibility. You’re welcome to join either Studio as needed, so you can participate in the rhythm of The Collective throughout the year.
Live online studios
- Oct 7
- Oct 14
- Oct 21
- Oct 28
- Jan 13
- Jan 20
- Jan 27
- Feb 3
- Feb 10
- Feb 17
- April 21
- April 28
- May 5
- May 12
- Early July TBD
Wednesday Studio
9:30–11:00 am (PT)
- Oct 6
- Oct 13
- Oct 20
- Oct 27
- Jan 12
- Jan 19
- Jan 26
- Feb 2
- Feb 9
- Feb 23
- April 20
- April 27
- May 4
- May 11
- Early July TBD
Tuesday Studio
3:30–5:00 pm (PT)
save the dates
Membership & enrollment
Joining the Flourishing Teachers Collective is intentionally simple. Start with a short membership application so I can get to know you, understand what you’re hoping for, and ensure the Collective is well positioned to support you this year.
Every community begins with getting to know one another.
Here's to fulfilling work, creative companionship,
and flourishing, together.
The inaugural Flourishing Teachers Collective has begun. Join the waitlist to be notified when enrollment opens again!
Enrolment is currently closed.
10 month payment plan available
- Early Bird - enroll by September 15 at this special rate as a thank you for being one of the first to join!
- Regular- the full membership rate available from September 16-30.
Pricing Key:
$335 USD
$465 CAD
regular
$210 USD
$290 CAD
Early Bird
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Membership Pricing:
You’ll hear from me personally within 48 hours of applying. I’ll answer any questions you may have and share the next steps for enrolment. Your place is confirmed once your membership payment is received by e-transfer, credit card, or PayPal.
What Happens Next?
- Join by September 15 to receive Early Bird pricing.
- Regular pricing is available from September 16–30, 2026
- Every member receives the same full Collective experience.
Your INVESTMENT
10 live gatherings (90 minutes each) across the school year, plus optional community events and access to the growing Living Library. Gatherings are intentionally spaced to give you time to experiment, reflect, and return to the community.
Your Time
regular
Frequently Asked Questions
I envision cozy Studios where every educator can be known and contribute meaningfully. Size and composition will depend on the mix of individual members and school cohorts, with the intention of creating space for conversation, connection, and lasting professional relationships.
Communities are built by communing. The heart of the Flourishing Teachers Collective isn't the ideas I share—it's what we create together. Studio sessions are designed to be participatory spaces where we reflect, create, ask questions, and learn from one another in real time. That experience can't be fully captured in a recording.
Instead of recording every Studio session, I'll curate the key ideas, frameworks, prompts, and classroom resources in the Living Library so you can revisit the learning and stay connected to the work, even if you occasionally have to miss a session.
A typical 90-minute Studio includes:
- Welcome & Connection – Settle in, reconnect with the community, and reflect on your practice.
- Creative Inquiry – Explore a compelling idea through stories, making, documentation, or classroom examples.
- Studio Conversation – Learn alongside educators from different schools, districts, and countries in small-group and whole-group dialogue.
- Classroom Connections – Identify practical next steps for your own students, inquiry, or project.
- Looking Ahead – Close with a simple invitation to carry the learning forward until we meet again.
My work brings research into conversation with the wisdom of educators working in schools every day.
Members will also have opportunities to contribute to the wider field through collaborative publications, presentations, and other forms of knowledge mobilization.
I plan to host occasional Members First creative gatherings in Vancouver and surrounding areas. Collective members will receive the first invitation and may bring a plus one.
Live somewhere else? Invite me to your community! I’d love to explore opportunities to gather with members in other places when schedules and budgets align.
I’m also exploring a members-only international retreat for July 2027.
Please note: In-person gatherings, retreats, travel, and related costs are separate from annual membership.
Zoom-based Mentorship with Misty is available to Collective members at a reduced member rate and can include time together to think through your classroom work, working alongside you and your students, or working directly with students in their inquiry project.
Want in-person support? I’d love to come to you! Let’s align schedules and budgets to make it happen.
Please note: I live in Vancouver, B.C. Canada for travel considerations.