Grow™: Supporting Teachers Beyond Day One
Grow™ builds on Launch™, helping teachers apply what they’ve learned with ongoing guidance.
From Learning to Practice: Guided Growth for Teachers
Launch teaches the Love, Structure, and Direction™ approach. Grow helps teachers apply it with ongoing guidance, practice, and real classroom support.
Guided Practice
Teachers rehearse strategies in structured group sessions. Through role play, simulations, and scenario-based exercises, they practice responding to real classroom challenges in a supportive environment.
Problem Solving
Teachers bring real challenges from their own classrooms. Together, we analyze situations, explore options, and identify practical strategies they can immediately implement.
Q & A
Teachers get answers to the questions that matter most. This interactive discussion ensures every teacher leaves with clarity, confidence, and concrete next steps for their classrooms.
Principals See Grow in Action
A principal shares why Thrive may be the most valuable investment their district has made in teacher development
It’s hard to make connections with people in a short amount of time. For him to do that is AMAZING!
Jamie Howard
Principal
Built Differently From The Start
Not all training is the same—and what happens after matters just as much.
Typical PD
- Short sessions
- Primarily presentation based
- Limited hands-on practice
- Strategies introduced, but not rehearsed
- Minimal follow-up
- Implementation depends on the teacher
Launch™ + Grow™
Launch
- ½, 1, or 2 days
- High energy
- Teachers actively practice strategies
- Deep focus on classroom management and engagement
Grow
- Continued, on-site support throughout the year
- Time spent in real classrooms with real challenges
- Implementation supported, refined, and sustained
Strong training starts the work. Ongoing support is what sustains it.
A Day in the Life of Grow
Teachers actively practice, collaborate, and problem-solve in real-time

New teacher leading with confidence and energy

Building engagement skills through hands-on practice

Interactive teaching in action

Mastering transitions in real classroom scenarios

Leading with energy and engaging every teacher

Using Timers to Manage Class Time Effectively
New Teachers Experience Grow
Hear from new teachers how hands-on practice builds confidence


