Contributive Learning

Education to add to the world.

Doing something different.

10+

Countries Served

3,750+

Partner Schools

35+

Years of Experience

2 Million+

Students Impacted

Global Education Leaders

Led by education leader Joanne McEachen and a team of international experts, we bring decades of diverse educational experience to guide schools, educators, learners, and communities.

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Individualized Support

What matters most in your communities should be decided locally and built around your unique goals and values. We tailor our support to determine what success means to you, and then to help you achieve it.

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Outcomes That Matter

Our Contributive Learning Framework focuses on the outcomes learners need—self-understanding, connection, knowledge, and competency—and on how schools can enable learning and wellbeing for all.

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"The purpose of education is to learn who you are, how you fit into the world, and how you can contribute your gifts to humanity."

Joanne McEachen, The Learner First Founder and CEO

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"The purpose of education is to learn who you are, how you fit into the world, and how you can contribute your gifts to humanity." Joanne McEachen, The Learner First Founder & CEO

How We Support School Communities

We partner with schools, educators, learners, families, and communities to weave academic and social-emotional learning together. Our support is focused in four core areas.

Learning Design

Achieve inclusivity and differentiation through purposeful design and pedagogical strategies rooted in teacher and student collaboration.

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Authentic Assessment

Aligning academic achievement standards with formative and summative assessments to create equitable opportunities for success for every student.

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Learning Culture

Develop a learning environment culture where students and teachers are empowered to find their purpose, and where self-understanding, connection, knowledge, and competency are all equal outcomes of curricular learning.

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Math + SEL

We connect math and numeracy content to social-emotional learning in ways that improve both academic achievement and students' wellbeing.

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Learning Design

Achieve inclusivity and differentiation through purposeful design and pedagogical strategies rooted in teacher and student collaboration.

Authentic Assessment

Aligning academic achievement standards with formative and summative assessments to create equitable opportunities for success for every student.

Learning Culture

Math + SEL

We connect math and numeracy content to social-emotional learning in ways that improve both academic achievement and students' wellbeing.

What’s New?

The latest news and learning from us and other voices.

Profile: Murgon State School

Article

Murgon State School in Queensland, Australia partnered with The Learner First to engage students, teachers, staff, and the broader community in a community-wide journey toward deeper learning. The school adopted the lens of its “least-served…

My Mother’s Curriculum

Thought Piece

From the moment we’re born, we learn from those around us. Our parents or caregivers, extended family and friends, and our environments teach us how to live and behave. Some of the things that we do are instinctual, but the rest is a product…

Where to Now?

Thought Piece

I’ve had some time to step back and reflect on the state of education—where we are, what’s important, and what’s in store for the future. Out of school systems globally, four themes are emerging: Let’s fix education by solving the…

Leading Change: The Steady Path on the Roller Coaster

Thought Piece

By Mary Coverdale, Executive Director of The Learner First, Australia. I work with courageous leaders. They have a profound sense of what’s right for their students and teachers—not just with regard to curriculum, but to the skills and…

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Email general inquiries to info@thelearnerfirst.com or find more contact info here.

We have businesses registered in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand and work with educators and schools in countries around the world.

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