The Playbook for Self-Directed Learning: A Leader’s Guide to School Transformation and Student Agency

The Self-Directed Learning Playbook offers school leaders a student-centered, relationship-driven approach to fostering learner-led success and autonomy at school.

Dr. Tyler S. Thigpen is Head of Schools of The Forest School: An Acton Academy in Fayetteville, Georgia, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Self-Directed Learning, and Instructor and Academic Director at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, USA.

Dr. Caleb Collier is Co-Founder of The Forest School: An Acton Academy in Fayetteville, Georgia, and Director and Head of Research at the Institute for Self-Directed Learning.

Amber Bryant is Assistant Head of School for Learning at The Forest School: An Acton Academy in Fayetteville, Georgia and Co-founder of The Forest School and Institute for Self-Directed Learning.

Brittney Toles is Co-Founder, High School Guide, and Assistant Head of School for Culture and Enrichment of The Forest School: An Acton Academy in Fayetteville, Georgia, and Co-Founder of the Institute for Self-Directed Learning.