Yes, you can leave the classroom. Here's how.

No. NextGround helps with your very next step, whether that is within education, education-adjacent, or beyond it. You decide.

We'll be honest with you, because that's who we are: no program can promise you a job, and that includes a master's degree. What we can promise is that you'll walk away knowing what the role really asks of you, with a portfolio that shows it, and with a network of educators and practitioners across the country who know your name and your work. Hiring timelines don't always line up with our calendar, so the knowledge and the people you gain don't expire when the cohort ends. And when you do land that role, we're still with you through your first 90 days.

People who have done the work. Every cohort is led by practitioners who have held the role you're preparing for, and they can tell you what a job description can't: what the work actually feels like, the language people use, the situations you'll face, and what they wish they had known. Guest speakers like district leaders and hiring managers also join along the way. Our founder, Devin Lewis, is one of those practitioners. He started as a paraprofessional and grew into a classroom teacher, an instructional coach, an EdTech leader, and a district director before founding NextGround.

Yes. Once you join NextGround, you will always be a NextGrounder, and the people you meet in your cohort don't stop being your people when the last call ends. Careers don't move in a straight line, and the next step after this one will come with its own questions. When you're ready for your next move, we hope you'll come back to us.