You have more ways to go than you think.
NextGround is a career-preparation app for teachers and school staff who want a different role — inside education, alongside it, or outside of it.
See the roles your experience already qualifies you to pursue, then build the skills and practice the work before you apply.
We're still building NextGround — no launch date yet. Leave your email and we'll send occasional updates plus the first invitations to try it.
One starting point. Three directions. You choose the route. See more destinations.
Where do you want to go next?
Stay in education. Work alongside it. Explore something entirely new. The destination is yours to choose.
Stay in education
- Instructional Coach
- Curriculum
- School Leadership
- District Leadership
- Professional Learning
Education-adjacent
- EdTech
- Education Nonprofits
- Implementation
- Customer Education
- Education Consulting
Go beyond
- Learning & Development
- Program Management
- Talent Development
- Customer Success
- Training
Your experience can take you somewhere. You decide where.
Example destinations, shown to give a sense of the range — not a finished list.
Choose your destination. We'll help you prepare for it.
- 01
Discover
Explore roles you may not have known were options.
- 02
Choose
Find the destination you want to pursue.
- 03
Prepare
Build the skills and understand what the role actually requires.
- 04
Practice
Try the work before you're expected to own it.
Finding the role is only the beginning.
Knowing what's possible doesn't automatically make you ready for it. That's where NextGround goes further.
What practice looks like
Example: an aspiring instructional coach reviews a short clip of a real lesson, writes the feedback they'd give the teacher, then compares it with how experienced coaches framed the same conversation.
Don't just find what's next. Prepare for it.
- I didn't know this role existed.
- That sounds like me.
- I know what it takes.
- I've practiced the skills.
- I'm ready to make the move.
Built around where you're headed.
Once you choose a destination, your NextGround experience is built around preparing for that role.
Screens from the product in development — designs are still changing.
Understand what the work really requires.
Pick where you're headed and get a route built around it.
Work through realistic situations before the stakes are real.
More than a course library.
We're building role-centered preparation around the whole journey.
Built by someone who's made the journey.
I've worked across classrooms, teacher development, education technology, and district leadership. Along the way, I saw how difficult it can be for educators to understand what's possible next — and even harder to prepare for a role before someone gives you the opportunity.
NextGround is being built to change that.
Devin LewisFounder, NextGround — classroom teacher, teacher developer, edtech, district leadership
LinkedInNot sure where you're headed yet?
That's kind of the point.
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