Building an engaged professional learning community
Connecting educators, leaders, and experts in a shared space for growth and collaboration.
The Community for Educator Growth.
Every educator can name a teacher who changed their life.
Great teachers represent the shortest distance between students and their potential — but the work has never been harder.
Between staffing challenges, evolving student needs, and rapid technological change, schools need a community and professional learning that supports real growth, not just compliance.
RocketPD exists to help educators grow, collaborate, and turn learning into meaningful outcomes in their schools.
Some people say PD is dead. They're not wrong. Not exactly.
Too often, professional learning experiences are disconnected from daily work, difficult to implement, or limited to one-time workshops that don't create lasting change.
School leaders told us they wanted something different — professional learning that was flexible, practical, collaborative, and aligned to real challenges. In short: learning connected to doing.
This is why RocketPD exists.
At RocketPD, we focus on three things:
Delivering practical learning on strategic areas of need
Providing expert-led courses, cohorts, and resources aligned to real district priorities.
Helping schools turn learning and skills into outcomes
Supporting implementation so professional learning improves practice, retention, and student success.
Unlike traditional professional learning that ends when the session ends ...
RocketPD is designed to support continuous growth. We combine expert insight, practical frameworks, and collaborative learning experiences so educators can apply new ideas directly to their work and grow their careers.
Every RocketPD experience is designed to be:
- Practical and job-embedded
- Collaborative and flexible
- Sustainable over time
- Measurable and outcomes-focused
- Credit-bearing and career-aligned
This is professional learning designed for real schools.
District leaders don't need to search across multiple vendors to support their teams.
RocketPD brings professional learning, collaboration, implementation support, and expert guidance together in one connected community.
From free guides and webinars on urgent topics to asynchronous courses to live cohorts to district learning ecosystems and research, schools can support educator growth in ways that align with their strategic priorities and schedules, all while providing a safe space to explore and grow.
Professional learning becomes part of your personal career path — not one more thing to do.
Who We Are
RocketPD is building the nation's most engaged professional learning community for educators, school leaders, and districts.
Our mission is to empower educators to grow, collaborate, and improve student outcomes through meaningful professional learning experiences.
We believe professional learning should:
- Create agency for educators
- Strengthen school communities
- Support career growth (without the paperwork)
- Align to real school challenges
Because when educators feel supported, schools thrive.
MEET THE FOUNDERS
Built by educators, for educators.
RocketPD's three co-founders bring decades of K-12 experience — and a personal connection to the educators who shaped them.
Jesse Leib
CO-FOUNDER
Thought leader & district relationships
Having struggled with a severe attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder throughout school, Jesse credits the educators in his life with helping him stay the course. With more than 20 years working with K-12 school leaders, Jesse has dedicated his career to helping school district leaders explore innovative opportunities in technology and learning. At RocketPD, he works with districts to connect them to new learning opportunities.
Corey Murray
CO-FOUNDER
K-12 program strategy, audience & content
A proud product of K-12 public schools, and someone with Cerebral Palsy, Corey credits the educators in his life with teaching him how to turn his differences into strengths. A former education journalist and K-12 content marketing executive, Corey works with RocketPD’s roster of thought leaders to design and produce impactful learning experiences.
Chris Dekmar
CO-FOUNDER
Operations & program management
After chasing his dreams in the school band, and later earning his MBA at the University of West Georgia, Chris went on to lead sales operations for an education technology startup in Vermont before launching his own digital marketing agency. At RocketPD, he runs the team that keeps the lights on and the machinery humming.
THE TEAM
The people behind the platform.
Gerardo Grosso
OPERATIONS & ACCOUNTS
Dr. Denise Beutel
INDEPENDENT INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER (BLUE Jean Educational Consulting)
Dr. Karin Holacka
INDEPENDENT INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER (BLUE Jean Educational Consulting)
Kevin Adkins
VISUAL DESIGNER
OUR BOARD
Guided by the people who have done the work.
Our board brings deep operating experience from public school districts and higher-education research institutions across the country.
Dr. Luvelle Brown
Superintendent
Ithaca City School District, New York
Dr. Stacey Butterfield
Superintendent
Jenks Public Schools, Oklahoma
Dr. Stephen Murley
Former Superintendent
Green Bay Area School District, Wisconsin
Dr. Steve Constantino
Author, 5 Simple Principles to Engage Every Family
former superintendent, chief academic officer, state superintendent, VA Department of Education
John Gamba
Entrepreneur in residence & director of special programs
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education
Shannon Cox
Superintendent
Montgomery County Educational Service Center, Ohio
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