Project-Based Learning Certificate Program 

offered by University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Tyler S. Thigpen has worked in innovative district, private, and charter schools in Georgia, as well as national and regional nonprofits. Tyler is co-founder of The Forest School: An Acton Academy in south metro Atlanta, founder and executive director of the Institute for Self-Directed Learning, and instructor at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education

Chenelle Boatswain serves as Assistant Director with the Center for Professional Learning at Penn GSE. In this role, she directs the Project-Based Learning Certificate Program, and supports related research initiatives. Chenelle previously served as an instructor for the leadership track of the Project-Based Learning Certificate Program and as a member of the research team affiliated with the program.

Zachary Herrmann is the Executive Director of the Center for Professional Learning. In this role, he leads the school’s strategy to design and deliver professional learning opportunities for learners across the globe.

Tina Schuster is a humanities teacher and a facilitator of adult learning within the High Tech High network, a fully immersive project-based learning network of schools. Schuster has taught in the United States, Namibia, and the Dominican Republic.