Experts & Coaches

The Forest School has expert mentors in dozens of fields. Get coached by a world-class athlete, pitch your screenplay to an award-winning screenwriter, or learn AI from an expert.

“External Experts” visit The Forest School every week to share their expertise, give feedback on learner-led projects, and build relationships with learners. These high performing professionals give real-world feedback to our learners—Eg, How feasible is this solution in the real world? How compelling is it? How sustainable?—so that learners can improve their solutions, experience real-world demands, and form relationships that can turn into apprenticeships.

Meeting these experts also helps our learners to grow their social capital—Ie, The practical help that emerges from trusting relationships—with professionals across multiple industries.

This year, these and other experts coached Forest School learners…