Nigeria
Project-Based Learning with KEY Academy
Empowering educators. Embedding impact.
In 2024, KEY Academy, a pioneering school in Nigeria committed to redefining education through 21st-century project-based learning, partnered with Longworth Education to deepen and strengthen its pedagogical approach. Guided by Dr. Sarah Aiono, our collaboration centred around the year-long professional development journey using an adapted P-BLOT™ framework—a tool designed to support educators in delivering high-quality, evidence-informed project-based learning.
This partnership wasn’t just about training. It was about building capacity, fostering reflective practice, and strengthening leadership within the school.
What Made This Partnership Work?
Evidence-informed tools: The P-BLOT™ offered a shared language and research-based indicators that made reflective practice concrete and actionable.
Sustained professional learning: A year-long engagement supported deep integration, not just surface-level application.
Local leadership development: Educators at KEY became instructional leaders, with personal growth goals aligned to the P-BLOT™ domains.
Cultural responsiveness: Longworth’s approach prioritised listening, contextual relevance, and co-construction—ensuring the work made sense for KEY’s unique setting.
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KEY Academy, Lagos
“Partnering with Dr. Sarah Aiono and engaging with the P-BLOT™ framework has been nothing short of transformational for us at KEY Academy. As a school committed to redefining education through 21st-century project-based learning, we’re always seeking out tools and expertise that sharpen our practice and deepen our impact – and the P-BLOT™ has done exactly that.
Through the year-long training with Sarah, our learning group leads have not only strengthened their leadership skills, they’ve also gained a powerful lens through which to reflect on and refine their own teaching. The P-BLOT’s™ clear, research-based indicators gave us the language, structure, and direction we needed to assess how effectively we’re implementing project-based learning – and identify where we need to grow.
Each of our learning group leads has now developed a personal goal grounded in the P-BLOT™ framework, and they’re using those goals to drive coaching conversations and support their peers. This process has empowered our educators to lead with greater intentionality, confidence, and clarity. It’s rare to find a professional development programme that is deeply rigorous, genuinely empowering, and culturally contextually relevant – but that’s exactly what Sarah and the Longworth Education team have created. We feel incredibly lucky to be learning from her.”
~ Damilola Okonkwo
Founder, KEY Academy, Nigeria
PBLOT™
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