Michael Martin has worked as a classroom teacher, teacher leader, presenter, adjunct professor, consultant, and district administrator in Vermont, most recently as the Director of Learning for South Burlington School District. In 2009, he received a Rowland Foundation Fellowship to focus on learner engagement and worked as a Senior Associate for the Foundation for ten years. He has worked with Grant Wiggins, Angela Duckworth, and Katie Novak over the course of his career and was one of 100 education innovators invited to participate in the National Summit on Competency-Based Education in 2017. He co-created and offered The Vermont Leading Proficiency Series for The Great Schools Partnership in 2018. His work focuses on learner agency, equity, and school transformation.