Texas educator on camera for the Relay Graduate School of Education film series
CASE STUDY · EDUCATION FILM SERIES

Raising the Standard

Client

Relay Graduate School of Education

Series

Raising the Standard

Our role

Video Production & Social

Year

2025

THE PROJECT

An eight-film series on why one teacher’s growth matters

Good Word Agency joined Relay Graduate School of Education to capture a room full of Texas educators investing in their own growth — and to turn a day of professional learning into an eight-film series. Produced and directed by Jordan Laessig.

Deliverables

8-film series + social cutdowns and rollout

Timeline

2025

Role

Direction, cinematography, sound, editorial

Location

Texas — Relay Professional Education gathering

8

Films in the series

1.2M+

Students reached by Relay alumni

10K+

Relay teacher alumni

6K+

Relay leader alumni

Challenge & Goals

The Challenge

Professional development is easy to talk about and hard to make people feel. The series needed to capture the honest, in-between moments — the conversations, the challenges, the breakthroughs — and show why one teacher’s growth matters far beyond their own classroom.

Goals

Put real Texas educators at the center of Relay’s story, and build a content library Relay can carry across recruitment, social, and partnerships.

THE FILMS

Eight educators, one standard

Raising the Standard is an eight-part series of short films — Texas educators reflecting on what changes when they invest in their craft. Directed and produced by Good Word Agency.

THE TAKEAWAY

When teachers get better, everything changes — an eight-film series for Relay Graduate School of Education, putting real Texas educators at the heart of the story.