Educator | Author | Speaker  | Consultant

Noa Daniel is an educator, author, speaker, and consultant with more than 30 years of experience creating opportunities for people to discover more about themselves, learn with and from one another, and build what's possible.

At the heart of Noa's work is a belief that meaningful learning begins with people—their identities, interests, strengths, experiences, and ideas. Whether working with students, educators, mentors, or educational leaders, she designs experiences that amplify voice, nurture agency, strengthen relationships, and inspire growth.

As the creator of Building Outside the Blocks (BOB), Noa has developed an approach to personalized learning that helps educators design meaningful projects within the realities of classroom time and curricular expectations. BOB empowers students to build skills, autonomy, and community by bringing more of themselves into their learning. Her guiding principle is simple: Hold the learning goals steady while keeping the pathways flexible.

Noa is the Founder and Director of The Mentoree, a mentorship institute dedicated to advancing mentorship as a distinct professional practice. Through collaborative learning experiences, professional development, and community-building, The Mentoree supports educators at every stage of their careers in finding connection, developing their mentor identities, and growing their capacity to support others. Noa also works with schools, districts, and organizations to design relational, responsive, and sustainable mentorship experiences.

As a Mentorship Imaginator with the Thinkering Collective, Noa helps create the conditions for educators to explore possibilities, develop ideas, and turn meaningful thinking into action through connection, agency, and mentorship.

Noa is the creator and host of The Mentoree Podcast, which explores education through the lens of mentorship. Her previous audio projects include The Personal Playlist Podcast, inspired by one of her Building Outside the Blocks projects, and #OnEdMentors, a long-running weekly broadcast on voicEd Radio. A TEDx and keynote speaker, Noa brings creativity, curiosity, and connection to conversations about teaching, learning, leadership, and mentorship.

Writing is another expression of Noa's commitment to voice, identity, and possibility. Writing as Noa (Schwartz) Daniel, she is the author of three children's books:

• Crazy for Canada
• Old Timers: The One That Got Away
• Strum and the Wild Turkeys

Her contributions to professional education literature include:

• "Getting Past a Gatekeeper" in Barbara Bray's Grow Your Why
• "Student Voice" in Chey and Pav's Amplifying Our Practice
• Co-author of "Creating a Supportive Virtual Mentorship Community for Educators Through The Mentoree" in Mentoring for Wellbeing in Schools, edited by Benjamin Kutsyuruba and Frances K. Kochan.

Across her work, Noa brings people, ideas, and possibilities together. She challenges conventional structures while honouring the relationships that make meaningful learning possible.

She doesn't just teach others to build outside the blocks. She lives it.

Explore Noa's work at noadaniel.com.

In the book, Strum and the Wild Turkeys, Strum sings a song that changes things for him, and this song was recorded by Juno-nominated Canadian children's duo Sonshine and Broccoli. As a children's author, the creator of this story also emphasizes the importance of education mentorship and consulting for educators. They released the song as a single, and now, the music video recorded at the ranch where the book is set is out and ready for sharing.