This visionary session invites participants to explore how we might transform the professional education and training of teachers & educators to empower young people to be 'changemakers' via authentic project-based and place-based educational challenges. As the founding leadership team of THINK Learning Studio innovation and professional training centre (connected to the globally renowned THINK Global School), the presenters will discuss how to strategically reimagine the preparation of teachers to be designers, guides and evaluators of student-led, real world learning programs. Participants will be presented with a number of ideas rooted in a schooling model that champions student agency, choice, and voice. We will explore strategies for re-imagining university-based teacher education to catalyze project and place-based education in local, national and global contexts.