Leadership Coaching & Curriculum Support
We support K-12 leaders with research-based practices
that enhance instruction and learning in all content areas.
Expand your influence
on teaching & learning
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What We Do
Are you a school leader? A principal, assistant principal, or dean? Are you a teacher-coach, assistant superintendent, curriculum director, superintendent? Or a board member? We all know you wear many hats.
The last hat you get to wear—but the one you want to wear most often—is that of instructional leader. There's simply never enough time to do what brought you into the profession in the first place.
We can help.
How We Do It
Instructional leaders need a variety of skills and tools. These are rarely taught in educational leadership programs or—if they are—they get lost in the mix with all of the other responsibilities you face (budgeting, human resources, climate management, facilities management, community outreach, etc.).
We believe in the power of coaching. After all, even superstar athletes have coaches. Coaches, themselves, commonly have coaches. "I absolutely believe that people, unless coached, never reach their maximum potential," said business leader Bob Nardelli.
We coach instructional leaders, to help them build routines, along with skills and tools, that expand your influence on teaching and learning in schools. This coaching can involve a variety of areas:
CURRICULUM EVALUATION
Determining overall fit
Vertical & horizontal alignment
Selection & implementation
TEACHER COACHING
Building rapport
Establishing goals & cycles
Providing feedback
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Designing series of offerings
Modeling PD sessions
Designing & facilitating PLCs
ASSESSMENT ANALYSIS
Understanding types of data
Achievement & growth results
Formative assessment plans
STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
Interpreting & unpacking
Connecting to curriculum
Supporting in instruction
VISION & PLANNING
Crafting a vision for teaching
Multi-year strategic planning
Undertaking needs analysis
GUIDING DOCUMENTS
Scope-and-sequence guides
Fluency & intervention guides
Research libraries
DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS
Qualitative & quantitative data
Looking at trends
Using & creating dashboards
We can put together a plan to meet your needs and that fits within your schedule, including helping to submit Title I or II-A grants that support our work together. We focus on building systems and routines that will guide your instructional leadership. Our experience with curriculum programs includes the ones shown below (and we can support others).
CURRICULUM PROGRAMS
English Language Arts
CKLA
EL Education
Mathematics
Big Ideas Math
Connected Mathematics
enVision Mathematics
Eureka Math
Math Expressions
Math in Focus (i.e., "Singapore Math")
Illustrative Mathematics
Investigations in Number, Data, & Space
Transitions to Algebra
Many others!