I. Overview/Executive Summary
NextGen Consultant Services has created a business plan designed to provide services to campuses and school districts. NextGen is a new company starting in September 2024. Below we describe how we plan to provide support for teachers and guidance for administrators, all geared to student achievement and growth of individual skills and leadership. The key factor of the professional development and services is that it is ongoing in each aspect.
II. Shared Vision
NextGen was created to be an innovator and leader in teacher support and coaching for administrative leadership growth. The following success factors will assist in achieving the vision with NextGen with regards to administrative coaching:
Performance Based Monitoring of identified goals
Use of technology to enhance campus efforts
Feedback through Learning Walk data
Campus Inventory to prioritize Needs
***Coordinated support of Targeted Improvement Plan (if applicable)
III. Overview of Mission and Context Analysis
The mission of the NextGen Educational Consultant and Instructional Services is to employ the expertise and experience of its dedicated educators to collaborate and partner with state district teachers. The specific development of a coaching plan for administrators was designed to address the varied needs faced by leaders trying to grow their campuses and improve accountability results. Coaching for administrators supplements the actions already in place, as well as guides in the development of campus evaluation and leadership skills.
IV. Organizational Goals
The NextGen Consultant Services has implemented a coaching model to both support and grow administrators. By following a Cognitive Coaching plan, NextGen can assist administrators in focusing in on their own strengths, needs, and steps for improvement. Additionally, by utilizing the Cognitive Coaching model administrators are guided in setting a snapshot of their campuses and the actions needed to achieve the goals. Rather than overseeing and directing, the coaching model generates a cooperative relationship while still addressing benchmarks towards student achievement.
V. Key Success Measures
The Cognitive Coaching model of NextGen Consultant Services will be evaluated by the participating administrators, district overview of administrative growth, benchmarks, and student performance. Sample success measures will include the following:
Administrator and district personnel surveys
Achievement towards Performance Based Monitoring of identified goals
Administrator participation in both face-to-face and follow up sessions
Administrative reflection and growth with identified accomplishments/goals
VI. Benefit to Communities
Administrators are charged with being the instructional leaders of their campuses. This requires them to be spend devoted time in the classroom monitoring what students are doing, observing instruction, and planning with teachers. With the limited remaining time, they must be the face of the campus to the community. They need to be aware of what is happening in the classrooms, hallways, and about the campus. Coaching administrators allows them to focus their limited time on goals that will be reflected as they speak to a PTA, student assembly, CLT, or community meeting. Community members may not know all the educational aspects associated with a campus, but they do know that the administrator is charged with the daily operation and responsibility of the campus and its students. A coaching model that supports the campus leadership is a benefit to the community as they interact with one another.
VII. Operating Plan
The operating plan of NextGen Consultant Services is coordinated by its administrative coaching coordinator. However, the administrative coaching coordinator works in conjunction with the other components of NextGen to correlate data and feedback. The administrative coaching is ongoing professional development and is structured in three phases as described below:
Phase One: Administrative coaching is primarily facilitated by once a month, face to face sessions. The NextGen aministrative coaching coordinator has sequenced several sessions following the elements identified from Critical Success Factors. Additionally, other education specialist have been contracted to lead parts of the sessions with focused trainings. Face to face sessions will focus on reviewing Needs Assessments, Technology,
Leader Strengths, Feedback Analysis, and Monitoring Progress towards Goals.
Phase Two: The administrative coaching coordinator will follow up with each participant by a telephone conference. These calls will occur following each “face to face” session and serve to keep participants focused on the tasks to be done. It also allows an opportunity to reflect and revise any goals or needs, based on live, current data.
Phase Three: Participants are assigned a partner from the first face to face session. Each team will either meet or communicate by telephone between each face to face session and debrief on their efforts at their respective campuses. Beyond the assigned reflection tasks, this generates a collegial partner who has insight, understands, and can assist in the challenges and goals each individual leader faces.
VI. Financial Projections
NextGen Consultant Services is currently planning services to last for the remaining seven months of the 2024-2025 school year. The operational budgets include costs printing and materials for coaching sessions, guest consultants, and facilitator services. Locations to house face to face sessions are also included in budgets as charges may apply.