we have collected more than a million responses to our surveys, and have worked with hundreds of schools and districts, multiple state agencies, and almost two dozen regional networks.
we stay with you and provide our “wrap-around support” and data collection and analysis in order to get to the target outcomes each school and district designates. the result: we help you actually achieve your student achievement and performance goals.
our plc school improvement team works side-by-side with our schools, guiding, facilitating, modeling and judiciously implementing critical structures. our approach is “hands on'' comprehensive, and results based.
our associates are not only educational experiences practitioners, but also are current on research and best practices. all professional learning is delivered in a learning-by-doing highly participatory manner. this allows staff to immediately apply learnings.
"one of our buildings was removed from the focus list and labeled a school in good standing. i can say without reservation that [your team] played a big role in this achievement. i would highly recommend any district looking to improve instruction for its students."
superintendent
data triangle progress monitoring toolthe data triangle tool helps education leaders improve their school culture and drive better decision making by triangulating input from students, staff, and families. it has been widely used by schools and has a response rate of greater than one million. it is designed to reflect the research and best practices, the protocol has been certified, and includes more than 100 performance benchmarks for the key practices required for high performance.
leadership team coachinga program designed to give school leaders the specific competencies to impact teaching and learning and establish the structures, practices, and systems that drive student achievement and school success. we assign a coach to your school for the purposes of building the capacity of your school leadership team. we will also help your school leaders conduct targeted walkthroughs, engage in high-impact coaching conversations with staff and become experts in the essential research and best practices that support excellence in instruction.
high-quality instructional supporthigh-impact content, based upon research and best practices. includes: 
student ownership of learning and learning targetshigh student engagementhigher-order complex questioningchecking for understanding and targeted feedback; differentiated instruction and practice
strengthening the school district’s development of professional learning communitiesmodify the very culture of the organization and the assumptions, roles, relationships, and norms that make up the culture. we provide best practices from field experts so that all are able to benefit from the works of contributors. our process includes: laying the foundationmetrics to establish baselineset goals and progress monitororganizing the worksecuring culture and a results orientation
our latest paper provides an in-depth look at how our plc school improvement process, purposefully designed for results, has helped hundreds of schools exit school improvement status.
5 things school improvement leaders do: what to do when your district or school is placed on the school improvement list
a comprehensive school improvement guide
how to get results with your school improvement plan
from struggle to strength: a district's path to navigating school improvement
