School Improvement & Culture
Support. Engage. Thrive.
School Improvement & Culture
Support. Engage. Thrive.
Helping all students succeed is challenging. MTSS provides a framework that optimizes data and leverages resources of the whole school community to strategically address the academic, social-emotional, and behavioral needs of each student and to determine if a child requires Tier 2 or 3 extra support.
Supporting the whole child
Helping all students succeed is challenging. MTSS provides a framework that optimizes data and leverages resources of the whole school community to strategically address the academic, social-emotional, and behavioral needs of each student and to determine if a child requires Tier 2 or 3 extra support.
The MTSS Framework
OUr expert trainers:
- Facilitate staff understanding of MTSS
- Evaluate and develop protocols for MTSS
- Coach staff on designing and providing targeted interventions
- Facilitate staff understanding of MTSS
- Evaluate and develop protocols for MTSS
- Coach staff on designing and providing targeted interventions
Actionable School Improvement
Helping schools shift from struggling to successful
School improvement isn’t easy and takes time. We partner with schools to offer tailored support that focuses on their needs and priorities and helps them define actionable steps and measurable goals.
Helping schools shift from struggling to successful
Phase One: Needs Assessment
- Observe Classrooms
- Interview Stakeholder Groups
- Conduct Data Analysis
- Provide Inventory Resources
- Define Desired Outcomes
- Set Realistic Timelines
- Articulate Action Steps
- Describe Evidence of Success
- Establish Strong Teams
- Include All Stakeholders
- Build Accountability Structures
- Focus Resources
- Collect Artifacts
- Make Data Visible
- Self-Reflect
- Modify and Refine
- Celebrate Success
Culture and Climate
building belonging for better learning
building belonging for better learning
An unwelcoming school environment stagnates student learning and stifles teacher initiative. We provide guidance to foster trusting relationships, supportive instructional practices, and a safe, inclusive community to help students and educators thrive. To this end, we:
- Train staff in restorative practices
- Develop advisory curriculum
- Support implementation of SEL programs
- Integrate SEL into core content instruction
- Model culturally responsive practices
An unwelcoming school environment stagnates student learning and stifles teacher initiative. We provide guidance to foster trusting relationships, supportive instructional practices, and a safe, inclusive community to help students and educators thrive. To this end, we:
- Train staff in restorative practices
- Develop advisory curriculum
- Support implementation of SEL programs
- Integrate SEL into core content instruction
- Model culturally responsive practices
Essential Elements of the Restorative Practices Community Circle
When forming your community circle, work with students to establish values like patience and courage. This will help everyone to feel comfortable sharing experiences and ideas freely. To build community, include storytelling rounds by asking students to talk about “a person in your life who…” or “a time when….”
Essential Elements of the Restorative Practices Community Circle
When forming your community circle, work with students to establish values like patience and courage. This will help everyone to feel comfortable sharing experiences and ideas freely. To build community, include storytelling rounds by asking students to talk about “a person in your life who…” or “a time when….”
Growth Focused Leadership
cultivating talent and supporting collaboration
Many schools lack effective or vitalized leadership. Shared leadership with a growth-mindset is essential to an energized school. We work with schools to develop the talent in the building and then to create effective teams to maintain mission, inspire vision, and create initiatives. Specifically, we:
- Facilitate development of collaborative leadership structures and teams
- Provide 1-1 leadership coaching
- Improve systems and tools for teacher evaluation
Cultivating talent and supporting collaboration
Many schools lack effective or vitalized leadership. Shared leadership with a growth-mindset is essential to an energized school. We work with schools to develop the talent in the building and then to create effective teams to maintain mission, inspire vision, and create initiatives. Specifically, we:
- Facilitate development of collaborative leadership structures and teams
- Provide 1-1 leadership coaching
- Improve systems and tools for teacher evaluation
Encouraging community investment in school success
One of our Parents as Partners videos.
The community and families play a vital role in students attending school regularly, remaining in school longer, and performing academically better. We help schools engage parents as partners in their child’s learning by:
- Providing educational resources and support to families with a recorded webinar series on topics from Reading Comprehension to Becoming a Critical Thinker
- Conducting stakeholder surveys
- Coaching improvement teams on strategies for effective family engagement
Encouraging community investment in school success
- Providing educational resources and support to families with a recorded webinar series on topics from Reading Comprehension to Becoming a Critical Thinker
- Conducting stakeholder surveys
- Coaching improvement teams on strategies for effective family engagement