Consulting Offerings

Faculty Professional Development & Growth

Is your school in need of faculty professional development that actually changes curricular and classroom practices? Drawing on my experience as a Dean of Faculty & Staff and my extensive academic research into adult learning and professional growth at Vanderbilt, particularly around effective PD that moves the needle on student achievement, I offer consulting around the following:

  • Faculty Coaching Program (Design + Delivery)

    • Building and implementing 1:1 coaching models for faculty

      • Instructional coaching

      • Coaching for culturally responsive practice and inclusive classrooms

    • Offering 1:1 or small-group coaching cycles for the school’s faculty

  • Professional Development That Sticks

    • Support to ensure school-led PD is grounded in:

      • Adult learning theory

      • Clear problems of practice

      • Application + reflection cycles

      • Equity and inclusion

    • Audit current PD offerings and feedback from faculty (or lead gathering of feedback from faculty)

    • Implementation cycles (try → reflect → refine)

    • How to measure the impact of faculty PD

      • Structures for reflection, peer learning and accountability

    • 1:1 or small-group coaching of faculty after attending PD to put it all into practice

  • New Faculty Onboarding and Mentorship Systems

    • Design mentorship programs that retain teachers

    • Includes mentor training, monthly sequencing and content ideas, feedback loops

Book a consultation with me to find out more details about each of my offerings in this area. I am here to find the best option for you and your school.

Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

Leveraging my experience and expertise as a former senior DEIJB leader in independent schools and leading Board DEI committees, I can help your school actualize its equity, inclusion and belonging commitments through strategic planning, audits, coaching, professional development and student support. My consulting in this area includes the following:

  • DEIJB Strategy-to-Practice Audit

    • Review the school’s current goals, PD, policies, curricular practices, hiring processes, etc. in this area

    • Identify the gaps in language & commitments and action

    • Deliver a realistic roadmap (90 days, 12-month)

    • Partner with school’s DEI leader or DEI faculty committee (if applicable) on the plan forward

  • Strategic Planning and System Development

    • Strategic planning with implementation coaching around:

      • Hiring practices

      • Faculty evaluation

      • Curriculum mapping

      • Student support structures

  • DEIJB Coaching

    • Coaching of a school’s DEIJB leader or DEIJB faculty committee

    • Training the Trainer for schools who do not have a full-time position, but want faculty and administrators leading the work to be trained on best practices. 

  • Conflict Mediation and Resolution

    • Supporting a school or administrators after a DEIJB-related crisis or conflict

      • When and what to communicate

      • How to support the greater school community and repair (if needed)

  • Partnering with student leaders for institutional change

    • Developing a Student Diversity Council or similar student leadership group

    • How to leverage student voice and input for school’s problems of practice re: DEIJB

Book a consultation with me to find out more details about each of my offerings in this area. I am here to find the best option for you and your school.

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