We make visible what is all-too-often left invisible or assumed: the mindsets
and practices that build the conditions, capacity, and collective will to build the
schools kids need.
Services IncludePROFESSIONAL LEARNING PLANNING AND PROGRESS MONITORING
We work with you to set clear professional learning goals, clarify who does what, and design learning that is relevant and makes a measurable difference.
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE FACILITATION
Our facilitators help teams learn together in order to make meaningful improvements. We can lead the group, co-lead with you, or support you as you take on more responsibility. Communities of Practice meet regularly to look at current data and engage in honest conversations that build the skills teams need to respond to students and to one another.
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT & EVALUATION
We help leaders gather, interpret, and use data to guide professional learning. This includes tracking progress, reporting results, and making sure insights are shared so teams can learn and improve together.
FOR THE INDIVIDUAL LEADERCERTIFICATE IN LEADING ADULT LEARNING
A self-paced, virtual program for established and emerging leaders designed to support leaders to center equity and turn vision into action.
LEADERSHIP COACHING
A supportive, personalized experience that helps you lead with clarity and drive meaningful improvement.
FOR LEADERSHIP TEAMS
LEADERSHIP TEAM DEVELOPMENT
Build the shared goals, skills, and mindsets of departmental, grade-level, program, or system leaders so they can facilitate high-impact collaboration that transforms student outcomes.
FOR LEADERS WITHIN OR ACROSS SYSTEMS
LEADER COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
Engage leaders in collaborative inquiry—within or across sites or organizations—to confront equity challenges, build visionary leadership, break down siloes, and experience the kind of rigorous learning we want them to create for others.
AFFINITY NETWORKS
Connect leaders of shared racial identities to build community, exchange strategies, and address challenges unique to their experiences. These networks provide a supportive, structured space to collaborate, strengthen leadership, and advance equity within and across teams and systems.
SERVICES INCLUDEROOTS AND SHOOTS EVALUATION SYSTEM
Assess the health of your adult learning culture and its impact on student outcomes through our Root & Shoot System Baseline and Impact Assessments, Learning Leadership Assessment, professional learning observations, and twice-yearly customized data reporting—giving you the insights needed to make informed shifts in leadership practice.
VISIONING & GOAL SETTING RETREATS
Build coherence and strengthen distributive leadership in support of systemwide goals for adult and student learning through a half- or full-day customized visioning and goal-setting experience for leadership teams.
STRATEGIC PLANNING & PROGRESS MONITORING CONVENINGS
Align priorities, track progress, and adjust strategies through facilitated convenings that equip leadership teams with the structures, tools, and practices needed to drive measurable improvement across the system.
WORKSHOPSWorkshops include, but are not limited to, the topics below. Customized options allow us to tailor content to your team’s priorities and context.
Data Practices that Uncover Student Learning
Keeping Goals Alive
Designing High-Impact Collaboration and Adult Learning
Our Partners Represent All Parts of the Education System
By partnering with a widening community and serving as trusted advisors, we help our partners design and create vibrant learning cultures so they evolve as leaders of systemic improvement, giving all students opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. We serve
Teachers, librarians, school psychologists, and other school-day service providers
Leaders of schools, non-profit organizations, and district and county systems
Instructional and organizational leadership teams
Expanded Learning leaders, staff, and agency partners
When you’re ready to...
explore how transforming professional learning and collaboration can create equitable change in your system, we’re ready to be your on-the-ground partner. Connect with us at info-leadbylearning@northeastern.edu.
