01.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Keynotes and professional learning built from real turnaround work, not theory. Every session is practical, honest and customized to your team, so people leave with strategies they can use the next day.
Sessions are available as keynotes, workshops, professional learning and leadership retreats. Recent presentations include the Charter Schools Development Center Conference (2024, 2025), co-presented with charter school legal counsel, and the Every Child Counts Symposium (2024).
Popular topics:
• Turning around struggling schools and programs
• Special education compliance and due process prevention
• Attendance, engagement and retention systems
• MTSS that works in practice, not just on paper
• Sustainable leadership and preventing burnout
• Custom sessions for your school, team or conference
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02.
1-1 coaching
1-1 COACHING PROGRAM
Coaching for school leaders from someone who has led a turnaround. A dedicated space to think clearly, work through hard decisions and lead with confidence.
Coaching is personalized to your role and goals, whether you're a new principal, a head of school, a special education director or a district leader stepping into more responsibility.
Common focus areas:
• Leading a turnaround or a school year reset
• Setting priorities and sequencing change
• Difficult conversations and team dynamics
• Building systems your team can own
• Sustainable leadership and preventing burnout
03.
CONSULTING
Most schools don't need more initiatives. They need someone to find what's actually broken and fix it in the right order. Every engagement starts with a diagnosis and is shaped around your school.
Support is built for charter schools and boards, virtual and blended schools, small districts, and schools identified for improvement or facing renewal.
Ways to work together:
• Special Education & Student Support Audit: a 3-6 week review of files, timelines, services, referral practices, MTSS and due process risk, with a written findings report and a prioritized fix list.
• Program Turnaround: a 6-12 month rebuild of special education, compliance or MTSS systems, with staff training, clear workflows and data your team owns.
• Turnaround Advisory for Leaders & Boards: a whole-school diagnostic, a sequenced turnaround plan and board-ready progress reporting for schools that need to improve fast.
• Interim & Fractional Leadership: part-time or interim leadership of special education and student support when you've lost a director or are too small to hire one full time.
Not sure which fits? Most schools start with a conversation, and we'll figure out the right next step together.