To transform school, leaders need strong knowledge in not just content, but also change management, analytics, and strategy. Our school leader support options combine school context and the latest research.

  • Launch & Alignment Support

    Who it's for: New or transitioning principals looking to clarify vision, instructional systems, and culture.
    Includes:

    Comprehensive needs diagnostic: Empathy interviews with staff, students, and families to pinpoint school strengths and gaps.

    Focused professional learning/coaching: Priority topics like instructional leadership or culture design.

    Initial strategy road‑map: Co-develop a school-specific implementation plan including standards-based curriculum, restorative justice, SEL, and family engagement
    Outcome: Clear action plan and aligned priorities rooted to your school's context

  • Scale & Sustain Support

    Who it's for: Principals refining systems for long-term impact and continuous growth.
    Includes:

    Comprehensive needs diagnostic: Empathy interviews with staff, students, and families to pinpoint school strengths and gaps

    Data & feedback systems development: tools to track learning, climate, and engagement across MTSS systems

    Ongoing leader coaching: Monthly (or bi‑monthly) coaching sessions with classroom visits and debriefs.

    Community-centered strategy iteration: Regular empathy checks with families & students, backed by surveys and small‑group interviews .

    Outcome: A thriving, data-driven culture with sustainable systems and shared leadership.

  • Excellence & Coherence Support

    Who it's for: Groups of principals committed to culturally responsive leadership across schools.
    Includes:

    Equity-based diagnostics: School level needs diagnostics and in-depth data collection across the school system, focusing on outcomes for historically marginalized groups

    Custom principal PLCs: Facilitated cohorts focusing on strategy alignment, instructional equity, and family engagement.

    Implementation support: Fair Schools provide monthly individual principal support to help improve school-level instruction, culture, and/or family engagement.

    Cross-school impact learnings: Quarterly “show‑and‑tell” for sharing outcomes, challenges, and adjustments unique to the principal’s area of focus (instruction, culture, family engagement).

    Outcome: A unified equity vision with shared tools, voice, and upward accountability across multiple school sites.

  • MTSS for School Leaders

    Who it's for: One or multiple principals who want to improve RTI/MTSS for academics and/or SEL/behavior within their schools.

    The MTSS Leadership Academy is a professional learning series designed to empower school leaders with the knowledge and tools to implement and sustain an effective Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS). This series focuses on data-driven decision-making, leadership strategies, and practical frameworks to enhance student achievement, equity, and school-wide improvement.

    Key Outcomes:

    Develop an in-depth understanding of MTSS and its essential components, including universal screening, multi-tiered supports, evidence-based interventions, culturally responsive practices, progress monitoring, and family engagement.

    Enhance leadership competencies to strategically establish, communicate, and champion a shared vision for MTSS aligned with their school’s specific needs and priorities.

    Build sustainable, collaborative systems through effective establishment of MTSS leadership teams, clear decision-making processes, and staff buy-in.

    Leverage data-informed practices by implementing assessment systems, engaging in meaningful analysis, and utilizing data strategically to guide instructional decisions, interventions, and continuous improvement processes.

    Achieve increased student achievement, engagement, and well-being through strategic application of tiered supports, evidence-based instructional practices, and meaningful family-school partnerships.

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