Our Services
We offer best-in-class, high-touch leadership coaching and implementation programs designed to equip school and district leaders with the tools they need to lead exceptional schools.
Our Approach
Our approach is to align with the needs of the schools and systems we support, provide customized learning opportunities, and engage in side-by-side weekly or bi-weekly coaching to support successful implementation of the Big Rock systems that drive transformational impact.
Our model is collaborative, aligned to your vision, metrics-based, and grounded in research-based practices.
How It Works
Step 1:
Discovery
At the onset of the partnership, we work in collaboration with you to determine the Big Rock(s) that will drive the strongest impact in your school or system, and the order in which we need to prioritize them.
Our team internalizes your vision and tools while aligning to research-based and proven systems.
SYSTEMS CREATION & ALIGNMENT
We build a year-long or multi-year program aligned to your unique goals, whether they are to improve student culture and engagement, to strengthen curriculum implementation, to develop observation and feedback practice, to conduct more accurate data analysis and design reteach, or to improve any other Big Rock instructional focus areas.
We create customized systems solutions that bring together your vision and our proven practices, ensuring that supports don’t require your teams to adopt something entirely new, unless they want to!
Step 2:
Step 3:
COACHING & IMPLEMENTATION
After the plan has been created, we launch our metrics-based coaching with intimate professional development experiences customized to your leadership team. Working arm-in-arm with your team weekly or every other week for a full or half day, we act as both a coach and an extension of your leadership team.
We work side-by-side observing classrooms, reviewing data, or leading planning meetings. We provide resources and real-time coaching, celebrating successes every step of the way.
What are the big rocks?
Big Rock Prioritization
& Implementation
- Helping leaders build and align their calendars to ensure they are spending their time on the big rock priorities that drive student achievement.
- Prioritizing teacher development and support.
- Promoting engaging and joyful academic culture.
Student
Culture
- Developing engaging student experience through the creation of inclusive and rigorous classroom environments.
- Fostering positive and equitable student culture in community areas (Arrival, hallway transitions, lunch and dismissal)
- Improving discipline systems for increased equity.
Data-Driven
Instruction
- Building the capacity of instructional team members to plan and execute data meetings.
- Planning for the needs of diverse learners, learning acceleration, maximizing student access to grade-appropriate content, just in time interventions, and differentiated learning strategies that drive student achievement.
Classroom
Rigor
- Building the capacity of instructional team members to foster rigorous curriculum.
- Implementing instructional materials through the implementation of leadership planning meetings (PLCs).
- Supporting schools or districts through development of systems for curriculum implementation, state standards analysis, rigorous lesson planning.
Observation
& Feedback
- Building the capacity of leadership team members to plan and execute classroom observations and feedback conferences.
- Building leadership and teachers that drive improvements in instructional practice.
- Encouraging leaders that foster strong, trusting, collaborative relationships that increase teacher engagement and investment.
Additional
Instructional Systems
- Building a variety of customized instructional systems and professional development experiences custom-made for district and school leadership teams.
- Encouraging stakeholders to support implementation of teaching & learning, school leadership, operational, or human capital systems.
Ready to Start Focusing on the Big Rocks?
Contact us today and let us help you implement the big rock approach.
Our Programs
Our Leadership Coaching & Implementation programs are available as year-long and/or multi-year partnerships.
Our Process
All programs follow our three components of the BRES Process:
SYSTEMS CREATION
We collaboratively design/revise all documents school leadership teams use during the coaching & implementation process (rubrics, coaching guides, exemplars, progress to goals trackers, etc.) to ensure successful implementation of the big rocks.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
We deliver engaging, practice-based professional development sessions. School leadership teams walk out with systems created to begin successful implementation of the big rocks.
COACHING & IMPLEMENTATION
We provide weekly coaching alongside school leadership teams to achieve project goals and build leadership capacity. The coaching is metrics-based and the weekly cadence ensures accountability to successful implementation.
Ready to Make a Difference?
Get in touch with us and learn more about our innovative processes, our expansive services, and how our team of experts can help your organization create success.