Enrich Educator Professional Development
Support Growth Across Districts with Targeted Professional Development
Educator professional development designed in generic broad strokes is ineffective and can frustrate teachers and leaders who want to help their specific students best. With expertise in adult learning and instructional best practices, our coaches work with K-12 leaders to design equity-focused professional development tailored for individual schools and district-wide networks.
Working closely with educators and district leaders, we build on individuals’ strengths, encourage collaborative learning, and address areas for growth in teaching methods and equity practices in service of nurturing lively, loving learning communities.
"Partners as a team has really helped us to transform our systems and our structures. It was really important that everybody understood that there’s a role that they play on the team."
Principal, San Jose intermediate school, CA
Equip Educators to Lead with Equity and Meet State Standards
In today’s evolving educational landscape, we understand the pressures and unique challenges educators face. Our team partners with K-12 leaders to support schools with flexible tools, structures, and resources aligned with students’ needs, school goals, and district priorities.
Through coaching on curriculum implementation, student engagement, culturally responsive teaching, and multilingual learner support, we ensure that educators feel prepared and supported to build inclusive, impactful classroom and school environments.
Tailor Professional Learning Plans for Every School in Your District
Every school has unique strengths and challenges, and every student population has its own set of needs for individuals to succeed. We work side by side with district leaders to craft professional learning plans tailored to each site’s specific needs.
Our coaches partner closely with school leaders, offering hands-on guidance to strengthen their ability to lead impactful professional development, inspire their teams, and drive meaningful, lasting improvements across their schools.
Build a District-Wide Culture of Shared Leadership and Opportunity
Our coaches partner with K-12 leaders to execute strategies that highlight shared leadership and bravely nurture curiosity, learning, and growth. These powerful and sustainable initiatives can result in Instructional Leadership Teams (ILTs) and Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) that focus on adopting equitable practices throughout the education system.
Shared leadership structures give staff across school sites and district offices opportunities to grow professionally while easing burnout by distributing responsibility. Through coaching and facilitating collaboration, we help education leaders develop motivated teams that are motivated by and aligned with shared goals.
"I always leave the sessions with new ideas or a new perspective on looking at data and planning for my class."
Math Teacher, Philadelphia middle school, PA
Why K-12 Leaders Work with Partners in School Innovation
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Continuous Co-Creation
School and district leaders play a central role in solving the challenges their schools face. We work shoulder to shoulder with them to drive collaborative, transformative changes from beginning to end.
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Systemic Sustainability
We help leaders implement culturally and linguistically responsive core instructional programs, drive educator learning, and distribute leadership capacity to ensure the progress made is sustaining.
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Adaptive Practices
By tailoring plans to the context and pace of community and school environments, our agile coaches adapt processes as needed to meet the most pressing needs of school and district partners.
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Equity-Focused Lens
We strive alongside you to address the most persistent equity challenges by identifying, dismantling, and replacing inequitable systems with liberatory approaches to create lively, loving learning environments where all students thrive.
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Data-Informed Processes
By leveraging disaggregated data - both qualitative and quantitative, we’re able to work side by side with leaders toward shared outcomes. Together we track, measure, evaluate, analyze, and adjust processes for student betterment.
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Instructional Expertise
Our dynamic team comprises former teachers and leaders who successfully worked in underserved communities and now seek to help others create a better future for students by leveraging their experiences.
How Partners in School Innovation Strengthens Professional Learning
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Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) Development
We help leaders cultivate shared leadership and instructional skills within their teams by building systems like Instructional Leadership Teams (ILTs). These structures empower educators to take on leadership roles, ensuring professional development is embedded in daily practice and aligned with school-wide goals.
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Professional Learning Community (PLC) Development
We coach and support school and district leaders in building professional learning communities where teachers and leaders across school collaborate, exchange ideas, and align strategies. These communities create space for skills development, reflection, and shared problem-solving, driving continuous growth.
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Partners-Led Professional Development
Our coaches are available to take the lead in delivering professional development to school leaders or teachers on topics like instructional strategies, curriculum implementation, supporting special populations, culturally responsive teaching, classroom observations, teacher coaching, and data analysis.
Need to enrich your professional development program?
District transformation is multi-faceted. Other ways we work with leaders:
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Develop the next generation of K-12 leaders
We work with schools and districts to develop future leaders and build collaborative instructional leadership teams. Through personalized coaching and development, we help emerging leaders build the capacity to take on greater responsibilities and guide their teams in leading school improvements
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Lead school or district change with confidence
We help education leaders cut through noise and take focused, strategic action on transformative initiatives. By working closely with our coaches, you’ll confidently lead change that sticks and overcome the challenges holding your school or district back.
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Turn your vision into actionable change
Transform the vision for your school or district into real, day-to-day progress. We’ll help you uncover the root causes of persistent challenges and co-create a clear, strategic plan that leads to sustainable improvements and lasting success.
Want to learn more about our approach? Explore these resources.
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Take the “Using Stories to Drive Change” course
Learn how to create and share school and district narratives of improvement, success, and equity-focused work by developing crucial storytelling skills.
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Browse available professional development courses
Built in collaboration with leading experts in education, our complimentary online courses are available on demand and can be self-paced or taken with a cohort.
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Read stories of schools that have rallied for change
See how we partnered with engaged communities of educators, caregivers, and dedicated practitioners of continuous improvement on transformative initiatives.
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Learn how we build lively, loving learning communities
Check out the various ways that we develop people at all levels of the K-12 public education system to make it possible for schools to become places where students thrive.