Education Coaching & Consulting
Schools are complicated systems. School leaders need to understand and address the needs and expectations of parents, students, teachers, board members, and the broader community.
It is no small task to manage expectations, deliver operationally, and think strategically. We help school leaders deliver on expectations, improve outcomes, and multiply their impact.
Teachers work in education because they care and because they want to serve students. However, their work is so much broader in the classroom.
They must move from being reactive to consciously leading and thinking about the work outside of the classroom and how that allows teachers to multiply the impact they have on students.
Robin Schenck Leadership Development integrates years of experience in independent schools with leadership best practices to help teachers and school leaders think about and articulate what is needed – and build pathways that assure achievement and success
Relevant Assessment in the School Setting
We believe in assessments that work, save time, and produce actionable results.
Robin Schenck is a co-author of the Ed360 Assessment, which blends best practices from leadership development and educational language so that the feedback is relevant to the school setting.
We carefully and thoughtfully assess each situation and concern & develop starting objectives:
Help school leaders gain feedback regarding strengths and areas for development or stretch
Determine interviews and surveys needed to provide development perspective rather than performance review
Analyze data and provide feedback and direction for leadership
Elevate alignment between school leaders and Heads of School around expectations and priorities for development goals
Following this initial phase, individual coaching is provided so that the coachee can achieve his or her individual goals.
Workshops
Our Conscious Leadership Model applies not just to coaching but also to training and development.
Our workshops prioritize the importance of teachers with leader mindsets over the individual needs of schools. We help teachers lead not only in their classroom but with their colleagues, with parents, and in the larger community.
We help schools explore what is needed to develop teacher leaders and to develop teachers who will become school leaders. Workshops are designed with common school language in order to meet the needs of participants.
Example workshops include:
Emerging Leaders Program
Emerging leaders program that addresses personality, self-awareness, and pathways to professional growth. Includes improved communication with colleagues and parents.
Preparing Teacher Leaders
Teacher leader program that assists teachers in transferring skills they know from the classroom (i.e., planning, expectations, norms, feedback, flexibility) to other settings (i.e., parent meetings, committees, workgroups).
Empowering Conversations
Assist faculty and staff in learning to manage the deeply personal conversations they face with students, parents, and each other.
The Ed360 Assessment Suite
Great schools have great leaders who are eager to learn and grow
School leaders receive constant feedback related to their students’ experiences, achievements, and overall student outcomes. However, feedback related to how school leaders and faculty collaborate, communicate, and partner with the teams and systems in which they operate is often lacking. The Ed360 assessment provides feedback across competencies known to be critical for broader leadership success in school settings.
LEADING OBJECTIVES
Vision & Direction
Operational Excellence
Drives Results
LEADING OTHERS
Builds Relationships
Collaboration
Conflict Management
Develops Others
LEADING SELF
Adaptive
Inspirational Presence
Resilience
The Ed360 Assessment Suite offers unique editions for school administrators, directors, department heads, and teachers with competencies that are related to the work requirements for each of these professional role domains.
Each edition in the suite is a multi-rater survey tool used to provide candid and specific feedback to school leaders on behaviors known to be critical to success in leading high performing schools.
School leaders with the right attitudes and skills to support the people and systems around them are more successful and create learning environments that are efficient, productive, and sustainable.
HERE’S HOW THE ED360 Works:
1. Feedback givers/raters are identified (usually peers, team members, supervisors, faculty, and others) and asked to anonymously provide feedback about their perceptions of the identified leader’s effectiveness across the Ed360 competencies.
2. The leader and feedback givers are given a link to complete the online assessment through their computer or handheld device. The survey is quick and easy to complete usually taking less than 20 minutes. Responses are anonymous and reported at the rater group level only**
3. Feedback results are then compiled, and a professional who is qualified assists in debriefing the results with the leader.
4. The leader then uses the feedback and insights gained to adjust and guide his or her behaviors and approach to maximize future effectiveness and to develop as a leader.
**Feedback results are only presented in the report for rater groups having at least 3 or more raters to ensure anonymity except for the boss/supervisor group which may have less than 3 raters.
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Let’s talk and get you on the path to multiply your impact in the world around you.
