Our Approach to Transformative Leadership

We help education leaders embed SHINE Leadership into their daily practice, transforming schools, systems, and possibilities for every child.

Strong leaders increase the likelihood that every student will consistently have access to the learning opportunities they need to excel. We focus on supporting and developing education leaders at all levels – from teacher leaders, to school, district, and system leaders, to those who aspire to one day hold leadership roles. Our powerful professional learning and facilitative competency-based coaching center SHINE Leadership, helping educators to become:

  • Student-centered leaders who prioritize each young person’s strengths, needs, and aspirations, ensuring ambitious learning experiences that are relevant to students in the classroom and in the world.
  • Leaders who set and hold High expectations for students and educators alike, setting ambitious goals and providing the right balance of challenge and support.
  • Innovative leaders who blend creative experimentation with proven, research-based methods, broadening opportunities for every learner.
  • Nurturing leaders who build supportive environments where both students and educators are known, valued, and encouraged to reach their goals.
  • Engaged leaders who build relationships, unite their school community around a shared mission, and navigate complex situations, all with an unrelenting focus on preparing students for success in school and in life.

“The Leadership Academy was a transformative experience for me, helping me better connect to my belief system and my values. I was equipped to go into a school that was low performing, where well intended, loving teachers and staff needed to rethink expectations for children. I knew what it meant to bring teachers with different perspectives to the table to be able to strengthen and to build from where they are.”

– Marisol Rosales, former Senior Deputy Chancellor, NYC Public Schools

Leadership is a critical lever for change. With academic rigor and the importance of building opportunities for all students at the heart of everything we do, our SHINE Leadership approach helps transform education leaders so that they accelerate learning for every child. And ultimately, that changes the way students experience school, fully preparing them to achieve their dreams in the classroom and in life. Our research-based hands-on, job-embedded learning experiences and deep group instruction maximize development, and guide leaders, developing their ability to lead their own staff in similar work. And the strategic SHINE Leadership approach helps leaders and their teams assess systems, policies, and practices, and use those findings to prioritize needs and develop and implement longer-term strategies. It’s customized professional learning that provides leaders with the knowledge and resources that will help them to be intentional about creating classrooms, schools, and systems where every child has what they need to succeed.

Working With Us Might Include:

  • HQIM Professional Development

    As more districts shift to high-quality instructional materials, we're helping leaders upgrade professional learning practices to match.

  • Leadership Coaching

    Through our unique approach, we help new and experienced coaches create the conditions for successful coaching relationships.

  • Leadership Pipelines

    Our research- and standards-based aspiring principals program is a national model for building leadership pipelines.

  • Customized Professional Learning

    We create customized professional learning focused on culturally responsive leadership for our partner school systems.

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