What School Improvement Consultants Need to Know and Be Able to Do
There are many different paths that lead education professionals into the world of school improvement consulting. Often, stellar classroom teachers or administrators who have had success leading their [...]
Masterful Questioners Harness the Power of Questioning
One of my younger sisters asked a lot of questions when she was a little girl, so many questions that my other sisters and I asked our mother, [...]
Beyond Style: Playing a Variety of Consultant Roles to Meet Clients’ Needs
A colleague recently asked me to describe my “consulting style.” I interpreted their question as wanting to learn more about how I see and enact my role [...]
How deepening client relationships supports systemic change
Have you ever thought about the kinds of questions your doctor asks you and how strange it would seem for you to ask the same questions back to [...]
Three ways to improve your listening skills to build trust and understanding
“You can listen like a blank wall or like a splendid auditorium where every sound comes back fuller and richer.” ―Alice Duer Miller, American poet “The word ‘listen’ [...]
What content expertise do school improvement consultants need to bring to the table?
As a member of a team of school improvement consultants, I often participated in the hiring process when we had openings for additional consultants. The process began with [...]
Expanding your school improvement consultant toolbox
This post is the fourth in a series of blog posts with Ceri Dean, Danette Parsley, and Mike Siebersma to introduce the School Improvement Consultant Framework. One day [...]