Supporting Educators in the Empowerment of Students and Teachers
Tom Ledue
Tom is an educational consultant and school coach with over thirty years in school leadership and instruction. As a teacher, Tom continually created powerful opportunities for his students that built durable learning. As an Alternative School Director, Tom began and led a small school that effectively supported high-need learners from multiple sending schools. As a teacher-leader, Assistant Principal, and Principal, he was at the forefront of leading both a high school and an elementary school through strategic change to support dramatically improved student outcomes. Tom is passionate about education; he is always eager to work with teachers and school leaders to improve their craft.
Across Tom’s career, from being a young teacher and coach to being a veteran principal, he excelled at creating structures and processes to support critical leverage-point goals. Tom brings this skill set to the principals and teachers he works with. His extensive experience and professional toolbox empower him to quickly identify common ground and establish both trust and credibility to engage in the work of school improvement.
When not in school, with his partner Deneen, or with one of his four daughters, he is most likely to be found in a canoe on a river in Northern New England.
Deneen Bernier
Deneen provides administrative support for TLCS. Deneen has extensive experience both as an educator across multiple contexts and as a logistics manager in large organizations, from Connecticut to Maine. She offers a joyful, analytical lens for back-office details.
When not working, Deneen can likely be found exploring the timeless secrets of plants and their medicine, tracking local wildlife, hiking, cross-country skiing, or canoeing Maine’s wild rivers.