Helping find win-win paths forward through complex issues... 

How do we build a vision that all stakeholders can support? How do we develop options to move forward with so many competing interests? 

Sometimes we simply need someone outside our organization to facilitate and fairly broker complex and challenging processes and discussions. Tom’s facilitation support is coordinated with school leaders to identify needs and goals. Strategies are built to honor the voices and process needs of all stakeholders. 

"Tom, the skillful navigator and guide that he is, always helped to keep us focused on our mission and the needs of our students."

~  Dr. Kevin Perks, Center for the Advancement of Educational Practice

Staying true to your heart while still getting kids on the bus on-time...

As school leaders, how can we invest more time to support our vision for our schools while still effectively managing them?  This workshop brings together school leaders who struggle with making time to support their vision amidst the multiple demands of school management. These competing demands on school leaders often lead to frustration, burnout, and diminishing returns on efforts. Through a collaborative process workshop, participants explore and share strategies that will help all participants protect their vision for their school.

The superpower of school achievement and student satisfaction...

Growth Mindset provides educators and students with a superpower that can turn student frustration and failure into satisfaction and achievement. This workshop provides educators with a foundation of the primary tenets of what a Growth Mindset is. It then assists them in developing the awareness, tools, strategies, and habits that can simultaneously infuse more joy into their school’s culture and boost student achievement.  

Building strong foundations for learning...

Teaching through the pandemic has been historically challenging. The impacts of the pandemic on students, teachers, and administrative teams were dramatic, leaving the very fabric of our schools stretched and sometimes torn. Reestablishing connections and strengthening relationships within our schools is more critical than ever. Team Building Workshops are an effective and expeditious strategy to help schools recover and regroup.  

Team building workshops provide participants, such as student groups, athletic teams, administrative teams, and teaching teams with physical, hands-on initiative games to develop strong team culture. Workshops are custom-made to meet the specific needs of your school or group. Together, we will identify objectives and craft a plan to meet them. The team-building experience we provide will include an appropriate range of problem-solving, communication, trust, and play activities to facilitate your group(s) developing, reconnecting, and strengthening relationships. Debriefing each segment of the workshop is differentiated to work toward your goals.