Leadership to ignite learning

Organizational and Leadership Development Coach

​2000 - present

 

​Systems coach to school districts undergoing system-wide reinvention.  The primary goal of this coaching is strategic organizational alignment, transformation, and leadership development that results in all students prepared for post-secondary education.  Specialty areas include executive coaching for district and building leadership, strategy creation, professional culture development, and Instructional Rounds facilitation. Coaching has been conducted under the auspices of a variety of sponsors, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Small Schools Project/CESNW, the Washington State Leadership Academy, and directly with districts.

 

 

Partner/Managing Partner

Abeo School Change/Coalition of Essential Schools NW

​2003 - 2015

 

Partner and coach for national education design and implementation group.  Responsibilities for this nonprofit organization include fiscal management, marketing and web/social media presence, internal strategy development, long-range planning, and establishing a national publishing presence with a portion of time devoted to direct client support.  Fulfilled the position of chief operating officer on an interim basis while executive director was on sabbatical (2010-2011).

 

 

Research Consultant

American Institutes for Research

​2010 - 2011

 

​Consultant to W.T. Grant-funded research team investigating the role of field research in school district policy development and decision-making.

 

 

Coach/Consultant

Executive Leadership Program for Educators at Harvard University

​2006 - 2012

 

Leadership and organizational coach to northern Kentucky and Oregon school districts to develop a coherent and aligned system around quality instruction that extends from the state house to the classroom.  This Wallace Foundation initiative was a joint venture of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard Business School, and Kennedy School of Government that incorporated frameworks and perspective from each institution and embodied cutting edge research around student learning, organizational effectiveness, and the socio-political aspects of executive leadership.  Contract included the development of in-depth instructional packages and stakeholder briefing sites around key aspects of the work. 

 

 

Consultant

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

2005-2006

 

​Support to Washington state program officer in assessing alignment of grant proposals to foundation strategy and collaborative development of proposal summaries for funding approval.

 

 

Senior Coach Consultant

Change Leadership Group, Harvard University Graduate School of Education

​2002-2005

 

Research and development of systemic change framework, faculty member for the Coach Learning Program, co-author of Change Leadership:  A Practical Guide to Transforming Our Schools.

 

 

Communication and Program Officer

Northwest Initiative for Teaching and Learning

2005-2006

 

​Project design, synthesis, and dissemination of research findings for Stuart Foundation-sponsored collaborative professional development initiative. 

 

 

Co-Coordinator, Pacific Northwest Center

International Education and Resource Network (I*EARN)

1995-1997

 

​Facilitation of multi-nation management team for telecommunications network of cross-cultural collaborative project-based learning opportunities for students and teachers.

 

 

Parental and Community Involvement Specialist

Center for the Improvement of Student Learning

Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

​1994-1997

 

Strategic design of parent and community involvement related to statewide reform initiative, including curriculum development and delivery for effective site councils, parental involvement, parent education on state improvement initiatives, and development of all OSPI publications related to education reform.

 

 

Producer and Researcher (Consultant)

Washington State Board of Education

1993-1994

 

​Conducted statewide research on the changing roles of parents in Washington’s Schools for the 21st Century grant program; developed and produced two videos on parental involvement.