Our Services

When you choose AthenaK12 as your partner, we listen to your needs, help you identify meaningful goals, collaborate on creating a plan of action for in-person and remote training, identify the right consultant or team to support implementation, and stick with you to ensure success.

Looking backward. Seeing Clearly. Moving forward.

COACHING

Everyone deserves a coach - someone who has been there, who understands, and is singularly focused on your goals.   At AthenaK12, we work collaboratively with you to plan coaching experiences that increase capacity at both the instructional and leadership levels.  Coaching plans are tailored to meet the needs of you and your staff.  Whether it is implementing new initiatives, growing leaders or impacting pedagogy, we have trained coaches ready to guide you. 

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    Our coaches are veteran educators who have trained for years to develop coaching expertise that will benefit you and your staff.  Drawing on their strong leadership, excellent communication skills and expertise in adult learning, our coaches will guide you as you identify meaningful goals, create and implement plans to reach those goals, collect data and assess the impact of your efforts, and ultimately, determine your next steps.

  • INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING

    Our instructional coaching program offers the opportunity to improve pedagogy, strengthen content knowledge, refine curriculum, and utilize assessment strategies, all with a focus on advancing student learning.  The instructional coaches at AthenaK12 are knowledgeable in pedagogy and content, and data collection and analysis methods.  Support can occur across content areas (including, but not limited to: mathematics, literacy, and classroom management) and in all tiers of education.  Instructional Coaching is appropriate for curriculum coordinators and directors, teachers, classroom support staff and specialists. 

  • LEADERSHIP COACHING

    Our leadership coaching program focuses on increasing the capacity, confidence and effectiveness of school leaders.  The AthenaK12 coaches can serve as a confidential sounding board while also developing problem solving skills, reflective practices, and growing resiliency.  Whether new or seasoned, teachers and administrators can focus on personal behavior change, leadership development, increasing one’s understanding of organizational strategy, and impacting the existing culture of an educational community.  Leadership coaching is appropriate for superintendents,  central office leaders, principals, department directors, lead teachers and other staff who lead in ways specific to your learning community.

  • IMPROVEMENT PLAN COACHING

    Everyone struggles sometimes. When you have a staff member who needs the extra attention and guidance to work on an improvement plan and achieve their goals, we can help.

Put our wisdom to work for you.

DISTRICT TRAINING

At AthenaK12, our expert consultants offer training in administration and leadership, school culture, supervision and evaluation, family and community engagement, instructional support in core subject areas, differentiated instruction, assessment practices, data collection and analysis, induction and mentor training, special education and Sheltered English Immersion (SEI).  Delivery can be fully face to face, hybrid or fully remote and scheduled in hourly, half or full-day sessions. 

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    At AthenaK12, we believe that when you become a learner, you become a better teacher. It is essential that your learning experiences be the kind that inspire you to be a better leader and teacher. As you model a mindset and enthusiasm for learning … taking risks, making mistakes, being lifelong learners...you will create a classroom and school environment where students and staff can do the same.



    We work with each client to collaboratively create a training plan that best suits your needs.   First, we focus on understanding the needs and interests of the target audience, defining learning objectives and establishing desired outcomes.  Then, using our knowledge of the specific context and culture of the classroom, school or district, trainings are developed and delivered by members of our experienced team.  Finally, we solicit feedback in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the training at meeting our set objectives.  Follow up steps are planned with the client to deepen the impact of the training and embed the learning into practice.  

Put our wisdom to work for you.

At AthenaK12, we believe that when you become a learner, you become a better teacher. It is essential that your learning experiences be the kind that inspire you to be a better leader and teacher. As you model a mindset and enthusiasm for learning, taking risks, making mistakes, being lifelong learners, you will create a classroom and school environment where students and staff can do the same.

DISTRICT TRAINING

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    At AthenaK12, our expert consultants offer training in:

    • Administration and leadership.
    • School culture.
    • Supervision and evaluation.
    • Family and community engagement.
    • Instructional support in core subject areas.
    • Differentiated instruction.
    • Assessment practices.
    • Data collection and analysis.
    • Induction and mentor training.
    • Special education.
    • Sheltered English Immersion (SEI).  

    Delivery can be fully face to face, hybrid or fully remote and scheduled in hourly, half or full-day sessions.

We work with each client to collaboratively create a training plan that best suits your needs.

Using our knowledge of the specific context and culture of the classroom, school or district, trainings are developed and delivered by members of our experienced team.

We focus on understanding the needs and interests of the target audience, defining learning objectives and establishing desired outcomes.

We solicit feedback in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the training at meeting our set objectives.



Follow-up steps are planned with the client to deepen the impact of the training and embed the learning into practice.



Forums. Frameworks. Fostering First Rate Leaders.

LEADERSHIP JOB ALIKES

AthenaK12 leadership institutes for current administrators and teacher leaders fills a much needed gap in supporting current leaders as they sharpen their skills, dive deeper into key areas of responsibility, and grow their wisdom.


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    AthenaK12 Leadership Institutes are designed to provide school and district leaders with a structured yet personalized forum for working with trained facilitators and for learning alongside a cohort of peers. In these institutes, leaders have the opportunity to develop their network and skills for addressing current problems of practice and building their long-term capacity for success. Cohorts for each institute are either based on role or topical themes. This is your chance to support your novice and seasoned leaders while building your bench for the future.


    The institutes are designed to accomplish this through:

    • Targeted skill-based training
    • Round table problem-solving sessions
    • The use of protocols and simulations
    • 1-1 and small group coaching

  • ROLE ALIKE COHORTS

    • First-Year Principals - begins August
    • Assistant Principals - begins September
    • Curriculum Leaders (school-based) - begins September
    • Instructional Coaches - begins October
    • Mentors of New Teachers - begins TBD
    • Elementary School Literacy Leadership Institute for Principals - begins TBD

  • TOPICAL COHORTS

    • Meeting the Needs of All Middle School Students for Special Education Director & Principals - coming soon
    • Integrating Technology for Improved Instruction for Technology Specialists & Assistant Superintendents - coming soon
    • Communication Matters for District and School Leaders - coming soon
    • Strengthening School Culture through Athletics for Athletic Directors & Principals - coming soon
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After participating in our institutes, leaders are much better equipped to:

Leverage their influence. In other words, know when and how to shift from authority figure to influencer and build a culture founded in trust and relationships.

Solve daily and long term problems. They do this with discipline and effectiveness by using frameworks, feedback and protocols.

Find balance between adaptive and technical leadership as well as in their personal and professional lives. This allows them to rediscover the satisfaction and joy that brought them to education.

Beyond the checklist.

PROGRAM REVIEWS

At AthenaK12, we believe that knowledge is power.  Program reviews offer insight and recommendations around curriculum, instruction, special populations and personnel.    Over the course of on-site visitations, we observe a number of classrooms and interview teachers, specialists and administrators, and district leaders as applicable. In addition, we gather curriculum documents, student work and performance data.  By examining various aspects of the program area, we identify strengths and gaps; ultimately making recommendations to impact student achievement and growth.

Beyond

the checklist.

At Athena K12, we believe that knowledge is power.  Program reviews offer insight and recommendations around curriculum, instruction, special populations and personnel.    Over the course of on-site visitations, we observe a number of classrooms and interview teachers, specialists and administrators, and district leaders as applicable. In addition, we gather curriculum documents, student work and performance data.  By examining various aspects of the program area, we identify strengths and gaps; ultimately making recommendations to impact student achievement and growth.

PROGRAM REVIEWS

  • FOCUS AND PROCESS

    Our comprehensive review includes a focus on:

    • Curriculum.
    • Pedagogy.
    • Academic Rigor.
    • Data collection and progress monitoring.
    • Personnel.
    • Scheduling.
    • Culture & Climate.
    • Belief Systems of Professional Staff.
    • Professional Development.

    For each area, we delve deeply into subtopics, asking questions such as:

    • Is the curriculum horizontally balanced (comprising a wide range of genres, topics and themes) and vertically progressive (each step building upon previous steps)? 
    • Is there a clearly articulated scope and sequence? 
    • Does the curriculum emphasize deep goals: inferential thinking, critical thinking, evidence-based writing, positive habits of mind (effort, creativity, collaboration, problem-solving, autonomy)? 
    • Is the curriculum sufficiently differentiated to meet the needs of diverse learners? 
    • Are there alternative pathways to successful learning?

       

    As part of the review, we collect information using five different methods:

    1. Classroom observations.  
    2. Interviews of teachers, specialists, principals and program directors. 
    3. Examination of curriculum documents.
    4. Examination of student work.
    5. Analysis of performance data.

Inspire.

Engage.

Resonate.


KEYNOTES, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS & FACILITATION

Special events and meetings call for specially designed facilitation and speakers who will connect with and inspire your team. We know that sometimes, there is value in stepping out of the role of the leader so you can participate and learn alongside your team. Whether it is opening day, a leadership retreat, a summer institute, inservice event, or a community initiative, we can create an experience that engages, challenges and resonates with your group.

Inspire.

Engage.

Resonate.

Special events and meetings call for specially designed facilitation and speakers who will connect with and inspire your team. We know that sometimes, there is value in stepping out of the role of the leader so you can participate and learn alongside your team. Whether it is opening day, a leadership retreat, a summer institute, inservice event, or a community initiative, we can create an experience that engages, challenges and resonates with your group.


KEYNOTES, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS & FACILITATION