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Lisa Heald

School Improvement Strategist

Growth Coach

Turn school improvement priorities into consistent quality practice.

Rural and Regional Schools/Aotearoa NZ

Take the 5 minute School Capability Snapshot

20 questions across:
Clarity | Coherence | Capability | Culture

Identify your school’s strengths and next growth opportunity.

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I help principals work out what is getting in the way of improvement — and build the clarity, systems and capability to move it forward.

Before you add another priority for 2027, let's work out what is actually getting in the way of where you want to go.

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“Lisa makes best practice normal.”

Area School Principal

Thinking about 2027? Let's talk

You're clear about where your school needs to go.

The challenge is getting everything aligned enough to get there.

Too many priorities.
Variable practice.
PLD that isn't consistently transferring into classrooms.
Leadership teams working hard but not always moving the work forward.
Systems that have grown complicated, disappeared or never existed.
And too much of the improvement work still sitting with the principal.

This is where we work together.

Diagnosing and designing school improvement.

Find the Problem

School Improvement Diagnostics

For schools asking:

We know we're working hard. Why aren't we getting the traction we expected?

School Capability Snapshot - free
Coherence to Impact Review
Quality Practice Review
Leadership/Team Review
Specific system reviews

From $3,000

Solve the Problem

Improvement Sprints

2027 Clarity Sprint - one priority
Quality Practice Sprint
Leadership Team Reset
PLD to Practice Sprint
Student Leadership Development
Targeted system improvement

From $5,000

The size of your school will help to determine pricing.

Sustain the Change

Strategic Improvement Partnerships

For principals leading significant change who want an experienced external partner alongside them.

90-Day Improvement Partnership
6-Month Coherence to Impact Partnership
12-Month Strategic Improvement Partnership

From $10,000

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Let’s work together.

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