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School Improvement Strategist

Growth Coach

Lisa Heald

Turn school improvement priorities into consistent quality teaching and learning.

Quality teaching and learning doesn't happen by accident.

It is built and sustained through teacher capability, effective leadership, operational systems and clear strategic direction.

I help principals connect those pieces so that quality practice becomes consistent across the school, not dependent on individual teachers or isolated pockets of excellence.

So before you add another priority for 2027, let's work out what is actually getting in the way of consistent best practice.

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Take the 5 minute School Capability Snapshot

Get a clear picture of your school’s strengths, identify where to focus next, and build greater consistency in the quality of teaching and learning.

20 questions across:
Clarity | Coherence | Capability | Culture

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“Lisa makes best practice normal.”

Area School Principal

“A truly transformative experience where calm, practical guidance led to clear and visible growth.”

Kaiako/Pastoral Lead

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

The challenge is how to get there while running the school.

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.

These things are connected.

Quality teaching and learning depends on the capability of teachers and leaders, the systems that support them, and the clarity and coherence of the school's strategic direction.

This is where we work together.

Find it - Fix it - Sustain it

  • Diagnose what is getting in the way.

  • Align the pieces.

  • Then build the capability and systems that make consistent quality teaching possible.

Understand 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 - it’s free
Coherence to Impact Review
Quality Teaching Practice Review
Leadership/Team Review
Specific system reviews

From $3,000

Once we know what's getting in the way, we focus on one priority and move it forward.

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

From $5,000

Solve the Problem

Improvement Sprints

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

The size of your school will help to determine pricing.

Contact

Let’s work together.

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