What to Expect
At NorthStar Education Partners, our Academic Strategy & Support services are designed to elevate educational outcomes and foster academic excellence. Here’s what you can expect when you partner with us:
Our consultant teams include former principals, school system leaders, and education experts who bring deep content knowledge and practical experience. This expertise ensures that our strategies are grounded in real-world understanding and best practices.
We leverage national best practices for curriculum selection, adoption, implementation, and teacher professional development. Our approach ensures that your academic programs are rigorous, relevant, and effective.
We help you create coherence across all aspects of your academic program, from curriculum to instruction to assessment. This alignment ensures that all elements work together to support student success.
We provide capacity building for principal supervisors, principals, and teachers, empowering them with the skills and knowledge needed to drive academic improvement. This includes leadership coaching and professional development tailored to your needs.
We offer shoulder-to-shoulder implementation support, working alongside your team to ensure that strategies are effectively executed and lead to tangible results.
Our Academic Coherence Framework
We partner closely with our clients to design a coherent academic system that meets the needs of all students. We use the following framework as a launching off point with our clients to cast a vision for a coherent academic program.
Instructional Vision:
Our students are challenged with rigorous and relevant content in every classroom, every day. We anchor all of our work with students in trusting and loving relationships.
On-going Teacher & Leader Development
Content-specific unit/lesson planning, designing student experiences, and data analysis
High-frequency, high-leverage, and rigorous coaching
Whole-staff learning on school/network priorities, opportunities for individual learning
Meetings to strengthen culture, whole-child practices, and family relationships
Enabling Systems
Holistic Grad Profile to guide school design
Shared vision for excellent teaching and leadership
Aligned Curriculum & Assessments
Data-Driven Decisions at All Levels
Clear Roles & SpELL Model
How We Help:
NorthStar Education Partners assists in transforming your academic program through the following key services:
Select and Adopt Rigorous and Relevant Curricular Resources: We guide you in choosing and implementing curriculum that meets high standards and is aligned with your academic goals.
Design High-Impact Coaching, Data, and Collaborative Planning Systems: We develop systems at both the school and central office levels to enhance instructional quality and foster continuous improvement.
Strengthen Alignment from the Superintendent to Students: We ensure alignment of academic vision and strategy from the highest leadership levels to the classroom, creating a unified approach to education.
Engage in Leadership Coaching and Support: We provide leadership coaching and support to help your leaders navigate challenges, implement strategies effectively, and sustain academic improvements.
Engage with NorthStar Education Partners to transform your academic program and achieve lasting success. Together, we can create a brighter, more equitable future for all students.