Coaches & Organizations

The purpose of this page is to provide a one-stop shop for quality leadership development organizations and coaches who have a national/global presence.

School Leadership Alliance takes the “alliance” part of our name seriously. We are constantly seeking out quality leadership development providers to share with you.

If you have any recommended organizations or coaches, please share them with us through the Contact Us form located at the bottom of the page. Thank you!

– School Leadership Alliance Team

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ORGANIZATIONS

BTS Spark Mindset Map

BTS Spark

BTS Spark is a non-for-profit education practice that provides school and district leaders with access to world-class leadership coaching.

Their goal is to help every education leader feel confident, resourceful, and fully capable so that all students and teachers benefit from empowered, supportive school leadership.

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Campfire

Campfire is an immersive manager development program that builds better leaders through a unique blend of connection, content, and community. Campfires aren’t just another lecture. Their interactive, guided learning experiences offer real community and tools managers can apply right away.

Courageous Principals Deloitte Jim Quigley

Courageous Principals Program (Deloitte University)

Since 2013, Deloitte’s Courageous Principals program has been delivered to 5,500 K-12 school leaders. An estimated 2.5 million students have been impacted due to the trainings at Deloitte University. These 2.5-day learning programs provided several weekends a year offer accomplished facilitators across leadership development and education, valuable leadership resources and tools, experiential and problem-based learning, real-life application, quality opportunities to expand professional networks, and team-based learning for the sharing of best practices.

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Education Elements

Education Elements works with districts to build and support dynamic school systems that meet the needs of every learner, today and tomorrow. They take the time to understand the unique challenges school leaders face, and then customize the Education Elements approach for each district. They have worked with hundreds of districts across the country. They bring deep expertise, design thinking, expert facilitation and the spirit of collaboration, along with an extensive toolkit of resources and technology, to deliver sustainable results.

EOS Worldwide model Entrepreneurship Operating System

EOS Worldwide

They help entrepreneurs clarify their vision, gain traction and increase team health through simple, proven and practical tools. Armed with concepts and resources from Traction and other literature by Gino Wickman, this worldwide network of consultants helps organizations with setting clear vision, achieving traction, and fostering a healthy culture.

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FranklinCovey

FranklinCovey is one of the world’s most trusted providers of leadership solutions that unleashes the potential of leaders and their teams.

Their approach combines powerful content based on decades of research and development, expert consultants and facilitators, and innovative technology that supports and reinforces lasting behavior change.

Leader in Me

FranklinCovey's Leader In Me

Leader in Me is an evidence-based PK-12 model, developed in partnership with educators, designed to build resilience and leadership in students, create a high-trust culture, and help improve academic achievement. This model equips students, educators, and families with the leadership and life skills needed to thrive, adapt, and contribute in a dynamic world.

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HumanEx Ventures

Humanex Ventures partner with leaders, teams, and organizations, utilize assessments, trainings, consulting practices and more to put key best practice processes in place to help architect excellence in talent, culture, and teams.

They also hold an annual conference in the summer with special keynote speakers and valuable breakout sessions.

Interactive Workshops Offerings

Interactive Workshops

Interactive Workshops is an award-winning Learning & Development agency that amplifies potential and accelerates performance at some of the world’s most famous companies. Based out of New York & London, they exist to deliver intelligently crafted, expertly delivered people development resources: workshops, training, magazine, digital, film, strategy, coaching, communication, etc.

Modern Learners Future of Learning Missy Melissa Emler

Modern Learners

At Modern Learners, being focused on learning is central to their existence. They’ve supported hundreds of schools around the world in building strong cultures of learning. Their services range from online community strategy and management, executive coaching, virtual keynotes, and online/hybrid event planning.

New Teacher Center

New Teacher Center

The New Teacher Center works to disrupt the predictability of educational inequities for systemically underserved students by accelerating educator effectiveness. They do this through offering services and resources around coaching people and coaching cultures.

Transformative Principal with Jethro Jones

Transformative Principal

How can you become the transformational leader you want to be when all you feel is overwhelmed and alone?

The answer is… not by yourself.

Whether you’ve been a principal for decades or for just a couple of years, if joining a group of principals who all support each other’s goal of leading their respective schools to its best year ever (despite the pandemic) sounds like a great idea, then you’re in the right place.

Arbinger Institute Outward Mindset

The Arbinger Institute

Arbinger offers an education-specific suite of training solutions designed to help educators embed an outward mindset within a school and its broader community, including school boards, parents, administration, faculty, students, and accreditation boards. These solutions are offered directly to client organizations. In higher education, Arbinger’s solutions also help colleges and universities develop the mindset and culture to prepare students with the skills, experiences, and mindset to enter the workforce as a collaborative, helpful, and productive employee.

Wildsparq Platform Road Map

Wildsparq

Wildsparq is a powerful, online leadership development tool built for companies that care about their people, their legacy, and the impact they will make in the world.

Their approach includes a monthly leadership lesson, a team meeting, and practical action steps…all in about 1% of an employee’s time per month.

COACHES

Alyssa Gallagher BTS Spark

Alyssa Gallagher

Head of Education, NA, BTS Spark
Former Asst Superintendent, Director, Principal, Director at Wiseman Group


Areas of Expertise:
•Design Thinking
•Multiplier Leadership
•Leadership Keynotes
•Leadership Pipelines, Development, & Support
•Effective Professional Development & Coaching for Leaders

Jethro Jones Transformative Principals

Jethro Jones

Founder of Transformational Principals, Podcaster (500+ Episodes), Principal Coach
Former Principal of the Year


Areas of Expertise:
• 1:1 and Group Coaching
• Conducted 500+ Podcast Interviews
• See more at https://TransformativePrincipal.com

Eddie Jones EddieSpeaksLove.com EddieSpeaksLove

Eddie Jones

Executive Coach, Consultant, & Founder of EddieSpeaksLove
Former Lead Organizational Development Specialist, Career Coach, Sr. Learning & Development Specialist


Areas of Expertise:
• Leadership Transformation
• Adaptive Leadership Lab
• 1:1 Coaching & Talent Development
• Team/Group Coaching
• Strategy Development & Implementation
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Scott Lipton Holdsworth Center

Scott Lipton

Founder of Education Delta
Former Principal, District Admin, Co-Founder, District Support Consultant at Holdsworth Center


Areas of Expertise:
• Leadership Coaching
• District Talent Management
• Change Management
• Systems Development
• Shared Leadership Models
• Learning Space & Tech Design

Melissa Missy Emler Modern Learners

Melissa Emler

Founder of Modern Learners, Leadership Coach
Former Principal, District + State Admin


Areas of Expertise:
• Universal Design for Learning
• K-12 Instructional Design
• Strategic Planning for Professional Learning
• Individual and Organizational Coaching (Immunity to Change Map Process)

Melissa Cooper Good Community LLC

Melissa Cooper

CEO of Good Community LLC
Former Sr. Director of Training & Professional Learning, Non-Profit Site Director, Resident Principal, TFA Teacher


Areas of Expertise:
• Executive/Leadership Coaching
• Team/Group Coaching
• Instructional, Program, & Training Design
• Culture Planning
• Strategic Planning
• Community Design

Jeff Warshaw SDCOE San Diego County Office of Education

Jeff Warshaw

Senior Director at San Diego County Office of Education, Executive Leadership Coach
Former Principal, Improvement Coach, ACSA Region 2 Admin of the Year


Areas of Expertise:
•Leadership Coaching and Teaching
    - 1:1 / Small Group
    - Instructional Leadership Teams
    - Elementary, Middle, High, & District level
    - Credentialing Courses, Workshops, Seminars
•System Transformation Support
    - Asset Mapping / Needs Assessment / Implementation

Erin Dare SDCOE San Diego County Office of Education

Erin Dare

Senior Director at San Diego County Office of Education, Executive Leadership Coach
Former Principal, National University Adjunct


Areas of Expertise:
•Leadership Coaching and Teaching
•Developing and Facilitating Professional Learning
•English Learner Support and Inclusion Models
•Instructional Support
•Systems Support
•Data Analysis
•Evaluations
•Multi-Tiered Systems

Micki Singer Restorative Equity Parntership

Micki Singer

Founder & CEO at Restorative Equity Partnership
Former Teacher, Admin, Consultant, and Attorney


Areas of Expertise:
•Planning, Design, Implementation and Facilitation of Trainings, 1:1 & Group Coaching, and Assessments
    - Whole-School Restorative Practices
    - Actualizing Student Voice & Agency
    - Systems Alignment, including MTSS
    - Racial and Social Justice Curriculum
    - Wellness

Kandace Forrester Restorative Equity Partnership

Kandace Forrester

Chief Innovation Officer at Restorative Equity Partnership
Former School Psychologist, Admin, & Education Startup Founder


Areas of Expertise:
•Planning, Design, Implementation and Facilitation of Trainings, 1:1 & Group Coaching, and Assessments
    - Whole-School Restorative Practices
    - Culturally Responsive and Affirming Curriculum
    - Equity Audits & Data Analysis
    - Equity Leadership
    - Special Education

Piper Riddle Executive Director of Rural Education Service Center Northeastern Utah Education

Piper Riddle

Executive Director, Northeastern Utah Educational Services
Former Principal, Curriculum and PD Specialist, Educational Consultant, Instructional Coach


Areas of Expertise:
•Instructional Leadership Evaluation
•Elementary/Middle School leadership
•Multi-tiered Systems of Support
•Professional Development
•Special Education and 504 implementation and compliance
•Professional Learning Communities
•Educator Evaluation
•Building System Capacity
•Dual Language Immersion implementation
•Effective Systems for Online & Remote Learning
•University adjunct professor and course author

Christina Casillas Associate Superintendent Sonoma Valley Unified School District

Christina Casillas

Associate Superintendent of Sonoma Valley Unified School District
Former Area Superintendent, Instructional Support Officer, Principal


Areas of Expertise:
• Executive Coaching
• Secondary School Scheduling Development
• Plan Implementation
• Facilitating Data Conversations
• Instructional Leadership
• Serving Students with Disabilitites
• International Baccalaureate MYP

Jed Grunig District Elementary Director Logan City School District

Jed Grunig

Director of Elementary Principals of Logan City School District, Arbinger Institute Facilitator
Former Principal


Areas of Expertise:
• Coaching for Teams and Individuals
• Instructional Leadership
• Leading Change Initiatives
• Early Literacy
• Facilitating Difficult Conversations
• Leadership Development Facilitation

David Boren BYU Brigham Young University Leadership Academy

David Boren

Director of BYU School Leadership Program & Aspiring Principals Academy, UCEA Rep, UCEL president, Co-founder of BYU Education Society
Former Principal of the Year, Instructional Leader of the Year


Areas of Expertise:
• Executive Coaching
    - School & District leaders and teams
    - Teacher leaders & teams/instructional coaches
• Leadership Pipelines, Development, & Support
• Effective Professional Development & Coaching
• Leading Deep Learning/Whole Child Learning
• Supporting Student, Adult, & Organizational Wellbeing/SEL
• Improving School and District Culture and Trust
• Organizational Improvement/Change Strategies: Vision, Assessment, Strategic Planning,
Implementation, Evaluation

Dale Cox Utah Valley University College of Ed UVU

Dale Cox

Professor of Educational Leadership for College of Ed at UVU
Former VP of International School Services, Head of School, Principal


Areas of Expertise:
• Learning Innovation and School Transformation
• Leadership Training and Workshops
    -1:1 school & district leaders
    -School and district leadership teams
    -Executive Coaching/Personalized Mentoring
• Organizational Improvement/Change Strategies: Vision, Assessment, Strategic Planning, Implementation, Evaluation
• International Education

Sam Jarman

Adjunct Professor for College of Ed at UVU, Board of Directors for United Way Utah Chapter, Executive Board for National Football Foundation
Former Superintendent, Principal of the Year


Areas of Expertise:
• Community and Board Relations
• Designing and Planning of Schools
• Maximizing Financial Budgets
• Whole Child Learning
• Teacher Efficacy

Emily Banks Consulting Mathematics

Emily Banks

Independent Education Consultant
Former Charter Principal of #3 High School in CT, 85% of grads first in family to graduate college, 90% of graduating seniors to four-year colleges


Areas of Expertise:
• Instructional Leadership
• School Design
• Mathematics

Jeanette Rodriguez-Chien SDCOE San Diego County Office of Education Deputy Superintendent

Jeanette Rodriguez-Chien

Superintendent of Sonoma Valley Unified School District
Former Deputy Superintendent of the San Diego County Office of Education, Chief Academic Officer, Asst Superintendent, and Principal


Areas of Expertise:
• District Office Leader Coaching
• District/School Improvement
• Equity Action Planning
• Instructional Program Design
• English Learner / Multilingual Support