School Improvement Strategist
Lisa Heald
A school that works without you having to hold all the pieces together.
Imagine walking in on Tuesday morning and people are just getting on with it.
I work alongside principals to clarify priorities, strengthen the systems behind them, and develop leaders and teachers who can carry the work forward, so quality teaching and learning becomes more consistent.
So before you add another priority for 2027, let's work out what is actually getting in the way of consistent quality practice.
Take the 5 minute School Capability Snapshot
See what's helping improvement move into consistent practice, what's getting in the way, and where to focus next.
20 questions across:
Clarity | Coherence | Capability | Culture
“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 four things working together: clarity about what matters, coherence between priorities, systems and values, the capability of your people, and a culture where those values are lived every day.
Ultimately, all four have to come together in the classroom.
This is where we work together.
Find it - Align it - Build it -Sustain it
Diagnose what is getting in the way.
Align the priorities, people and systems.
Build the capability and practice to make the change happen.
Sustain the change through evidence, reflection and adaptation.
Different starting points. One improvement journey.
Before we begin, we agree the focus, intended outcomes, deliverables, responsibilities and fee.
At the review point, we decide together what further support would be useful.
Find what’s getting in the way
School Improvement Diagnostics
For schools asking:
We know we're working hard. Why aren't we getting the traction we expected?
An evidence-informed picture of the issue, the priority to address first, and a recommended course of action
Quality Teaching Practice Review
Leadership/Team Review
Specific system reviews
Programme review
From $3,000
Solve the problem
Improvement Sprints
Once we know what's getting in the way, we focus on one priority and move it forward.
One agreed priority translated into clear expectations, practical systems and supported implementation, with evidence reviewed at an agreed point.
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
Sustain the change
Strategic Improvement Partnerships
For principals leading significant change who want an experienced external partner alongside them.
Sustained support to align systems, develop leadership and strengthen teaching practice, with regular reviews of what is changing.
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.
What keeps coming back to you?
Bring the school-improvement issue you are carrying. In an initial conversation, we’ll clarify what you want to change and whether a review, focused sprint or longer partnership is the right starting point.
Let’s talk about your school, and if I can’t help I’ll let you know.
Still not sure where to start?
Take the free School Capability Snapshot.
20 questions across Clarity | Coherence | Capability | Culture.
Get a clearer picture of where your school is strong and where to focus next.
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