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We offer a broad array of professional development services,
tools, and consulting that enable teachers to meet their
improvement goals. Our field-tested and research-validated
services produce results in multiple school and district
contexts.
 How
are our services different? We work with you to
select the tools, strategies, and consulting services
your school requires for yearly success, continually
reviewing your school data to make improvement
gains. We also align our work to your existing
school improvement plans, such as district or state
literacy programs.
Our customized partnership plans incorporate the
professional development services, classroom resources,
and evaluation tools that are right for your context
and needs.
Key areas of support include
Collaborative Inquiry: Developing Intentional,
Schoolwide Planning Processes and Protocols
- “Gap analysis” to identify strategic
values
- Weekly classroom visits by Galef consultants
- Discussions with teachers, students, administrators,
community partners, and parents
Professional Development for Enhancing
and Accelerating Schoolwide Literacy, Math, and
Science Achievement
- Data-based planning of professional development
services (review reports and student, teacher,
and school data)
- Accelerating effective instruction through
a series of mini-workshops, study groups, co-teaching/debriefing,
observation, grade-level planning, and analysis
of student work
- Accelerating internal capacity for schoolwide
results by implementing our step-by-step capacity-building
coaching process
- Enhancing the adult learning and coaching skills
and strategies of the school’s internal
coaches to ensure schoolwide impact
- Accelerating effective literacy, math, and
science instruction in classrooms through a series
of mini-workshops, study groups, co-teaching/debriefing,
and grade-level planning
- Accelerating basic skills mastery for students
in levels 1 and 2 (remedial tools)
Leadership Development Focused on Results
- Coaching principals in instructional leadership
in the No Child Left Behind context
- Coaching the instructional leadership team
- Supporting advanced leadership development
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