Education First

Selected Clients Include

• Achieve: Strategic Planning

  Developed a four-year strategic plan and aligned work plans to outline effective governance and capacity, clarify the organization's national leadership of the college- and career-ready movement and define its role in the implementation of the Common Core State Standards and assessments.

• Chattanooga Public Education Fund

  Supported the creation of a five-year strategic plan to better support teachers and have a greater impact in public education in Chattanooga.

• Data Quality Campaign

  Developed a three-year strategic plan that clarifies the organization's roles, establishes short-term and long-term outcome goals, updates the organization's theory of action, and implements an effective governance and staffing structure. We also developed a set of communications tools to enable state leaders to talk the same language and to communicate more broadly about how the effective use of high quality data can be help to improve public understanding and student learning. Tools included a glossary, set of key messages, conversation guides and value proposition statements.

• Internationals Network for Public Schools

  Mapped a growth plan for this network of 12 innovative high schools that serve recently arrived immigrants by helping organizational leaders identify strategies for strengthening existing schools and opening more schools, disseminating its model to other cities around the country, and advocating for policies to transform ELL services and supports.

• National State Teachers of the Year

  Supported state teachers of the year to develop a strategic plan to engage in effective teaching policy debates, define and spread effective teaching practices and serve as ambassadors for the profession.

• Race to the Top

  Helped three states (Hawaii, Maryland and Tennessee) with start-up planning, project management and on-the-ground support for Race to the Top implementation.