Consulting Services

Educators’ Collaborative provides management consulting services in a wide variety of areas important to independent schools and not-for-profit organizations.

Strategic Planning
Retreat planning and facilitation; organization of steering committee and task forces; focus group facilitation for constituent groups; mission and vision statements, core values, goals/objectives, effective action plans

Governance
Board training; orientation of new trustees; trustee and faculty workshops and retreats; Head and/or Board Chair transitions; crisis intervention

Coaching and Mentoring
Strengthen relationships with Board, faculty, parents, alumni; negotiate unfamiliar terrain – financial, personnel, long-range planning; manage multiple and often conflicting demands; hear a different perspective from a veteran head of school; develop leadership style while charting a course for personal growth and advancement

Institutional & Operational Audits
School start-ups and mergers; feasibility studies; analysis of key operations:  Admissions, Business/Finance and Development/Advancement

Special Projects
Identification of interim leaders and administrators; conflict resolution; leadership transition planning; mentoring for heads and administrators; feasibility studies

Workshops
EC partners frequently present at regional and national conferences and for other select educational and non-profit associations. Click here for a sample listing of topics we have offered recently.