Illuminate School Culture
Climate & Culture assessments and audits for Independent Schools
A Climate and Culture Assessment offers schools an opportunity to take a thoughtful, strategic look at the lived experiences of students, faculty, staff, and families. Whether prompted by a leadership transition, community concern, or strategic priority, these assessments surface what’s truly happening on campus—through the lens of inclusion, belonging, and alignment with mission. The result? Clearer insights, renewed trust, and a path forward.
In the fast-paced reality of school life, it’s easy for blind spots to form or tensions to build unnoticed. An objective, empathetic assessment can surface both strengths and concerns—before they become disruptive. EC’s team of experienced educators brings not only clarity, but strategy. Every engagement culminates in a customized report and, if desired, change management support to help your school move from insight to impact.
Guiding Values
Deep care for each school’s mission and people
Commitment to equity, belonging, and psychological safety
Transformative—not transactional—partnerships
Strategic insights paired with human connection
When culture and climate align with your mission, students thrive and your whole community benefits.
Discover & Plan
We clarify goals and design a scope tailored to your needs.
Data Collection
We conduct stakeholder interviews, gather documents, and use surveys where appropriate.
School Visit
We spend time on campus to observe culture, rhythms, and relationships firsthand
Analysis & Synthesis
We identify key themes, strengths, and opportunities—both across and within stakeholder groups.
Findings & Reccomendation
We share a customized report (or debrief) with strategic, mission-aligned recommendations.
What Sets the EC
Approach Apart
Balanced Data Approach
We combine qualitative insights with quantitative analysis to give you a complete picture of your school’s climate and culture—capturing both the measurable trends and the human experiences behind them.
Trust-Building Engagement
Our process engages stakeholders at every level, fostering openness and trust. This ensures that the feedback we gather is authentic, nuanced, and actionable.
From Insight to Action
Grounded in decades of lived school leadership experience, our strategic recommendations are both practical and aspirational. We can also partner with you through implementation and change management to help ensure lasting impact.
Working with the Educators Collaborative has been an amazing experience. The inclusive manner with which they conducted our Presidential search process was refreshing and unprecedented. They took the time to research the concerns of our school community and partnered to find the best option for the position.
In schools, it often feels like decisions are being thrusted upon the faculty and staff. However, this process made everyone feel like their voices mattered. The result of the search has resulted in an optimism rarely seen in faculty/staff towards administration. Our consultants were engaging, vulnerable and transparent and this has set a standard for how we should move forward with future decisions.
-David Muhammed, Dean of Students and Co-Director of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity, Barstow School
Let's Invest in Community Today
Whether your school is navigating change, responding to community feedback, or ready to strengthen its culture, we’d love to discuss how to empower you with the knowledge to align your values with daily practice and build lasting trust.
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