Private School Equitable Funding Grant

Building on our prior experience with private schools, we are excited to continue serving existing partners and to expand services to newly participating private schools through the Private School Equitable Funding Grant. Please see below for important dates and services.

  • 1/26 – Private School Application Window Opens
  • 2/24 – Private School Application Window Closes
  • 3/13 – Tentative goal for notification of awards to school; Beginning of scheduling window
  • 9/30 – All services must be delivered

Content Areas Approved for Services Outlined Below:

  • Co-Teaching/Inclusion
  • ELA/Literacy
  • English Learners (see asynchronous course description below)
  • History/Social Sciences
  • Math
  • Science/Technology, Engineering
  • Sense of Belonging and Relationships
  • Social-Emotional Learning
  • Students with Disabilities

Instructional Coaching Services
We offer 1:1 and group coaching to novice teachers and experienced teachers as well as to teacher teams. Our instructional coaching areas of focus include the following: Classroom Culture, Instruction, Assessment, Student Engagement, Student Support, and content-specific goals in history/social science, ELA/literacy, mathematics, science, SEL, co-teaching/inclusion. Our coaching supports educators in administering and using high-quality, curriculum-aligned assessments to monitor student progress, identify learning barriers, and differentiate instruction to meet the academic, social-emotional, and behavioral needs of diverse learners.

Leadership Coaching Services
We offer 1:1 leadership coaching to school leaders or leadership teams. Our leadership coaching areas of focus include the following: Planning Effective Instructional Meetings, Conducting Instructional Rounds, Building a Safe and Supportive School Climate, and Developing Effective Supervision. Leadership coaching emphasizes building sustainable instructional systems and inclusive practices that support both educator growth and student success.

Workshop Series/Courses
We offer workshop series and courses to promote excellence in teaching and leading and to foster safe and supportive learning environments. All workshops are customizable and grounded in culturally responsive, curriculum-aligned, and evidence-based practices that can be implemented immediately by educators.

  • Workshop series topics include the following:

    • Classroom Management

    • Integrating Social Emotional Learning and Academics – Sample topics include Igniting Student Motivation, Teaching Perseverance, Teaching Effective Communication, and Improving Student Collaboration.

    • Team Facilitation

    • Transformational Leadership

    • Designing Professional Development

    • Instructional Leadership

    • Lesson Design

    • Investigating History curriculum implementation

    • Civics Projects Design

    • Launching High-Quality Instruction with the OUR / Illustrative Mathematics Curriculum

    • Designing and Facilitating Integrated, Problems-Based Mathematics Using Harkness Pedagogy

    • OpenSciEd curriculum or other applied science learning implementation

Learning Walks
We provide learning walk programs for faculty and/or school leadership to improve instruction, assessment, and/or school climate. Learning walks are structured to build shared understanding of effective practices while strengthening professional trust and collaboration.

Consulting Services
School partners can extend the progress and impact of the work above through the engagement of hourly consulting work. Potential consulting work can include the following: Designing Curriculum-Related Scope and Sequence, Schedule Design, Building out Documentation for School Instructional Vision and Practices and for an Approach to Student Support, Creating a Strategic Plan, Conducting Data Analysis, and Creating Advisory Programming.

Title IIIA – Asynchronous Course | Elevating Strengths: Supporting Multilingual Learners Facing Adversity
We are pleased to offer per-seat access to the 10-hour, self-paced, asynchronous course Elevating Strengths: Supporting Multilingual Learners Facing Adversity, with Debbie Zacarian. This course equips educators with research-based insights, tools, and strategies drawn from Teaching to Strengths: Supporting Students Living with Trauma, Violence, and Chronic Stress by Zacarian et al. Through real-world examples, reflective exercises, and implementation planning, participants will learn to create strengths-based, responsive learning environments that promote safety, belonging, value, and competence both in school and beyond. Additional Info:  Registry of the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education approves this course and participants earn a certificate of PDP upon completion. Applicants should indicate the number of seats requested. Course participants will be responsible for purchasing the accompanying book, Teaching to Strengths.

Bio:
Dr. Debbie Zacarian is a leading expert in strengths-based leadership, inclusive education, and policy design, dedicated to advancing meaningful access and engagement for English- and multilingual learners. With advanced degrees in clinical psychology and educational policy and more than 30 years of experience as a district administrator, university faculty member, and educational service agency leader, she brings deep scholarship to her work. As founder of Zacarian & Associates, she partners with schools, universities, and organizations worldwide. A widely respected author and speaker, she equips educators with practical tools to build inclusive environments where multilingual learners and students facing adversity experience connection, purpose, and opportunities to thrive.