CONSULTING FOR SUPERINTENDENTS, SCHOOL BOARDS & EDUCATION LEADERS

    Move district priorities
    into everyday practice.

    Bring families, educators, and school leaders together around the work that matters to your community. Modern Parents Magazine offers consulting, forums, and professional learning led by Carol Alexander-Lewis.

    Discuss Your District’s Priorities

    SUPPORT FOR YOUR DISTRICT’S NEXT STEP

    Start with your challenge. Shape the right support.

    Whether you are strengthening family participation, supporting staff, or moving a School Improvement Plan forward, begin with your goals and the people you need to reach. Services can be scoped for a district, an individual school, or a program team.

    Family Engagement & Parent Power Forums

    Build a shared conversation around student success.

    Workshops and facilitated forums connect families, schools, and community partners. Focus areas include communication, literacy at home, family participation, and practical next steps tied to school priorities.

    Formats to discuss: district or school forum, parent workshop, facilitated family–school conversation.

    Educator Coaching & Professional Learning

    Help educators put learning into practice.

    Individual and group support uses observation, reflection, modeling, and actionable feedback to connect instructional goals with everyday teaching and meaningful family engagement.

    Formats to discuss: staff workshop, individual coaching, group reflection. Coaching observations are developmental and do not serve as personnel evaluations.

    School Improvement & Program Support

    Translate priorities into manageable action.

    Support teams as they develop or implement School Improvement Plans, clarify responsibilities, and connect instruction, professional learning, and family engagement. Draw on District Assistance Team leadership and federal and state program administration experience.

    Focus areas: implementation planning, team development, program coordination, and progress review.

    Curriculum Review & Instructional Support

    Strengthen alignment and the learning experience.

    Review curriculum materials, learning activities, and course content with attention to goals, learner needs, and instructional quality. Support can include early childhood learning and online course quality.

    For school, early childhood, and higher education teams: curriculum review, instructional planning, and faculty development.

    Early Childhood Director Mentoring & Program Leadership

    Support new and experienced directors with staff development, program organization, family partnerships, and continuous improvement. Identify priorities and plan practical steps for the program and its team.

    YOUR CONSULTING PARTNER

    Carol Alexander-Lewis

    Experience spanning PK–16 education, early childhood leadership, higher education, and family advocacy.

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    • Louisiana Department of Education-trained District Assistance Team member and leader, supporting School Improvement Plans.
    • Administration of federal and state programs, including Title I, II, and IV.
    • Leadership of university and community college child development centers.
    • Higher education teaching and online course leadership.
    • Publisher of Modern Parents Magazine since 2005 and former Executive Director of Parents for Public Schools of Greater New Orleans.

    HOW A PARTNERSHIP BEGINS

    A clear path from conversation to action.

    01

    Identify the priority

    Discuss the challenge, your goals, the schools or families involved, and what useful support would look like.

    02

    Define the engagement

    Agree on the service, audience, format, timeframe, scope, and fees before work begins.

    03

    Put the plan to work

    Deliver the agreed support and review next steps with your team. In-person and virtual formats can be discussed.

    LET’S DISCUSS YOUR PRIORITIES

    What would help your schools move forward?

    Share your district or organization, the challenge you want to address, the audience you hope to serve, and your proposed timeframe. We can discuss an engagement suited to your needs.

    Request a Consulting Conversation

    Scope, availability, format, and fees are discussed before work begins.

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