SIP Consulting
Drawing on the expertise of experienced school leaders, curriculum specialists, and academic coaches, School Improvement Partnership Consulting helps schools strengthen instructional leadership, optimize organizational systems, and accelerate academic improvement.
Instructional Leadership & School Organization
- Leadership Coaching: Provide instructional leadership coaching for principals and assistant principals, drawing on established frameworks such as Get Better Faster, Teach Like a Champion, and the instructional coaching approach used by the New York City Teaching Fellows program. Support is tailored to each school’s academic covenant targets and improvement priorities.
- School Organization & Systems Review: Conduct diagnostic reviews of staffing structures, master schedules, instructional systems, and common planning time to identify organizational barriers to academic progress and opportunities for improvement.
- Academic Improvement Planning & Progress Monitoring: Help schools develop targeted academic improvement plans aligned with the performance metrics outlined in their bond documents. Establish a consistent monitoring process that tracks progress against key goals and integrates with SIP’s existing investor reporting cycle.
SIP Consulting delivers specialized leadership coaching and academic improvement support tailored to the unique needs of charter schools.
Services
Leadership Coaching
School Organization & Systems Review
Academic Improvement Planning & Progress
SIP Consulting Team
Maria Mills brings nearly 20 years of experience in public education, administration, budgeting, and curriculum development. She currently serves as Manager of Reporting Services at SIP. Maria served as Deputy Director with Charter Schools USA, overseeing multiple campuses and multi-million-dollar budgets while driving statewide gains in student achievement.
Matt Price is a 20-year veteran of public education, serving as a science teacher, assistant principal, and currently a principal of a comprehensive 9-12 public high school. He employs a student-centered approach to managing schools, with a focus on compliance while maintaining a vision of improving student outcomes based on continued data-based implementation of programs and procedures.
