WHAT WE DO
We Lead with Inquiry
TLA partners with schools, districts, and organizations across the education ecosystem, connecting local context with broader perspectives to address the complex challenges facing PreK-12 education.
WHAT WE DO
We Lead with Inquiry
TLA partners with schools, districts, and organizations across the education ecosystem, connecting local context with broader perspectives to address the complex challenges facing PreK-12 education.
DISTRICT ADVANCEMENT
Establish vision, align strategy and resources, and sustain progress
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Develop leadership expertise, strengthen decision-making, and create coherence
TEACHING & LEARNING
Deepen professional knowledge, refine practice, and elevate learner outcomes
District Advancement
Collaborative, evidence-based processes that align communities and drive meaningful, sustainable change.
Multi-Year District Strategic Planning
Chart a path forward grounded in shared vision and values.
Strategic planning with TLA is a collaborative process that brings together the full voice of a community, including educators, students, families, staff, residents, and local leaders to shape a plan that reflects the unique context and goals of the district.
TLA guides districts through a two-phase process that translates shared vision and values into a clear and actionable, multi-year roadmap for continuous growth.
Key features include:
- ● Demonstrated experience: 40+ strategic plans developed
- ● Structured two-phase process
- ● Expert facilitation & community-centered approach
- ● Data-driven decision making
- ● Publication-ready plan
Vision of a Graduate
Create a community-driven vision that equips every learner for future success.
Every learner deserves a clear vision for their education. This process brings together students, families, educators, and community members to articulate the skills and competencies every learner from PreK- Grade 12 needs to thrive.
Rooted in district data and aligned to state guidance, TLA’s inclusive process ensures that the final Vision reflects the collective aspirations of the community for all students.
Key features include:
- ● Community engagement and collaboratively-determined outcomes
- ● Structured process responsive to district needs
- ● Data-informed design
- ● Actionable final Vision
MTSS Alignment
Develop coherent systems to support every learner.
TLA partners with districts to build coherent Multi-Tiered Systems of Support that ensure every learner benefits from the right support for their needs.
Grounded in research and driven by relationships, TLA’s approach ensures that school leaders, educators, and support staff are aligned, confident, and equipped to implement best practices in their role.
Key features include:
- ● Audit of existing systems with recommended action steps
- ● Ongoing coaching and partnership
- ● Regular progress-monitoring
- ● System-wide coherence
District Safety Audit
Create thorough emergency plans aligned to the standards set by experts.
Peace of mind comes from knowing that every plan, protocol, and procedure has been systematically reviewed and strengthened under TLA’s comprehensive school safety audit.
By aligning emergency plans with local police and fire standards, TLA helps schools mitigate risk, respond with confidence, and protect student and staff well-being.
Key features include:
- ● Comprehensive systems review
- ● Staff role & crisis team structure
- ● Aligned to local police & fire standards
- ● Accessibility focused throughout process
Executive Search
Find leaders who fit the role and the community they serve.
The right leader can transform a school community. TLA guides superintendents and search committees with expertise, care, and an unwavering dedication to placing leaders who are the right fit not only on paper, but in practice.
Key features include:
- ● Tailored leadership profiles
- ● Wide-reaching candidate recruitment
- ● End-to-end partnership
- ● Comprehensive vetting & reference checks
- ● Community-centered process
Outcomes-Based Contracting
Some of our partnerships may be structured through Outcomes-Based Contracting.
Ask us how this emerging approach can align contracts with shared goals.
Leadership Development
Cultivating strong leaders at every level to guide schools and districts with confidence and vision.
Leadership Coaching
Develop leaders with individualized support that is relevant, responsive, and results-oriented.
Effective leadership coaching requires a deep understanding of how leaders grow. TLA coaches bring expertise in developing leaders. We pair practical insights with thoughtful questions, helping leaders navigate complex challenges, strengthen practice, and lead with confidence, clarity, and purpose.
Key features include:
- ● Experienced coaches & practical guidance
- ● Personalized focus areas
- ● Culture-first approach
- ● Instructional leadership support
- ● Strength-based growth
PAL Preparation
Accelerate leadership readiness for aspiring principals.
TLA provides aspiring principals in Massachusetts with targeted support in preparing for the state-required Performance Assessment for Leaders (PAL). Through a structured process aligned to the 4 PAL phases, each candidate develops the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind required for effective school leadership.
Key features include:
- ● Coherent design with PLC facilitation
- ● Supportive cohort-based model
- ● Data literacy & analytical writing proficiency
- ● Facilitated by experienced school & district leaders
Teaching & Learning
Strengthening instructional practice through collaborative learning, high-quality curriculum, and ongoing educator support.
Lab Teacher Cohorts
Turn isolated improvement into system-wide impact.
Grounded in research on adult learning & instructional leadership, Lab Teacher Cohorts build leadership capacity and honor each school’s unique context and culture.
Lab Classrooms are dynamic, non-evaluative spaces where teachers, coaches, and administrators plan, implement, observe, and reflect together, deepening collaboration and ownership over their own practice.
Key features include:
- ● Responsive, curriculum-aligned instruction
- ● Collaboration that yields consistency and continuity
- ● Development of internal leadership pipeline
- ● Enduring instructional and leadership capacity
HQIM Adoption
Align people and practices around a new curriculum.
TLA’s HQIM Adoption process brings together district leaders and teachers to align people and practices around a new curriculum.
The comprehensive process guides districts through an audit of existing materials, pilot and evaluation of prospective curricula, and adoption and implementation of the new HQIM.
Key features include:
- ● Driven by research & expertise
- ● Informed by tenets of curriculum design
- ● District adoption committee & pilot support
- ● Experienced in system-wide change
Curriculum-Based Professional Learning
Bring curriculum to life with learning explicitly aligned to the materials teachers use every day.
A new HQIM alone won’t move the needle on student outcomes, but the teachers implementing it will. That’s the idea behind Curriculum-Based Professional Learning (CBPL), which provides all teachers with support uniquely aligned to their curriculum.
Rooted in shared materials and practices, CBPL builds curiosity and community among implementing teachers, leading to continuous improvement.
Key features include:
- ● Explicit alignment to a district’s HQIM
- ● Knowledge-building workshops
- ● Curriculum-specific learning walks
- ● Growth, confidence, and ownership through practice
Learning Walks
Strengthen instructional practice with collaborative classroom visits.
When educators observe practice and reflect together, teaching and learning flourishes for everyone.
TLA’s Learning Walks guide partners through a structured and collaborative process that creates a shared experience of what effective instruction looks like in practice.
Key features include:
- ● Collaborative look-for development & shared understanding
- ● Non-evaluative approach & classrooms visits
- ● Debrief & growth conversations
- ● Collaborative leadership
Foundations of Reading
Build confidence and skill that lasts beyond the test.
The Foundations of Reading assessment is an opportunity to strengthen candidate learning and readiness for licensure. TLA partners with educator preparation programs to create a flexible system of support that meets candidates’ varying needs, connects to coursework and clinical experiences, and deepens understanding of literacy instruction for the assessment and the classroom.
Foundations of Reading Services include:
- ● Self-paced course and study guide
- ● Data reports on progress and engagement
- ● Live workshops and test simulations
- Click here to learn more about TLA’s customized Foundations of Reading support
Affiliates & Partners
We are grateful for the partnerships that continue to shape our work.
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