Learning Alliances is IEP’s sister company that specializes in Professional Development Services in the United States and Puerto Rico.

 

Who We Are?

Since 1997, our firm has been providing educational solutions by promoting the joy of lifelong learning through supportive partnerships between students, family members, their school, and the community. 

Our Vision

Learning Alliances is passionate about education and developing solutions to create a positive impact in the diverse communities we serve. Our dedication focuses on developing the joy of lifelong learning through a supportive partnership between a child’s family, their school, and the community. We believe every positive impact we make today, will bring success in the future!

Our Mission

Our Mission is to provide services that improve and enhance the educational experience of all students.  Our goals are sharing best practices with families and educators to inspire intellectual curiosity, promote critical thinking, and find joy in lifelong learning.  Together, we act as the cornerstones of education.  We strive to build a stronger foundation by preparing students for the exciting unknowns of tomorrow. 

Perspective

Our programs use a holistic approach that is culturally responsive and inclusive. We believe that when the community works together with educators towards the benefit of the students, it will lead to better results. Therefore, we offer our participants various resources that help families and educators work together to support student’s education. 

Our Process

We believe we are partners to the school communities we serve.  We are here to add value and search for better ways to teach, improve academic achievement, and close the achievement gap. We strive to develop long-term partnerships by delivering excellence in everything we do. We provide services that are fun, engaging, motivating, practical, and sustainable. Most of all, they are essential to the needs of the schools and the community. 

We provide personalized workshops and 1:1 coaching/consultation to meet the needs of your school community.  Learning Alliances is CTLE Certified in New York State.  Learning Alliances headquarters are located in Basking Ridge, NJ and Guaynabo, PR, but currently offering services to other districts through virtual meetings.

For information on our programs in Puerto Rico, click here. 

To view our Professional Development Catalog, click here.

To view our NYC MTAC-Approved Courses, click here.

To view our 2017-2018 partner schools, click here. 

 

Workshops:

Through workshops, Learning Alliances will:   

  • Help schools develop leadership at multiple levels in order to sustain, renew and transform teaching and learning for all students. Increase leadership capacity over time as the most productive way to bring about improvements that can be sustained.
  • Create or enhance existing leadership teams (LT) that clearly understand, based on a specifically developed rubric, what their exact responsibilities and roles are in terms of enhancing instruction.
  • Develop and enhance leadership responsibilities by creating a rubric that builds on leading curriculum alignment, providing pertinent resources and quality professional development for staff on the use of alignment resources, align school observation forms with district priorities, monitor the effectiveness of the demonstrations of learning, and align and ensure strong articulation of standards and objectives among the grades in each school by providing vertical articulation.
  • Create an instructional feedback rubric that provides guidance to each administrator in clearly explaining the concept goals and rationale behind instructional feedback and focuses feedback on the key actions and the instructional behaviors each school values most allowing each school administrator to tie the feedback process to meaningful and targeted professional staff development.
  • Support school-based Leadership Teams in leading the vertical alignment of decision-making by powerful professional collaboration in problem-solving and planning groups.

All workshops include follow up through e-mail, webinars, teleconferences, podcasts, blogs, and wikis in order to support and enhance participants’ professional learning and the application and assessment of that learning. Participants take part in or use a discussion room or bulletin board to talk about the skills, review additional materials posted, or interface with the facilitator or a coach/mentor in implementing the newly learned skills or knowledge.

Targeted population: K-12 Principals, assistant principals, department chairs, instructional coaches, lead teachers, coaches, prospective school leaders.

Coaching & Consultation:

Through on-site support, coaching and technical assistance,  Learning Alliances will help school leadership teams implement the professional learning they acquired during the workshop so as to:    

  • Help schools develop leadership at multiple levels in order to sustain, renew and transform teaching and learning for all students. Increase leadership capacity over time as the most productive way to bring about improvements that can be sustained.
  • Create or enhance existing leadership teams (LT) that clearly understand, based on a specifically developed rubric, what their exact responsibilities and roles are in terms of enhancing instruction.
  • Develop and enhance leadership responsibilities by creating a rubric that builds on leading curriculum alignment, providing pertinent resources and quality professional development for staff on the use of alignment resources, align school observation forms with district priorities, monitor the effectiveness of the demonstrations of learning, and align and ensure strong articulation of standards and objectives among the grades in each school by providing vertical articulation.
  • Create an instructional feedback rubric that provides guidance to each administrator in clearly explaining the concept goals and rationale behind instructional feedback and focuses feedback on the key actions and the instructional behaviors each school values most allowing each school administrator to tie the feedback process to meaningful and targeted professional staff development.
  • Support school-based Leadership Teams in leading the vertical alignment of decision-making by powerful professional collaboration in problem-solving and planning groups. All technical assistance sessions include follow up through e-mail, webinars, teleconferences, podcasts, blogs, and wikis in order to support and enhance participants’ professional learning  and the application and assessment of that learning. Participants take part  in or use a discussion room or bulletin board to talk about the skills, review additional materials posted, or interface with the facilitator or a coach/mentor in implementing the newly learned skills or knowledge.

Targeted population: K-12 Principals, assistant principals, department chairs, instructional coaches, lead teachers, coaches, prospective school leaders.