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Leverage LIFT for True Transformation.

Leading Educators is uniquely prepared to help your district build durable capacity and get results through LASO Cycle 4 LIFT, backed by one of the strongest records of impact in the nation.

 

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Get Focused. Get Aligned. Get Lasting Results.

It's harder than ever for leaders to lead, for teachers to create authentic and rigorous lessons that engage all learners, and for every student to learn what they need to reach their big dreams. The future is changing fast, and there is urgent pressure for education to keep up.

That's why Leading Educators is determined to help your district seize the rare opportunity that the Texas Education Agency’s Leadership and Instructional Foundations for Texas (LIFT) program offers to ignite true transformation.

For the past 14+ years, we have helped the nation's fastest-improving school systems reverse declining outcomes while strengthening the practice of teaching. We're eager to use what we have learned to help your district get your best results yet.

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Make every strategic move matter.

Even the best initiatives can falter without clear alignment and support. In making your LIFT plan, leaders like you face some big questions:

  • How can we connect a shared vision, consistent routines, and Bluebonnet Learning into one coherent plan that we can actually sustain and implement well?
  • How can we ensure that leaders and teachers share not only a common vision of excellent instruction but also a precise understanding of what evidence-based instruction looks and sounds like in practice?
  • How might we build systems for improvement that last beyond the grant cycle?
Success requires a partner who can unite these components around students’ specific learning gaps to drive real-time shifts in instruction. Leading Educators is ready to be that partner.

Designed for you, designed to last.

Our approach unites the three LIFT pillars into one coherent, sustainable system for instructional improvement that endures long after our direct support ends.
  • Shared Vision: We help leaders operationalize their instructional vision, aligning Bluebonnet Learning, implementation, feedback, and coaching systems to measurable outcomes.
  • Consistent Routines and Observation:  We strengthen leadership capacity to run effective observation, feedback, and performance management systems.
  • Implementation of Bluebonnet Learning:  We train leaders to facilitate collaborative, student-centered learning cycles that sustain improvement independently.
Better yet, we model scalable practices as we implement so you can continue to sustain progress and new innovations without us.

How we'll help you realize your LIFT plan:

TEA needs assessment, advising, & instructional systems design

Get clear about what needs to shift, what's in your vision, and what it will take to get there.

The TEA Needs Assessment process uncovers students' precise learning gaps, educator practice trends, and current conditions to focus your plan.

This evidence enables shared perspective and team alignment throughout major milestones and continuous improvement aligned to TEA requirements.

High-performance, hands-on professional learning

See strong, school-level implementation of Bluebonnet Learning and consistent routines.

We establish curriculum-based learning routines that support educators to actually practice priority instructional practices aligned to student learning gaps. Shared learning, rehearsal, application, feedback, implementation, and assessment cycles ensure shared understanding of excellent instruction at all levels.

Role-specific observation & coaching

Refine priority practices, leadership moves, and data-driven decision-making.

We provide personalized development around content-specific instructional practices, leadership, and change management to support team alignment and collective momentum.

Custom data strategies provide robust evidence of student learning, educator practice, and organizational changes to inform continuous improvement across a theory of action.

You deserve a proven, trusted partner.

We're committed to uncovering what works and making it spread. When it comes to system turnaround, Leading Educators' results are unparalleled.

Using innovative research methods focused on understanding not only if professional learning moved student outcomes but also how, we found ESSA Tier 3 or higher evidence of positive student impact in 21 past partnerships over the last decade. 

  • In math, supported schools improved 8–34% faster than peers in the same state and with similar conditions.
  • In ELA, supported schools improved 12–18% faster than comparison schools.
  • Districts that implemented the Leading Educators’ approach systemwide gained 1–3 NAEP points more than comparable large-city districts.
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We’re proud to be part of Texas' great success story.

Our team has partnered with districts across the state—from Houston to Fort Worth and beyond—to strengthen instructional systems, leadership capacity, and student learning over the past decade.

We understand the Texas context, its opportunities, challenges, and the urgency for lasting improvement, and we’re ready to expand that impact under LIFT.

Ready to get started?

Meet with us for a brief LIFT planning session to clarify your district’s priorities and get support with your LASO application before the December 3 deadline.

Have additional questions? Get in touch with Michael Freeland at mfreeland@leadingeducators.org.