April 2024 ICS Newsletter
How to Hire an Independent Education Consultant for Your School District
In the ever-evolving landscape of K-12 education, school district leaders constantly seek ways to improve student outcomes, improve teaching practices, and foster a positive learning environment for all students.
Education consultants can guide schools as they evolve, offering expertise, strategies, and support to achieve meaningful change. However, navigating the process of hiring an education consultant for your school district can be daunting. With so many options available and varying levels of expertise and experience from consulting firms, it’s essential to approach the process thoughtfully and systematically.
In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk you through the steps involved in hiring an educational consultant, ensuring that you find the right fit for your district’s needs to maximize the impact on student learning and success. Click below to read the guide and download our Consultant Hiring Scorecard.
P.S. Get $60 off if you register by April 15 for the 2024 Introduction to the ICS Equity Framework and Process!
Access the Completely Updated ICS Digital Modules
Did you know that ICS has completely revised and updated the ICS Digital Modules? Some of the exciting changes include:
- New website and learning management platform
- Each user has their own login and ability to track their individual learning progress
- Completely updated content
- Learning targets for every module
- New Digital Module Applications following each Digital Module to check for comprehension of learning targets, practical application, and as a team implementation fidelity check
Not sure if you have access to the ICS Digital Modules? Contact us to check and to learn more about the new log in process! If you don’t have access to the Digital Modules and are interested in partnering with ICS, please send us a note!
ICS Featured in the Madison Metropolitan School District Newsletter:
Improving Systems, Teaching with Equity-Based Professional Learning
How would you re-design systems and structures to eliminate barriers, improve access to high-quality teaching and learning, and increase capacity of teachers? What or who is responsible when students struggle to grow academically? What aligns to your professional values and those of MMSD?
These are some of the questions elementary leadership teams dig into during ongoing professional learning with Integrated Comprehensive Systems for Equity (ICS Equity). ICS Equity uses a systems-based, framework approach to eliminate inequities in education.
“There are a lot of people in this district who are very passionate about the work that we’re doing, but also all of our teachers are really realistic,” Morrison said. “It’s nice that we’re being involved in this because we are bringing up concerns and asking the hard questions of how district leadership is going to help us make these shifts so that we can actually do what this framework is asking us to do.”
