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Educator & Leadership Development

Strong institutions are built by people who know how to teach, lead, communicate, adapt, and grow.

Two integrated pathways for the people who make schools work — teachers who inspire and leaders who steward.

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Two main pathways

Educator Development and Leadership Development

Grow the craft of teaching and the practice of leading — separately, or as one integrated institutional strategy.

Pathway A

Educator Development

Deepen instructional craft, wellbeing, and voice — from the first year of teaching to publishing and entrepreneurship.

Services
  • Instructional coaching
  • Classroom management
  • Student engagement
  • AI-assisted lesson planning
  • Assessment literacy
  • Differentiated instruction
  • Teacher wellbeing
  • Professional writing
  • Teacher publishing
  • Educational entrepreneurship
Pathway B

Leadership Development

Build the leadership fluency schools need — from ethical judgement to change management and succession.

Services
  • School leadership coaching
  • Instructional leadership
  • Ethical leadership
  • Change management
  • Team culture
  • Conflict resolution
  • Communication
  • Staff motivation and retention
  • Strategic execution
  • Succession planning
Programs

Programs across roles, stages, and institutions

Each program pairs live facilitation with coaching and practice — designed for measurable growth.

Magic Years Educator Circle

A year-long peer coaching community for classroom teachers.

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Audience
  • Early-career and mid-career classroom teachers
  • Grade-level and subject teams working together
  • Educators seeking sustained peer accountability
Pain points we address
  • Isolated practice with little useful feedback
  • Reactive lesson planning and creeping burnout
  • Uneven student engagement across the week
Learning outcomes
  • A shared vocabulary for great instruction
  • Two observed lessons per term with structured debriefs
  • A personal growth plan reviewed quarterly
  • A portfolio of refined lessons and reflections
Format
Small cohorts of 8–12 with monthly circles, peer observations, and 1:1 coaching.
Duration
10 months (aligned to the school year).
Delivery
In-person · Hybrid · Virtual
Certification
Certificate of Completion · 40 PD contact hours
Program details, curriculum & registration

Emerging Leaders Academy

Prepare high-potential educators for their first leadership role.

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Audience
  • Teacher leaders identified for future roles
  • Department and grade-level heads
  • Assistant coordinators and program leads
Pain points we address
  • Promoted without leadership preparation
  • Difficulty leading former peers
  • Unsure how to influence without formal authority
Learning outcomes
  • Self-awareness through a leadership 360
  • A toolkit for difficult conversations and feedback
  • A capstone project addressing a real school challenge
  • A personal leadership philosophy statement
Format
Cohort program with 8 modules, executive coaching, and a capstone.
Duration
6 months.
Delivery
Hybrid · Virtual
Certification
Emerging Leaders Certificate · Optional micro-credentials in coaching and communication
Program details, curriculum & registration

School Leadership Lab

A working laboratory for principals and heads of school.

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Audience
  • Principals and heads of school
  • Vice-principals and academic deans
  • School founders and owners
Pain points we address
  • Strategy that doesn't reach the classroom
  • Culture drift after leadership transitions
  • Data-rich, insight-poor decision-making
Learning outcomes
  • A clarified 3-year strategy with quarterly OKRs
  • Instructional leadership rhythms across the school
  • A succession and retention plan for key roles
  • A peer network of school leaders
Format
Executive cohorts with monthly labs, on-site diagnostics, and peer case clinics.
Duration
9–12 months.
Delivery
In-person · Hybrid
Certification
Head of School Leadership Certificate · Institutional case study publication option
Program details, curriculum & registration

AI for Educators

Confident, ethical, and practical AI use for teachers.

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Audience
  • Classroom teachers across grade bands
  • Instructional coaches and PD leads
  • Curriculum designers
Pain points we address
  • Uncertainty about what AI use is acceptable
  • Time lost to unstructured tool exploration
  • Concern about student overreliance
Learning outcomes
  • A personal AI workflow for planning, feedback, and differentiation
  • A classroom AI-use policy aligned to school values
  • Assessment redesign that centers thinking, not output
  • A shared library of vetted prompts and templates
Format
5-module program with live labs, sandbox tasks, and template libraries.
Duration
6 weeks.
Delivery
Virtual · Hybrid
Certification
AI for Educators Micro-credential · Optional Level 2: AI Coach
Program details, curriculum & registration

Train-the-Trainer Institute

Build in-house facilitators who can carry the work forward.

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Audience
  • Master teachers and instructional coaches
  • Learning & development leads
  • PD teams in schools and networks
Pain points we address
  • Over-reliance on external consultants
  • Inconsistent quality of internal PD
  • Weak transfer from workshops to practice
Learning outcomes
  • A repeatable facilitation model
  • A calibrated observation and feedback protocol
  • A year-one internal PD calendar
  • Certified facilitators ready to run cohorts
Format
Intensive institute with practicum, video review, and certification panel.
Duration
3 months (intensive + practicum).
Delivery
In-person · Hybrid
Certification
Certified Magic Years Facilitator · Institutional licensing available
Program details, curriculum & registration

Leadership Retreats

Space to think, align, and lead with clarity.

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Audience
  • Executive leadership teams
  • Founders and boards
  • Multi-campus leadership groups
Pain points we address
  • Calendars full, thinking time empty
  • Team alignment fraying under pressure
  • Strategy conversations that don't land
Learning outcomes
  • A shared read of the current reality
  • Aligned priorities for the next 90 and 365 days
  • Renewed trust and communication norms
  • A written action plan with owners and dates
Format
2–4 day facilitated retreats with pre-work, on-site facilitation, and follow-through.
Duration
2–4 days + 60 days of follow-through.
Delivery
In-person · Hybrid
Certification
Retreat report & action plan · Optional coaching add-on
Program details, curriculum & registration

Customized Institutional Academies

A bespoke, multi-year academy inside your institution.

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Audience
  • School networks and multi-campus operators
  • Universities and colleges
  • Ministries and large education operators
Pain points we address
  • One-off PD without lasting impact
  • Fragmented programs across campuses
  • Difficulty measuring leadership development ROI
Learning outcomes
  • A branded, institution-specific academy
  • Aligned curriculum across roles and career stages
  • A measurement framework with baselines and targets
  • A trained internal team to sustain the academy
Format
Design → build → run partnership, co-delivered with your team.
Duration
12–36 months.
Delivery
In-person · Hybrid · Virtual
Certification
Institution-branded certification · Optional accreditation partnerships
Program details, curriculum & registration
Our commitments

Development that reaches the classroom and the corridor.

  • Confidential coaching relationships — always.
  • Rhythms you can sustain, not events you recover from.
  • Practice-based learning with clear evidence of change.
  • Partnership with your team — not delivery to them.
For institutions

Institutional pricing inquiry

Cohort pricing, multi-campus rollouts, and bespoke academies. Tell us the scope and we'll return a scoped proposal.

Talk to our institutional team

We work with schools, universities, and networks to design and price cohorts, retreats, and multi-year academies. Share your context and desired outcomes — a partner will reply within two business days with next steps.

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  • Scoped proposal

    Objectives, participants, timeline, and pricing options.

  • Outcome framework

    Baselines, milestones, and evidence of impact.

  • Rollout plan

    Cohort design, calendar, and internal facilitator pathway.

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Talk with an educator & leadership development advisor.

A 30-minute call to understand your role, your institution, and the best next step.

  • 30-minute discovery conversation, no cost or obligation.
  • Confidential — details are never shared beyond the advisory team.
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