Professional Services for Continuous School Improvement using SMART Goals
QLD's Goal: Improve Student Achievement


QLD is recognized nationally as experts in continuous school improvement. Our focused leadership development process, delivered by high caliber professionals to all levels of district leadership, is supported with simple, powerful tools.
Through our coaching, teaching and mentoring, administrators, teacher leaders, and school improvement leadership teams become skilled at building school-wide capacity for continuous improvement.
QLD professional services provides:
- Stability and predictability to school systems
- Enhanced principal / instructional leadership
- Focused school and district accountability
QLD brings a focused leadership development process to school improvement... a process supported with simple tools.
Here's how:
- A high-impact series of Professional Services delivered in phases by QLD Certified national educational consultants:
- S.M.A.R.T. Goals Strategic Retreat — QLD along with a district executive level team develops structures and skills for supporting the S.M.A.R.T. Goals process in alignment with district strategies.
- S.M.A.R.T. Goals Steering Team — A high level district leadership team guides the implementation process.
- School Improvement Leadership Teams — Site level leadership teams learn how to apply the S.M.A.R.T. Goals process in their school improvement planning and implementation.
- S.M.A.R.T. Coaches — District and school-level coaches learn how to coach principals and teams in the S.M.A.R.T. Goals process and tools.
- Simple, practical tools including our published resources.
QLD Districtwide... the S.M.A.R.T. Way
I. Overview
II. Executive Alignment, Project Fit, Steering Team
III. S.M.A.R.T. School S.M.A.R.T. Goals Training
For information on how QLD can help your district build and sustain leadership capacity while improving student achievement, contact Connie Holthusen at 608-288-9530 or cholthusen@qldlearning.com.
