Consulting

Achieving Vision and Goals
Like a General Contractor’s role in building a house, I collaborate with people to identify what they want to build and then help identify the resources and training needed to carry out the design plan.  I offer customized services to support your organization or school at various stages of growth through careful listening, collaboration, and coaching.  
- Learn more about my facilitation services.
- Learn about my work with Charter Schools.

Training and Development
My professional experience has been incredibly diverse.  I’ve had the opportunity to co-found two schools, work as a Learning Technologies Coordinator in a large metropolitan district, teach at UW-Milwaukee, and certify as a NOLS Outdoor Educator.  I enjoy the challenge of delivering effective and meaningful professional development in areas such as:

Leading a Student Leadership Group

Facilitating a Student Leadership Group

  • Immunity-to-Change Workshops
  • Shared Leadership
  • Diversityand Equity
  • Charter school planning, implementation and dissemination
  • Experiential Education
  • Wellness Seminars
  • Positive organizational culture
  • Professional Learning Communities
  • Critical Friends Groups
  • Advisory Programs
  • Multiage Learning

My Clients
I have worked with the following schools, universities, businesses and organizations since founding New Leaf in 2006:

  • Academy of Leadership and Learning
  • Carroll University
  • Child Care Aware of Missouri
  • Downtown Montessori Academy
  • EdTech Leaders Online (ETLO, a division of EDC)
  • Esperanza Unida
  • Fond du Lac STEM Academy
  • Fond du Lac STEM Institute
  • Forest Exploration Center
  • Foundation for Families
  • Fox West Academy
  • Great Lakes Constructivist Consortium
  • Idea Charter School
  • In Step Running Center
  • Kohler School District
  • Lincoln Inquiry Charter School (LINCS)
  • Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD)
  • Milwaukee Public Schools:
    • Alliance School
    • Department of Innovation
    • DIAL High School
    • Diversified and Community Schools
    • Expressions High School
    • Futures First Initiative
    • I.D.E.A.L. Charter School
    • Milwaukee Excel High School
    • Teacher Led Network
    • Transition High School
  • Milwaukee Teacher Education Center (MTEC)
  • New Vision Wilderness
  • Post-Polio Resource Group of Southeastern Wisconsin
  • REI-Brookfield
  • Safe Harbor
  • SAGES Charter School
  • Shiocton International Leadership Academy (SILA)
  • Shorewood School District – Senior Leadership Team
  • Sojourners Early Childhood Network
  • Stezela Consulting
  • Student Conservation Association
  • Students Speak Out
  • TeachScape
  • Technical Assistance and Leadership Center (TALC)
  • Turner Hall Climbing Gym
  • Urban Ecology Center
  • UW-Milwaukee Center for New and Professional Educators
  • UW-Milwaukee Department of Curriculum and Instruction
  • Whitewater Unified School District
  • Wisconsin Community Services
  • Wisconsin Charter School Association
  • Woodlands School