School Leadership and Quality
Increasing capacity, quality, and impact for charter school leaders
Strong school leadership combines a clear vision with the systems, culture, talent, and instructional focus needed to deliver results for students. The League supports charter school leaders and their teams through coaching, professional learning, diagnostic reviews, improvement planning, and implementation support.
Whether a school is preparing for renewal, navigating transition, strengthening performance, or building leadership capacity, our team helps leaders identify priorities and move from insight to action.
Leadership and Executive Coaching
Cost: $175-$250 per hour
Experienced coaches work alongside school leaders and leadership teams to strengthen culture, organize systems, manage change, clarify priorities, and build sustainable leadership practices.
Project Planning and Implementation Coaching
Cost: $175-$250 per hour
Schools undertaking a major initiative can receive support to define improvement strategies, milestones, action steps, ownership, success criteria, and progress-monitoring routines. Coaching can continue through implementation to help teams maintain focus and adjust when conditions change.
Leadership Development Portfolio
The League offers leadership development experiences for leaders at different career stages and in diverse school contexts. Use short summaries on this page and link to the primary program pages for current applications, eligibility, schedules, and funding information.
- Foundations: Development and support for emerging and early-career charter school leaders.
- VISTA: A leadership-development offering planned for broader access beginning in 2027.
- Elevate & Renew: Targeted support planned for leaders and schools focused on improvement, renewal, and sustained performance.
School Quality Reviews
A School Quality Review provides school leaders and governing boards with an objective, evidence-based assessment of school strengths and improvement opportunities. Experienced reviewers gather and triangulate evidence through classroom observations, stakeholder interviews, document review, and school data.
The review examines six interconnected domains: leadership, talent management, instructional transformation, culture and climate, board governance, and school finance.
What schools receive
- A completed assessment rubric supported by evidence.
- An executive summary of school strengths.
- Prioritized recommendations for improvement.
- A stakeholder debrief and clear next steps.
- Optional improvement planning and implementation support.
When an SQR may be useful
- Preparing for charter renewal.
- Responding to Priority Improvement or Turnaround performance.
- Strengthening the Unified Improvement Plan.
- Establishing an objective baseline for continuous improvement.
- Aligning the board and leadership team around school priorities.
Cost: Starting at $7,500. Qualified schools may be able to use grant funding or receive a subsidized rate.
Member Quality Standards & Supports
Member Quality Standards & Supports (MQSS) reflects the League’s commitment to both charter autonomy and accountability. The program identifies member schools experiencing persistent performance challenges and connects them with assessment, planning, targeted support, and ongoing accountability designed to improve outcomes for students.
Schools engaged through this process may receive diagnostic support, review of additional quality evidence, subsidized School Quality Reviews, improvement planning, and targeted assistance based on identified needs. Read more here.
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Connect with the League to discuss leadership coaching, school quality, renewal preparation, or improvement support.
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