All children deserve access to a quality education that empowers them to thrive. Yet our teachers and administrators face environments with increasing complexity, constraint, and ambiguity. At RTI, we empower educators to design, plan, and implement action steps to better address those challenges.
We partner to develop and enhance the common practices, language, and reflection techniques necessary to move proactively towards improved student outcomes. Support may include:
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We believe professional learning is most meaningful when connected to the authentic challenges of school leaders. We take a listen-first approach grounded in the prevailing belief that context is critical. Our three-part, research-practice-reflection approach uses authentic district and school goals, strengths, and challenges as means of development. Support may include:
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By leveraging content expertise, staff experience, and research insight, our customized consulting services offer practical answers to relevant challenges. We co-design solutions that are both actionable and sustainable to improve organizational operations. Solutions may include:
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We facilitate learning communities to foster connections between educators, researchers, and thought leaders. These networks represent a powerful opportunity for collaboration and scale. Networks may focus on:
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– Jonathan Brown, Principal, Yadkin Valley Regional Career Academy
- Jim Argent, Principal, Knightdale High School of Collaborative Design
Laurie Baker is an educational consultant with national experience in the areas of innovative school design and educational leadership. Having been a teacher, administrator, and volunteer advocate, she has firsthand experience in how poverty, race, and rurality affect children and communities.
Dr. Baker develops a long-term strategy for domestic educational services, including instructional coaching, instructional coach development, leadership coaching, strategic consulting, and peer networking events. Currently, she manages technical assistance projects focused on educational leadership and school design in North Carolina and Texas.
Dr. Baker joined RTI in 2016 from North Carolina New Schools, where she led large-scale educational reform projects in Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina. She has extensive background as a practitioner, having served as a high school English teacher, middle school assistant principal, high school assistant principal for at-risk students, and early college high school principcal. She is also a court-appointed Guardian ad Litem—an advocate for abused and neglected children.