Achieving Academic Success by Empowering Instructional Leaders

“It turns out that leadership not only matters: it is second only to teaching among school-related factors in its impact on student learning, however, according to the evidence compiled and analyzed, the impact of leadership tends to be greatest in schools where the learning needs of students are most acute.”
(M. Christine DeVita President, The Wallace Foundation)

Research concludes that leadership is a critical component in turning schools around. Academic School Turnaround (AST) is a “corrective action” company that establishes a solid framework of best practices in leadership and sustainability that result in raising overall student academic achievement. AST’s school turnaround staffs of credentialed and certified Executive Leadership Coaches are all experienced turnaround principals that have themselves successfully turned around challenging schools.

AST provides experienced school turnaround coaches to train and assist each principal and his/her leadership team in using data aligned strategies to implement a turnaround plan for meeting adequate yearly progress (AYP) goals/targets set forth.