When people are healthy, supported, and engaged, communities thrive.
We support schools and organizations in ensuring their teams have the structures and strategies needed to reach their full potential. Our staffing services include:
Team Based Models
We ask teachers to be all things for all students, but with the growing needs of students, we are setting educators up to work harder only to feel less satisfied. Thrive works with you to reimagine traditional teaching models and create a more collaborative, team-based approach. We help you design and pilot collaborative staffing models that increase both teacher sustainability and student success.
Staffing Analysis
Declining enrollment, budget cuts, and staffing shortages have all required leaders to make difficult decisions about staffing. Amid these challenges, the underutilization of some employees can often go unnoticed. Thrive helps schools and organizations navigate staffing challenges through honest analysis and a strategic approach. This leads to healthier environments and better outcomes for both children and adults.
Change Implementation
If you’re focused more on what to change than how to navigate the change, let Thrive provide some insight. No matter how necessary or great a new idea is, it won’t be successful if the process of change is not intentional and the community is not bought in. We can help you navigate these periods by engaging stakeholders, ensuring teams remain cohesive, and coaching leaders to maintain momentum.
Succession Planning
Changes in leadership are inevitable. During a transition, it’s essential to ensure that mission, vision, and impact are ingrained in an institution, rather than a person. Thrive can help you navigate this process. Our team listens deeply to your community’s needs and provides evidence-based assessments and plans, ensuring momentum is not lost between leaders.
Spotlight Services: Strategic Staffing
Challenge:
Vista Grande Elementary, a high-performing school with a track record of excellence, was not immune to the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. As student academic and social-emotional needs grew, school leaders wrestled with a critical question: How can we support students more effectively without overburdening teachers?
What Thrive Did:
What Thrive Did: Thrive partnered with Vista Grande Elementary to implement a team-based teaching model, helping educators collaborate, specialize, and share responsibility for students. This shift created a more sustainable teaching experience and allowed for flexible student groupings based on individual needs and strengths
Results:
The team-based model at Vista Grande led to noticeable improvements in student behavior, social-emotional growth, and personalized support, with teachers reporting fewer conflicts, stronger peer relationships, and better outcomes for students with disabilities. Educators also shared that collaboration reduced their workload and stress, making teaching more sustainable and enjoyable.
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