How We Can Help
The education and business consultants of TLI bring a personal and professional “real world” understanding of many of the important issues facing the worlds of education and business... and the best practices necessary to address them.
We provide a wide spectrum of consulting, design, delivery and research capabilities, with a focus on education-business partnership programs and related initiatives. In addition to a core group of advisory, consulting, research, education, and business professionals, TLI utilizes a “clearinghouse” model to secure supplemental subject matter experts and professionals. In this context, TLI acts as a central hub to vet and acquire needed project-based talent, depending on the requirements of any given engagement.
Education-Business/Community Partnership Development
A key component of TLI’s capabilities is our understanding of the importance of Partnership Development. Additionally, our education and business consultants bring to our clients their unique combined perspectives on how to build, grow, and sustain these valuable relationships. Critical areas of understanding and importance include:
- Awareness that the foundations for these initiatives are centered on building and sustaining organizational-to-organizational relationships.
- Using proven business strategies and approaches to identify and engage potential partners.
- Applying methods for developing the best partnership criteria
- Identifying strategies to set your school apart as a desirable partner for potential partner organizations.
- Setting appropriate agendas for follow-up conversations and meetings with prospective partners.
- Best practices for formalizing the partnership
- How to ensure mutual partner satisfaction, and partnership growth and sustainability.
Professional Development
TLI understands the importance of the concept of continuous improvement. A key component of this important concept is ongoing Professional Development for our clients. Our professionals provide expertise in teacher development and educational leadership, including the integration of applicable proven business methods and concepts into the development mix.
TLI can offer advice and counsel on best practices, credentialing, as well as custom program development.
Training and Consulting
School districts and education institutions have different demographics, student needs, and district profiles (affluent, less affluent, large student populations, smaller populations, urban, suburban, rural, strong resource availability, less adequate resources, etc). TLI offers several ways to efficiently address these different needs:
- Targeted Training focusing on specific education institutions and student needs
- Introductory and Advanced Workshops
- Customized Program Development
- Education Partnership and Related Program Consulting