“Experienced educators know that juggling too many initiatives leads to burnout and to accepting mediocrity. Let me help you!”
Your school has untapped potential. Let’s unlock it.
Students deserve rigorous work that actually excites them.
Teachers deserve practical support to build student-centered, engaging, and equitable classrooms.
Leaders deserve a partner who can help shoulder implementation and turn "vision" into "done."
Reject mediocrity. Embrace possibility. Let’s build a school that gets results and where everyone thrives.
Here are the ways we can work together
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In-person Workshops and Keynotes
Boost teacher effectiveness!
Our practical Warm Demander workshops focus on increasing student engagement by showing your teachers pragmatic strategies to tap into students’ internal and external motivation systems.
Workshops can be tailored to focus on Feedback, Questioning, Mindset Theory, and/or Engagement. Ask about versions for Instructional Aides.
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Action Research and Collegial Inquiry
Activate your local expertise to improve instruction and implement MTSS.
Interested in Lesson Study, Critical Friends Groups, or supercharging your PLCs? I provide facilitator training, protocols, practical meeting-management tools, and consulting to connect cycles of inquiry to your school improvement plans.
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School Leader Coaching
Pragmatic, just-in-time coaching for school leaders.
I can help school leaders examine their beliefs about management, organize for success, and build sustainable, proactive, school-wide MTSS systems that support learning and a positive school culture.
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Fractional Leadership
Gain access to senior-level expertise— without the cost of hiring a full-time employee—so you can:
Reorganize and facilitate teams to make them more efficient and effective.
Reinvigorate and complete projects that have become overwhelmed by other initiatives.
Create strategic plans that your employees are excited to implement.
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Teacher Observation and Coaching
Skilled, honest, and practical teacher observation and coaching so you can:
Help employees with improvement plans to meet expectations.
Support new teachers in implementing high-leverage instruction.
Energize veteran teachers with fresh ideas.
What People Are Saying…
“Bayard gets you to think about current practices and how to change them!”
— Laura Almedia, Special Education Teacher“When our school needed direction, he offered helpful insights and moved us forward. He showed unwavering dedication to making our school better.”
— Kate Desjardins, Reading Specialist“I would not be the teacher I am today if I didn’t have Bayard to show me the way.”
— Hope Freedman, Middle School Teacher
“We have so many workshops about ‘Toolboxes.” I was worried that this was going to be another one of those, but this was useful and engaging! I actually walked away with ideas I can use in my classroom tomorrow!”
— Bob Darren, English Teacher
“Bayard is particularly skilled in creating change in schools and transforming teaching. His teamwork approach and the unique set of skills he brings to difficult classroom challenges is quite impressive.”
- Liz Sharp, Retired School Administrator
“Bayard was obviously a great teacher. It makes it so much more enjoyable to learn about being better as a teacher from someone who’s actually done it.”
— Jackie Glum, Art Teacher