Company Bio

Lead by Learning, a community-facing center of Northeastern University Oakland, helps schools and organizations improve the day-to-day experiences students have in and beyond the classroom. We do this by building the capacity of those best positioned to improve student learning experiences—the educators and leaders who work with students daily. Since 2008, we have supported teachers, principals, district teams, Expanded Learning departments, and student-facing organizations in designing and creating vibrant learning cultures to drive innovation and improvement, giving all students opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive.

Educators and the environment they work in are the root system of all school communities and classrooms. When root systems are healthy, educators sustain school communities by scanning the health of their students and their school, creatively utilizing resources, and working together to problem solve. When root systems experience instability, educators burn out, instruction and program suffers, and schools struggle to prioritize or adapt, ultimately restricting students’ opportunity to grow.

We vigilantly attend to schools’ root systems. We create the conditions that deepen mindsets and practices that enable educators to collaboratively attend to students and families. We develop root systems that unearth problems of practice, build collective efficacy, distribute instructional leadership, and adapt instruction to support equitable student growth. All students deserve an education that leads to agency, opportunity, and choice, but not all students have access to this reality. Building healthy root systems of adult learning is critical to improve instruction and achieve equitable outcomes.