Lavinia Group

The Lavinia Group team members were the ideal guides through the complex world of raising rigor in ELA instruction. They helped us paint a clear vision for what we wanted college prep reading and writing instruction to look like in our schools and then provided professional development and coaching to help us get there. Working with them, we were able to dramatically increase the proportion of our students who were meeting and exceeding standards.

Working with the Lavinia Group has been transformational to our organization. Every consultant that we have worked with has been knowledgeable and vigilant about pushing our practice further each year while remaining respectful of our unique culture of warm, rigorous joy. There is no one better who understands high quality instruction, actionable moves for teachers and leaders and always puts students first.

Our work and partnership with the Lavinia Group has had a tremendous impact on student achievement in our schools. Through our partnership, school leaders have deepened their instructional knowledge and management, our teachers have developed deep content expertise and the tools to push student thinking, and most importantly our students are continually challenged and are experiencing academic success on a large scale. The Lavinia Group has operated as a true partner in our work and not as a typical consultant. They are deeply invested in our students’ success and progress.

Working with the Lavinia Group has helped us to look at our school improvement through the lens of closing the opportunity gap by enhancing our teaching practices. It has allowed us to be reflective about our practices and to create a common language about instructional practices to increase student engagement and performance. We now use a strength-based school improvement model and collaborative approach to building all teachers’ capacity for success. Our hope through this partnership is that teachers will be able to plan, present and reflect on their lessons. We want this process to become cyclical where they are constantly discussing their craft with their colleagues while systematically and thoughtfully examining both student learning and their own teaching practices.

Lavinia Group's Insight Humanities units are an excellent blend of ensuring students grow as readers and writers while engaging them in unique and exciting content. Students are able to learn about history and the world around them through excellent literature. The projects, from building castles to writing historical journal entries, inspire students to learn more about the world around them. Students love the content choices and are excited to learn more!

Lavinia Group has provided our schools with game-changing instructional strategies as well as comprehensive instructional management systems. Even more important than the instructional systems, they have demonstrated a “whatever it takes attitude” to help catapult our schools towards success. In my over 30 years as an educational leader, my decision to partner with the Lavinia Group will prove to be the most consequential and impactful decision I’ve ever made.