SCS Solutions

Diagnose | Design | Deploy

We start by diagnosing and understanding the issues at play and then partner with you to design specific solutions and deploy next steps.
Customized solutions also can be designed for your specific problem.
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Change Management

Schools are busy and complicated as they strive to deliver on their mission and wrestle with 21st century pressures of all kinds, including head transition, implementing bold new strategic initiatives and adjusting or "right sizing" programs and workforce.

Change is hard... and successful change is possible!

We understand both independent school culture and the human side of change. We can partner with you through advising and coaching, departmental audits, workshops, administrative team retreat facilitation and task force management. We have experience working with both the internal community and in guiding a board of trustees through change.


Talent Development: Hiring and Evaluation

Leading a vibrant workforce means establishing and maintaining relationships with talented people. Our programs use communications-informed approaches to create fundamentally more proactive amd responsive methods to recruit and retain outstanding faculty and staff.

Building A Compelling Talent Brand - Revitalize Hiring and Retention
in parnership with Caravan Brand Partners
Collaborate with us to build a compelling, differentiating talent acquisition brand, revamp recruiting efforts and reimagine your faculty/staff professional development and evaluation systems to support retention.

Reimagining Evaluation
We work with you to reimagine and implement a nimble evaluation system as a retention tool, developing internal talent, focusing on professional growth and creating opportunities for current employees to climb the ladder.


Crisis and Strategic Communications

Crisis and Sensitive Communications
Schools are about people and where there are people, there are unexpected and often complicated conflicts and crises. We can support you in managing and communicating sensitive and complex issues.

Communicating Institutional Change
Are you planning a major tuition reset or change of mission? Are you closing or merging a campus? Is the school managing a head transition? We can help you formulate and manage your communications strategy.

Presentations, Workshops and Retreat Facilitation
A responsive communications function is crucial in today’s fast-changing environment. A presentation or half or full-day workshop can provide your administrative team or board of trustees a fundamental understanding and basic preparation for how crisis management operates and clearly make the case for why an intentional, holistic approach to communications at all levels of the organization promotes connection, collaboration and elevates school operations.

Editorial Services
Internal communications teams are stretched thin, balancing many demands. We collaborate with you to understand the values and mission of your school, creating and editing messaging that connects with constituents through a one-time assignment or an ongoing relationship.

Communications Office Operations Audit
Practical guidance for the roles, job descriptions, reporting structure, and internal collaboration systems to fulfill the promise of your communications office in enhancing enrollment, fundraising and leadership/community communications.

Leadership Development & Coaching

1-1 Coaching
We specialize in working with emerging senior leaders as well as early career heads of school and executive directors, using discussions of tactical problems as vehicles to explore the aspirational and inspirational aspects of a leadership role.

Group Leadership Development Programs
Women's Leadership Cohort 23-24: Stepping into your Authentic Authority
in collaboration with Jane Moulding of Smarter Wisdom
This cohort brings together a small number of senior administrators in student-facing roles to support and elevate each other on their journey with a core goal of exploring the complexities in your day-to-day work while developing your best self as a leader within your community.