Welcome to the Instructional Leadership Collective!

Our Focus:

• Hybrid approach to learning (i.e. Monthly, bi-monthly, in-person/virtual).
• Coaching

Who do we work with:

• Teacher leaders, instructional coaches, building leaders, district leaders
• Leadership teams

Our Fundamental Questions 

There are two questions we should ask ourselves as leaders and teachers. Those two questions are 

• How does what we do have a positive impact on student learning?
• How do we evaluate our own impact?

We focus on:

Using collective inquiry cycles to help leaders:

• Develop shared understanding
• Engage in joint work
• Collect evidence of impact

How do we do it?

We provide a hybrid, sustained model of professional learning that blends in-person and virtual experiences, allowing leaders to grow over time rather than through one-off workshops. Our approach includes:

• In-Person Events - High-impact gatherings that launch and anchor the work.
• Virtual Sessions - Strategically timed between in-person sessions to deepen      understanding, apply new learning, and reflect.
• Coaching - Personalized 1:1 or small group sessions tailored to individual or team needs, promoting real-time growth and application.
• Instructional Leadership Collectives - Cross role, cross school, district, region and state groups of 8-10 leaders who want to focus on the same common theme. Read more about ILC's here. 

Why It Matters

Educators deserve professional learning that:

• Is responsive to their unique challenges and contexts.
• Builds leadership capacity intentionally and over time.
• Provides actionable strategies rooted in research and evidence.
• Elevates system-wide coherence without adding initiative fatigue.

We disrupt the "one-and-done" PD model by offering long-term, embedded support that results in sustainable impact.

Our Approach

• Hybrid Model - Seamlessly      integrates in-person and virtual experiences.
• Evidence-Driven - Our strategies are grounded in research and informed by practitioner  experience.
• Strengths-Based - We help leaders identify and amplify what’s working, while tackling challenges with clarity and courage.
• Boutique Design - We work closely with each leader to customize the experience, always considering the local context and current reality. 

Who We Are

Founded by Dr. Peter DeWitt and thought partner Michael Nelson, the Instructional Leadership Collective brings a depth of school and district-level experience. We are former principals, superintendents, and leadership coaches who understand the day-to-day complexities of educational leadership.

We bring:

• Empathy and Insight - Because we’ve lived the work.
• Credibility and Experience - From classrooms to boardrooms.
• A Systems Lens - Our work touches every level of a district - building a coherent and intentional culture of growth.