Education consulting | Liz Sanders Consulting

Creating classroom-level change together.

Liz brings a diverse skill set as an educator, instructional leader, and strategic communications consultant to every partnership.

Striving for justice, and committed to excellence,
Liz will ensure that projects not only create measurable results, but leave behind sustainable, systems-level change.

Meet Liz

As a proud graduate of Bay Area public schools and a fourth-generation K-12 educator, I know that the work of school improvement is both urgent and complex.

I bring a diverse toolbox of skills and strategies to my partnership with school leaders: leveraging experience in teaching, administration, politics, marketing, and organizing to create instructional change that is not only relevant to students, but is also supported by the authentic investment of staff and stakeholders.

Cultivating trusted and communicative relationships is at the heart of what I do. I believe strongly that positive educational environments for our young people are built by collaborative, caring communities of adults.

I look forward to working alongside you.

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Expertise

I bring together a background in multiple industries and disciplines to build multi-faceted solutions, with an emphasis on sustainable, people-driven systemic change.

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Instructional Practices

2018 Recipient of the West Contra Costa Education Fund's Teaching Excellence Award
Alumna of Columbia University Teachers College: M.A. in English Education, 2013
Continuously trained in:
- Universal Design for Learning
- Reading and Writing Workshop Methods
- Link Crew peer mentorship structures
- CollegeBoard curricula: SpringBoard, Advanced Placement

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School Leadership

As a site and district administrator, as well as a teacher leader:

Led collaborative school-wide effort to implement ELA common assessments and data-driven instruction cycles, resulting in CAASPP ELA change levels of "Increased" or "Increased Significantly" for all subgroups. Student subgroups whose ELA scores "Increased Significantly" include: African American, Hispanic, Filipino, White, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged, and Students With Disabilities.
Restructured Grade 9 intervention teams to drive reflection on Tier 1 strategies, improve quality of Tier 2 interventions, and reduce Tier 3 referrals.
Oversaw 13 CTE pathways across 4 school sites, successfully braiding multiple six-figure grants for strategic pathway growth
Coordinated development and implementation of courses and new curricula, including:
- Inquiry-based Grade 9 research methods course with a focus on contemporary, community-based social issues
- School-wide advisory course (Grade-level curricula across grades 9-12, including SEL, financial literacy, and college- and career-planning)

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Public Relations

Experience as a marketing and communications consultant for a variety of digital and print media
Community organizing experience for both public school district Political Action Committees and organized labor
CTA-trained in organizing, communications, school finance, and labor negotiations
Continuously trained in digital marketing methods, most recently by General Assembly in December 2020.

Expertise