Professional Learning

Empowering Educators to Empower Students

 

At West40, we listen and collaborate to help you identify goals and provide you with the tools and inspiration to reach them. Our team includes former teachers, coaches, principals, administrators, and superintendents at the local and state level. We understand the challenges you face—and work with you to customize a plan that best serves your district.

Professional Learning

Empowering Educators to Empower Students

 

At West40, we listen and collaborate to help you identify goals and provide you with the tools and inspiration to reach them. Our team includes former teachers, coaches, principals, administrators, and superintendents at the local and state level. We understand the challenges you face—and work with you to customize a plan that best serves your district.

Professional Learning

Empowering Educators to Empower Students

 

At West40, we listen and collaborate to help you identify goals and provide you with the tools and inspiration to reach them. Our team includes former teachers, coaches, principals, administrators, and superintendents at the local and state level. We understand the challenges you face—and work with you to customize a plan that best serves your district.

Creative Consulting to Address All Your Needs

We create tailored solutions in the areas of district and school improvement, networking, comprehensive coaching, mentoring, strategic planning, statewide initiatives, DEI, and more. Our partnership with you goes far beyond a single session—and it all starts with our Informal Needs Assessment (INA).

 

Schedule your consultation in person or virtually by Zoom.

Building Relationships and Capacity
Think of us as your ongoing thought partners. We have the experience and resources to support your vision and the skills to get you there. Our goal is to build your capacity to a point where you are self-sustaining. As specialists, we can work with you in several key areas, including:
01.
COACHING
Personalized and instructional sessions on leadership, curriculum, and more
02.
STRATEGIC PLANNING
Goals that are planned with the end in mind and divided into manageable phases
03.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION
Effective strategies to creating environments where students feel equally valued
04.
STATEWIDE INITIATIVES
Collaboration on key strategic initiatives needed to support your district
05.
NETWORKING
Connections to educational professionals in your field for development and support
06.
CUSTOMIZABLE SOLUTIONS
Tailor-made solutions that can be easily modified to adapt to future changes
Trainings

In-person and virtual training events to develop new skills and processes, prepare for certifications, and more

Online Learning

Online asynchronous courses focused on the latest topics in education.

Develop your skills with online learning opportunities offered through our partnership with Kane County Regional Office of Education, Illinois Online Academy, and VESi.

 

Networks

On-going networking opportunities that include specialized communities for teachers, principals, administrative assistants, and many others

Co-Planning Participants
Coaching/Consulting Participants
Strategic Planning Participants
Network Opportunities Participants
our team
SUZY DEES
Senior Director of Professional Learning
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SONYA SPAULDING
Director of Professional Learning
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MIKE CZERNIAWSKI
School Improvement Specialist
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JULIE MORRIS
Professional Learning Specialist
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VIVIAN PALICKI
Professional Learning Specialist
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JOAN GLOTZBACH
School Improvement Consultant
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DEMIAN LAPOINTE
Professional Learning Specialist
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KARLA CHAVEZ
Professional Learning Coordinator
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HOLLY MCCARTHY
Education Environment Specialist and Behavior Analyst
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LAURA LINDSEY
Assistive Technology and Curriculum Adaptation Specialist
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ANGELA GONZALES
Innovation Coordinator
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JUSTIN GONZALEZ
Innovation Specialist
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BEN DITKOWSKY
Data Scientist
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Be Empowered
Trainings
Networks