Helping new and startup hybrid school founders launch and maintain strong, sustainable programs.
Changing Childhoods provide organizational reviews, retainer advisory services, and leadership training for founders who are navigating governance, operations, and nonprofit setup while building a mission-driven hybrid school. Drawing on years of lived experience starting and scaling a fee-for-service hybrid school as well as my university degrees in Economics and Educational Leadership, I support leaders who want clarity, structure, and confidence in their next steps.
Whether you’re in the planning phase or already running your program, I help you:
design a sustainable hybrid school model
understand founder and board roles and responsibilities
strengthen governance and operational systems
plan for growth with intentional strategy
Services include:
Plan It and Build It Courses -step-by-step from market validation to opening day
Startup & Organizational Reviews — practical, founder-focused feedback and priorities
Founder Retainer Advisory Support — ongoing guidance as you build and lead your school
Leadership & Board Training — governance, strategy, and implementation for hybrid programs
My goal is to help founders build schools that serve families well — without burning out in the process.
The Best Place to Start: The Sustainability Review
A School Health & Sustainability Review is an objective, systematic diagnostic assessment designed to surface your institution's strengths and hidden vulnerabilities.
The result is a roadmap for leadership to make informed decisions with a shared understanding of the facts. It can be a great launching point for a strategic plan.
Do any of these feel familiar in your hybrid school startup?
In the early years — and especially during seasons of growth or transition — many new and startup hybrid school founders begin to feel pressure in a few key areas:
Governance feels blurry.
Your board and school leadership team are committed, but decision-making pathways and roles aren’t clearly defined, and it’s not always obvious who owns which governance or operational decisions.
The founder is carrying too much.
The mission is thriving, but the success of the hybrid school still depends heavily on one or two key people — and the pace isn’t sustainable long-term.
Sustainability feels uncertain.
Enrollment and interest may be growing, but finances, staffing, and operational systems are struggling to keep up with the realities of running a hybrid school program.
The vision is outpacing capacity.
Your strategic goals are solid, but your organization doesn’t yet have the structure, processes, or capacity to support the next stage of growth.
These are common — and solvable — challenges for hybrid school founders in the startup and early growth phase.