For superintendents and curriculum leaders in New York and Connecticut who are done being sold to by people who have never run a building. Calee taught, then led a school, then sat where you’re sitting. She brings the receipts, not just the pitch.
Across NY and CT districts
You’re the one who has to sit in the board meeting after the adoption goes wrong.
You’re managing a Science of Reading mandate with a staff that was trained on the model it’s replacing.
You’re being pitched by reps who can quote the research but have never taught a first period class to thirty-two kids.
You’re trying to tell the difference between a curriculum that will actually move a Regents pass rate and one that just checks the compliance box for Back to Basics or Right to Read.
None of that is a knock on your team. It’s the job right now. You just haven’t had someone in the room who’s done all three: taught the class, run the building, and sat where you’re sitting.
You get a straight answer on whether a program will actually move outcomes for your kids, before the purchase order. You get someone who has carried a multi-million dollar school budget and knows what a realistic PD load actually looks like, because she’s had to live inside one.
And when the honest recommendation is “don’t buy this,” you get that too.
Numbers measured across seven years leading a school, not projections.
increase in graduation rate, over 7 years as Assistant Principal
decrease in student suspensions, from rebuilding discipline around relationships instead of punishment
increase in Regents ELA pass rates, tied to a process-writing curriculum she helped design and lead
the youngest Assistant Principal named that year in the entire NYC public school system
of 48,000 applicants nationwide, the year she was accepted into Teach For America
Assistant Principals she personally led professional development for across her NYC district, 2020 to 2023
“We were mid-review on a K-5 reading program when Calee walked our team through what the implementation would actually require from our staff. We changed course. A year later our intervention data backs up that call.”
Curriculum & Instruction, Connecticut public school district
“Calee is the first curriculum rep in fifteen years who has told me not to buy something. That’s why I still take her calls.”
Mid-size New York school district
“She led PD for our assistant principal cohort for three years. Half of them still text her before a hard decision.”
NYC public school district
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Five steps from first conversation to workshops in your building. No decks, no filler.
A direct conversation about where your district stands, what's mandated, and what's actually broken versus what just feels broken.
A plain-language read on your current materials against the Science of Reading requirements in your state, backed by data, not a sales deck.
A specific answer. What to keep, what to replace, and what it will take from your staff to make it stick.
Ongoing support for your instructional leaders through the actual rollout, drawing on three years leading professional development for over 40 assistant principals.
Literacy and math curriculum workshops for your team once implementation begins, built from what worked inside her own building.
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Practitioner-led curriculum guidance for K-12 leaders in New York and Connecticut.
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