Faculty Learning that Leads Schools Forward
Designing and implementing transformative professional growth systems for independent schools.
FACULTY GROWTH
INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP
SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS
Independent schools are expected to lead when it comes to educational innovation.
Yet many schools struggle to build the capacity for change, even as the need for adaptation and continuous learning becomes essential.
Without intentional systems for faculty growth, schools can find it difficult to move forward with purpose—reacting to change rather than shaping it deliberately.
The Challenge of Faculty Growth
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Faculty understand what they are growing toward, how growth is defined, and how their learning connects to student outcomes and school priorities.
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Leaders are equipped with shared language, observation skills, and feedback practices that support growth without defensiveness.
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Faculty learning becomes visible, collective, and embedded—creating organizational resilience through leadership transitions and changing demands.
What Purposeful Faculty Growth Makes Possible
Your Partner in Faculty Growth
I'm Indu Chugani Singh, founder and principal consultant of Door 21 Consulting.
I’ve spent my career studying, designing and leading professional development in independent schools. Too often, time and schedule drive adult learning. Organized around designated days of the year, the learning takes place outside the daily work of teaching.
As a result, even thoughtful, well-intentioned professional development can fail to change teacher behavior or improve student learning—and schools are left without clear ways to understand why.
My work focuses on professional development designed to make an impact. I use approaches grounded in research and attentive to school culture, ensuring that adult learning is embedded in daily practice and leads to visible, measurable growth, and ultimately, a way of being.
If faculty learning isn’t yet leading your school forward, a consultation offers a thoughtful place to begin.
Reflections On My Work
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“Indu's work on feedback and identity has helped us navigate important coaching and management complexities that our division and department heads have faced. Indu's ability to connect with our leaders and respond to their needs made her a perfect match for our school.”
★★★★★
Allison Gaines Pell, Former Head of School, Wheeler School
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"Indu’s experience, wisdom and abiding interest in faculty development shine through in her work. She is attuned to the complexities of our identities as instructors, and her patient guidance has been instrumental to the success of our school’s focus on problems of practice.”
★★★★★
Dr. Eimer Page
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“Indu's approach to working with educators is outstanding! From novice teachers to experienced school leaders, Indu is committed to developing the practices, skills and mindsets that best meet the needs of her clients. Our program is stronger thanks to Indu’s work.”
★★★★★
Charlotte Jacobs
Director, Independent School Teaching Residency (ISTR), Penn Graduate School of Education
Ways to Work With Me
Schools can engage with my work at different entry points depending on their goals, readiness, and needs. While these services often build on one another, schools may begin at any stage.
Assess Faculty Learning Practices
A diagnostic approach to understanding how faculty growth is currently experienced across your school.
This service includes document analysis, survey design and analysis, and synthesis of findings into clear insights that guide next steps.
Train Instructional Leaders
Professional learning and coaching for instructional and academic leaders responsible for observing teaching and supporting faculty growth.
This work builds leaders’ capacity to see practice clearly, give meaningful feedback, and facilitate learning-focused conversations.
Design Faculty Learning Systems
A comprehensive, systems-level approach to designing or refining how faculty growth happens over time.
This service integrates assessment and leadership development to build coherent structures, processes, and shared understanding across the school.
A Clear Path Forward for Your Independent School
Consultation
I’ll take time to understand your school’s unique context, clarify your priorities, and identify the goals that matter most so any work that follows is grounded in your culture, challenges, and long-term direction.
Identify the Right Path
Together, we determine which service best supports your school right now taking into account your goals, capacity, timing, and the level of change your school is ready to undertake at this moment.
Build Sustainable Growth
Faculty learning becomes intentional, visible, and embedded in the life of the school, supported by clear structures and shared understanding that allow growth to continue consistently over time.
Lead by design, not by default.
Without intentional systems, faculty growth remains fragmented, leadership capacity stalls, and schools struggle to sustain momentum through change.
What might shift at your independent school if faculty learning were coherent, purposeful, and supported over time rather than dependent on isolated initiatives?
With clear structures and shared understanding in place, schools cultivate confident leaders, engaged faculty, and a learning culture built to adapt and endure.
