AI LEADERSHIP & TEAM DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM
Rising Team for Schools

Develop leadership that holds your school together at every level

Rising Team for Schools gives your school a year-round system to develop superb managers, strengthen team cohesion, and make hard conversations easier.

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WHAT WE KNOW:

66% of school heads cite staff and team management as their top source of stress.

In our conversations with school leaders, three problems come up almost every time, and each one costs more than schools expect.

NAIS Snapshot on Head of School Burnout, 2024

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Managing adults can be harder than teaching students.

Doing your own job well is what earns the promotion. It is not preparation for managing the adults down the hall.

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Problems fester when nobody has the hard conversation.

Vague praise feels kind. It leaves the real issue unsaid until it lands on someone else's desk.

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Strangers form factions.
Teammates don't.

When teams don't take time to know each other, they fracture into factions despite realizing shared values or motivations. 

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Used  Rising Team with her leadership team and all her direct report’s teams

“I saw in Rising Team an ally, a partner to help me accelerate my progress toward a goal that was already rooted in my leadership agenda”

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Wanda M. Holland Greene
Head of School
The Hamlin School
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Used  Rising Team with her leadership team and all her direct report’s teams

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Wanda M. Holland Greene
Head of SchoolThe Hamlin School

“I saw in Rising Team an ally, a partner to help me accelerate my progress toward a goal that was already rooted in my leadership agenda”

HOW IT WORKS

School leaders love Rising Team

Leaders and educators love Rising Team for Schools  because it is a flexible, functional, and fun way to grow, build trust, and  drive results without breaking the bank.

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9 out of 10—how teams rate their Rising Team experience

"Rising Team has been invaluable in building our leadership team’s collective efficacy–we’re not just working individually; we’re growing together, empowered by a shared commitment to student success."

— Deputy Principal - Learning & Support, Public School, Australia

"We thought we knew each other well, but we still gained insights into how we can work with each other more effectively. Rising Team helped us focus on what we want to achieve and the best way to get there. And we had fun too!"

— Deputy Principal, Independent High School, NSW, Australia

"The opportunity for self reflection and analysis has been beneficial to reacquaint with my strengths and weaknesses and to formulate a plan for how to use that knowledge to improve my performance"

— Head of Schools, Private School, United States
PROVEN IMPACT

Not just better school leaders, better teams.

86%

say they work more
effectively as a team

85%

learned something valuable
about their team

88%

feel more connected
BENEFITS

Unlock stronger teams from the front office to the classroom

Traditional team-building is either forced and forgettable or requires expensive facilitators. Rising Team for Schools gives every leader in your building tools that build trust, strengthen collective efficacy, and support their teams.

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Proven leadership science

Designed with research-backed methods to strengthen team connection and performance

Aligned to your frameworks

Builds on your school’s leadership models, assessment tools or your own professional growth and feedback system.

Fits any schedule

From 15-minute connection-builders to immersive 1-2 hour skill development workshops

Works with the tools you already have

Meets your team where they work already with Google Workspace, Microsoft, and calendar integration.

Protected by enterprise-grade security

SOC 2 Type 2 certified, with the same data privacy and protection standards used by Fortune 500 companies.

For anyone on your team

Works seamlessly for educators, classified staff, instructional coaches, and administrators (in-person or hybrid on any device)

Ready to explore how Rising Team could support your school?