Elevating Schools and Leaders
We provide educational leaders with the knowledge, expertise, and tools they will need to address challenges confidently and effectively and achieve successful outcomes for children.
We provide educational leaders with the knowledge, expertise, and tools they will need to address challenges confidently and effectively and achieve successful outcomes for children.
OUR BELIEFS: We believe in the ability of all students, educators and leaders to learn, grow, and achieve. We believe that students are best served in schools where educational leaders ensure equity and excellence.
OUR VISION FOR SCHOOLS AND LEADERS: We envision schools shaped by driven, responsive, and skilled leaders where students — regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or economic circumstances — are ideally situated to achieve their great promise and make significant progress toward fulfilling lives.
Spire’s approach to supporting schools and leaders is shaped by founder Tim Matheney’s book Leadership that Lasts. Informed by his three decades in K-12 education, the book identifies seven key actions for successful leaders who seek to make an enduring impact: Connect, Commit, Persevere, Thrive, Discover, Imagine and Dare.
As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, top infectious disease experts are warning Americans to steel themselves for a challenging spring.“We’re going to be seeing some serious things that the American public unfortunately is going to have to ge...
April 3, 2020I read pretty broadly, and that’s reflected in my new book, Leadership that Lasts. In my book, you’ll read about leadership in sports, the military, the arts, and business. Below are three books that were particularly formative as I conceived of ...
January 5, 2018