Welcome to A Partner in Better: Project 180 Consulting. I am excited to join you on your journey to your next “better.”

My work in education, which I have shared publicly and extensively over the last 5 years with Project 180, has been built on the simple premise that THE journey in education (really, in life) is not about becoming good or great; it’s about becoming better. And to do that we must believe in our better, we must brave our better; we must build our better. But sometimes our better is more than we can do alone. Sometimes, we need others to join us in our journey. And that’s why I am here. As a seasoned, twenty-eight-year veteran of the “better journey,” I’d like to offer my experience and expertise. Let’s brave and build better together.

What Is Better?

Better is a reasoned, reflective response from the examination of our present practice. It is the answer we seek to the question we ask. It stretches us. It energizes us. It scares us. It beckons us. It is a step beyond–a call to dare different and brave better. It’s our journey.

Who Needs Better?

We all do. Whether we are classroom teachers, principals, coaches, superintendents, or just humans, we need better. But we don’t always know how to get around the bend to where it waits. I can help you get there.

Why Am I a Better Partner?

I have to be. I have dedicated my personal and professional life to chasing better. More recently, I have just returned from 5 years in the “field” with Project 180, where I not only pursued but captured and shared my better journey with the world. And now that I have learned and returned, I am compelled to help others brave and build their betters. It’s a call I have to answer.

What Betters Might We Build?

Whatever better suits your needs. There are some general floor plans I will present (see below), but we will draw up your better blueprint together for your own custom build. Whether it’s a new build or a remodel, your better will not–should not–look like any other better. It is your better we are building.

Possible Plans

In my better experiences, I have discovered that most of my betters begin with two questions. How can I create better learning experiences? How can I create better community?

Of course, the possibilities listed below are just general “rooms” we might explore. And more, of course, with me, you will find my own betters to be beyond the status quo. I desire the design of different. And I suspect you do, too. So, let’s dare and design different.

What Will Our Partnership Look Like?

Whatever you need it to look like. I will personalize my part to suit your needs. But until we get to that particular place, here’s a list of things that I pledge to the process.

As your partner in better, I will help you…
…identify and clarify the better you’re chasing.
…explore possible paths (and dead ends) towards your clarified better.
…discover your instinctive innovativeness to build your better.
…articulate and communicate the what, how, and why of your better.
…navigate the challenges of dealing with the status quo.
…dance with doubt through the change process.
…develop a reflection routine.
…embrace the risk-taking and mistake-making nature of the better journey.

Better Begins

Let’s build your better.

Partnership Package ($149.95)
Email Contact and Pre-consultation
This is where our partnership will begin. After you make initial contact with me, and we discuss the details, I will present you with a Better Blueprint, which we will use to build your better during the consultation.

Consultation
Here, we meet. In an up-to-an-hour video conference via Zoom, we will begin building your better. You will leave with a “plan in hand” for chasing your better.

Email Connection and Post-Consultation
Here, we will continue with a four-week follow-up. For four weeks after our consultation, I will check in with you via email once a week to follow-up on your better journey.

It all begins with an email: montesyrie@gmail.com