School Partner Search

With 20 years of school leadership experience, we’ve developed strong relationships with consultants and school partners. We support your team by understanding your needs and then helping to determine the right school partner for your project. From strategic planning to capital campaigns to rebranding and more, we manage the school partner search process from start to finish.

Tell us about your needs below, and we will get in contact with you.

How School Partner Search can work for you.

Looking for a list of firms that consult in a specific area? Need support writing the RFP? Too busy to manage the search for a consultant and the day-to-day operations of your school or department? Would you benefit from guidance leading a school partner search process? Or, has it been a while since tackling a big project and you want some support? 

It takes time to research, evaluate, and select the right school partner (consultant/vendor). With LeadTeam Partners, you can focus on the day-to-day needs of your school community while feeling confident that an experienced school leader is managing the search process for you. Our broad network, and attention to detail, support finding a consultant to help guide your team to the next level. 

School partner search is helpful when searching for a consultant in these areas: 

  • Governance / Strategic Planning firms

  • Fundraising firms

  • Admission / Enrollment Management firms

  • Marketing / Communication firms

  • Finance and School Operations firms

  • Architecture / Master Planning firms

  • Safety and Security firms

  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging firms

  • Faculty Growth and Evaluation firms

  • Leadership Search firms

We work with private schools nationally to help find the right consultant, coach, facilitator, speaker, or vendor for your needs. We facilitate the process by following steps: 

  • Discovery call to learn about the school

  • Developing a Scope of Work / Request for Proposal (RFP)

  • Providing an initial list of potential firms for discussion and review

  • Narrowing list to 3-5 firms to source proposals

  • Coordinating meetings / presentations with selected firms

  • Checking references and facilitating the decision making process

School partner search is a great way to make thoughtful progress on your plans, quickly. 

LeadTeam will focus on your search—not carpool, the upcoming Board report, the upset parent meeting, or a million other daily distractions that happen at school. We focus on your needs, your project, and move it forward quickly. 

This is where the value is created—both from time and experience.

Let us help you find your next school partner.

“If we can fall in love with serving people, creating value, solving problems, building valuable connections and doing work that matters, it makes it far more likely we’re going to do important work.”
— Seth Godin

LeadTeam Partners Impact

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St. Anselm’s Abbey School & School Partner Search

Headmaster John Corrigan ’83 turned to LeadTeam Partners to identify potential search firms to hire and conduct critical searches for the Chief Financial Officer and Director of Development

Providence Academy (Leesburg, VA)

Providence Academy needed support finding school partners to update their website, photography and videography. We supported the search effort by identifying options, coordinating the proposal process, and eventually helping the leadership team determine which consultants they wanted to hire.

Testimonials

  • “Chris Pryor with LeadTeam Partners was instrumental in helping me navigate the world of specialized placement agencies. By taking on a thirty-five-hour task, he freed me up to manage other pressing Headmaster issues.”

    John J. F. Corrigan ’83 | Headmasterion goes here

  • “For over 15 years, Chris has served as a trusted colleague who always helps answer my questions. His network is rich in variety, and he excels at connecting the people he knows so that they might work together and find inspiration in each other.”

    Robert Franz | Head of Upper School, Tampa Prep (FL)

  • “Chris lives and breathes private, independent schools. He knows them in and out, he’s constantly on the road visiting whomever he can, and he’s always learning and applying that learning to the benefit of his clients. I shouldn’t even call them clients. To Chris, it’s about relationships and partnerships. That sentiment is certainly the heartbeat of LeadTeam Partners.”

    Zach Kincaid | Redhill Town Films

  • “Walk into any room at a professional conference and someone there knows Chris! Chris will work beside you to analyze a situation to create and execute a successful plan based on your goals. I have no doubt that Chris will be an excellent resource for you!”

    Priscilla Lund | Director of Enrollment Management & Financial Aid K-12, St. Andrew’s School (TX)