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Praise for

Skyrocket EDUCATOR TRAINING

Michael is the best trainer we’ve ever had work with our teachers and leaders.

­Kole Knueppel

Director, Center for Transformational Educational Leadership

University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana

I have had the opportunity to work with Sonbert in a number of contexts and am always impressed by his ability to quickly diagnose classrooms and provide exactly the right professional development to support teachers and leaders to improve instruction. His Skyrocket model puts those same tools he intuitively uses into the hands of educators to support instruction.

Ryan Scallon

Assistant superintendent, The School District of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

I am elated and grateful for my Skyrocket experiences. Skyrocket is passionate about equipping school leaders with what they need to lead. The practical, easy, and fun-filled conversation enhanced our coaching sessions. My leaders can’t stop talking about things that they have learned through Skyrocket. We will Skyrocket!

Janel Hawkins

Senior director of school transformation, Milwaukee public schools

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The framework is so clear that it allows us to find the biggest levers for our struggling teachers and our more advanced teachers.

Antonio Vance

Executive director, Great Oaks Charter Schools

New York City, New York

Skyrocket has provided our principals, assistant principals, coordinators, and instructional coaches the ability to impact teachers because of the specific feedback we are able to give. I have participated in the trainings with the coordinators and instructional coaches, and we always end our trainings on fire for more learning. It has been the most impactful training for our district.

LaCreasha Stille

Assistant superintendent of curriculum, Gainesville Independent School District

Gainesville, Texas

Michael’s training combined the necessary headlines and overarching concepts in a compact crash-course that helped individuals understand how to effectively implement and fit existing structures for observation and coaching.

Michael Nguyen

Senior managing director, teacher leadership development

Teach for America

What I love about Skyrocket leader coaching is that I see the concepts that were delivered at training being implemented at our schools immediately thereafter. It is practical, best-practice skills that are instantly applicable and impactful.

Robert Rauh

Chief education officer, Milwaukee College Prep School

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Skyrocket provides high-leverage feedback and action steps to yield fast results, true to its name. In fewer than eight months of collaboration, we’ve made double-digit growth in culture and climate, measured by teacher and student data. The real-time, in-the-moment coaching has transformed my leadership and, in turn, impacted teacher effectiveness. The best professional development experience of my career!

Kellie Porter

Principal, Russell Byers Charter School

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Skyrocket helped to transform instructional coaching at our school. The framework provides teachers with clear, high-impact action items for them to focus on. The model gave our faculty a powerful list of agreed-upon expectations that will quickly improve instruction. It encourages our coaches to be more data-driven and direct in working with our teachers, and to not shy away from directly coaching and practicing instructional strategies during coaching meetings. The model is direct and easily gets teacher buy-in. We saw the quality of instruction in both our new and returning teachers improve dramatically using the model. Skyrocket was truly a school-changing program for us.

Tim Gallo

Principal, St. Thomas the Apostle School

Chicago, Illinois

By using Skyrocket, I have observed teachers developing their practice rapidly, which led to an increase in student achievement on benchmarks and exit tickets, as well as state assessments. The team at Skyrocket is changing the game by solving real-world school problems.

Rashaun Reid

Principal, KIPP Vision Academy

Atlanta, Georgia

The Skyrocket coaching framework has had such a positive impact on my leaders and teachers! The frameworks are straight to the point, the manual inspires creative coaching, and I can see the impact in my classrooms. In addition, the Skyrocket team has been super supportive every step of the way!

Joanna Hightower

CEO, Alliance for Progress Charter School

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Michael’s analysis is spot on—I admire his multilayered approach (principals, coaches, teachers, and students) and how he models the appropriate techniques. His strength of relationships allows him instant credibility and access to our teams.

Michael Gaal

Former K8 network leader, Education Achievement Authority of Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

Michael’s support has been invaluable for helping us set a high bar in terms of the expectations of both adults and students as we pursue rapid growth in student outcomes. The Skyrocket rubric is highly praised and well used by our coaches because it breaks down supporting teachers into specific and actionable steps.

Lauren Vargas

Director of instructional coaching, EdConnective

The Skyrocket framework is both practical and usable. Its simplicity unmasks the elements of effective teaching that often get lost in feedback and evaluations—our teachers know exactly what skill they are working on, get meaningful practice with that skill, and apply it immediately in the classroom. The results are unmistakable.

Matthew Glass

Academic coaching manager, American Paradigm Schools

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

By the winter to spring assessment window, our ELA growth was over 132 percent and math growth was 111 percent on the MAP Assessment across our eleven schools.

Ryan Krienke

Director of schools, Seton Catholic Schools

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Michael has helped me transform the way I lead a school. In addition to working with him to effectively problem solve the challenges that school leaders regularly encounter, Michael has worked with me to create the systems and tools necessary to lead in a way that is proactive and ensures strong student outcomes in a positive school climate.

Stephen Janczewski

Principal, St. Malachy School

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Michael Sonbert is a rare breed in education today. He provides a universal, clear-cut, no-nonsense leadership and coaching approach that motivates educators to want to make and then plan for shifting their paradigm—for the betterment of all school stakeholders. His teachings are transformational, encouraging, collaborative, and insanely on point.

Sean Deiters

Principal, Countryside Academy

Benton Harbor, Michigan

Working with Michael Sonbert and Skyrocket has changed the type of leader I am. I was a strong teacher but at best a mediocre leader. Working with Michael and the Skyrocket framework taught me that what brought me success in the classroom when I was doing all the work is not what would bring me success as a leader of others.

Julie Pickhaver

Principal, St. Frances Cabrini

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

We saw a 15 percent growth for seventh- and eighth-grade math and 13 percent growth in sixth-grade ELA on the New York state exam. Sixty-five percent of our sixth-grade students hit their math MAP goals as well.

Atiyah Harmon

Principal, Great Oaks Charter Schools

New York City, New York

Skyrocket’s Leader Academy was a powerful opportunity to unpack, explore, and put into practice the most critical actions leaders in education can take to strengthen outcomes for students. The sessions were designed to directly and immediately impact my practice and provided me new professional energy.

Nicole Schmidt

Senior director of teaching and learning, LUMIN Schools

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Adoption of the Skyrocket model has been transformational for our school leaders and our teachers.

Mark Ketterhagen

Principal, Milwaukee College Prep School

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Our teachers are learning the best strategies that lead to academic growth.

Rich Jensen

Chief academic officer, Agora Cyber Charter School

The Skyrocket Leader Academy is a game changer for the principals and deans in our network. The leadership framework is like a roadmap to running a high-quality, high-achieving school.

Paul Hohl

Director of schools, Seton Catholic Schools

Milwaukee, Wisconsin