The Institute for Performance Improvement | Application Preview
The Institute for Performance Improvement is seeking government grants to subsidize tuition for individuals who require training to enhance their skills in ways that will positively affect student achievement and workforce development. The funding will support the development of Sector Partnerships and Collaborative Coalitions aimed at addressing workforce needs and economic growth.
The business plan focuses on training and developing a nationwide network of instructors and coaches. Participants will first complete a project-based certification program at the 'Distinguished' level. By establishing partnerships with organizations that share similar goals, the Institute aims to reach more communities and attract investment from employers. Funding would also enable evaluation of the program's impact and dissemination of results.
The founder has a strong background in education and corporate Human Capital Management, having created successful training programs in the past. The Institute offers unique, research-based training and certification that emphasizes practical application and measurable results, making it distinct from existing educational programs and associations that lack a structured approach to collaborative improvement.
The competitive advantage lies in providing actionable training that directly addresses real-world challenges. The Institute's training is designed to ensure that skills acquired are effectively translated into on-the-job performance. Their focus on measurable outcomes sets them apart from traditional educational offerings, positioning them as a crucial player in enhancing workforce efficiency and improving overall educational quality.
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General Information
Business Registration Number: 454357473
Location: Greensboro, GA, United States
Length of Operation: 11plus
Number of Employees: 1-10 Employees
Annual Gross Income: $100k to $250k
Annual Gross Expense: $100k to $250k
Open to Loans: NO
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Funding Usage
We would like to be able to subsidize tuition for participants who need the training and whose performance will positively impact student achievement and preparation for learning, career, and life, and those who guide needed collaboration for workforce development and economic development. We would like to raise funding to support our facilitation of Sector Partnerships and Collaborative Coalitions to improve preparation and development of workforces and economic development.
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Business Plan
By training and developing additional instructors and coaches nationally we can expand, replicate, and scale. The first step to becoming an instructor or coach is to complete the training program successfully and earn the project-based certification at the "Distinguished" level. We are seeking to partner with organizations with common goals where we are complementary to their missions. Having a source for tuition for professionals serving high-need schools and communities or whose facilitation can develop thriving Sector Partnerships and Collaborative Coalitions to address talent and workforce needs would give us an opportunity to serve more communities and regions and attract investments from employers and other stakeholders. Being able to join or create a network or form partnerships would help advance our value proposition to attract investors whose needs can be served by our work. We would also like to be able to fund evaluation and dissemination of our impact and results. I started this business from scratch with the help of a colleague in 2011. I began my career as high school teacher, worked 18 years in corporate Human Capital Management and performance improvement (last employer Citigroup), was recruited to start a Leadership Institute for School Improvement (seed funding by B&M Gates Foundation and Wallace Foundation, and the state of GA. Successfully launched and led that effort for 7 years. Decided to start my own company after observing that educators sent to guide school turnaround did not have a training program or standardized tools and processes. With the help of a colleague we researched and validated ten performance standards for facilitating complex, collaborative performance improvement, and developed a related certification, and training program. We are sole-source, the only entity in the nation with this type of validated, research-based, and job-embedded training and certification. The most common response of our participants is to ask why they have not had this training sooner. Our instructional design and delivery is based on the research of Dr. Robert Brinkerhoff (Western Michigan University) which is deeply focused on ensuring and supporting the transfer of adult learning into on-the-job performance and results. We use a digital platform rooted in his research, and every successful participant can show the correlation of their learning, its application on the job; the results, progress, and outcomes; and the impact on goal achievement. We have valuable and effective intellectual property, high levels of competency and subject matter expertise, and programs and credentials which can benefit all stakeholders in preparation, workforce development, and economic development. I am a creator, businessperson and a very effective networker and collaborator with a good reputation for my work. This work is replicable and scalable.
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Self Identified Competition
Education agencies may train their own staff; however, they do not train them in how to guide improvement using a proven process and tools. Some professional associations, such as our collaborator The International Society for Performance Improvement, have conferences or an evidence-based certification program, but no training program for "how" to guide the work of collaborative improvement. Some universities may offer a course, but it is rooted in theory, not practice. We provide real training for these critical roles that is immediately applied to participants real on-the-job improvement challenges and that gets results. Our successful training and certification "grads" are frequently praised for their new-found skills, their impact, and the sustainability of the work they guide when they are no longer supporting those they guided. School Improvement Specialists and Performance Improvement Facilitators need job training and tools; however, those who hire and assign them make incorrect assumptions about the transferability of existing expertise into new roles in which collaborative efforts must be facilitated so that solutions are implemented with fidelity and sustained. Billions of dollars are paid to fund school improvement support annually, yet research shows very little impact on student achievement. Our work is sharply focused on the performance of those we train and certify and the Key Performance Indicators they are charged to help other achieve collaboratively. We are a "unicorn" that can reproduce many other "unicorns" who can make a difference to improve quality of life for all.
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