Providing in-depth training and coaching for school leaders and their teams
Empowering school leaders to empower your students
What makes ECCO's approach different... and effective
How our unique approach creates lasting change for your organization
Most efforts at change don't stick because of one of two shortcomings:
- Interventions and programming that don't address the real problems
- Implementation that neglects one of the three key stakeholder groups
ECCO's 3x3 Model for Lasting Change helps your district address short-term problems and reach long-term goals with a unique cross-section approach.
Targeted Outcomes
We find that engagement, capacity, and ownership are the keys to creating change that lasts
- Engagement - We use our proprietary Career Factors program to get everyone moving in the same direction with a common language.
- Capacity - We equip each person be an engaged participant in their roles and on their teams.
- Ownership - We empower district leaders to own not only the results but the model of change so you can tackle future initiatives with confidence.
Intentional Stakeholders
We're careful to make sure that each action step of a comprehensive strategy has a specific group in mind. Using the All - Some - Few framework, we leverage our efforts to achieve the greatest impact with the right people.
- All - District initiatives need to include every teacher and professional staff to create a common language and a unifying vision
- Some - Teacher leaders and building administrators are often the missing link in making any substantive progress in a district
- Few - District leaders cannot lead others effectively without intentional focus and reflection on their practices
Our Team
Sam Feeney
Dr. Margy Jones-Carey
Christina Lesh
Founder and Strategist
Sam has twenty years of experience in education and loves working with leaders to help them cast vision, create plans to reach that vision, and walking with them as they bring those plans to fruition. As the creator of The Career Factors, Sam also specializes in employee engagement, a key to teacher retention.
Christina Lesh
Dr. Margy Jones-Carey
Christina Lesh
Executive Leadership Coach
Christina L. Lesh has 25 years of education instruction and leadership experience including elementary and intermediate level special education instruction, and serving as a Director of Student Services (K-12) and as a Principal (K-8). She has also served as a Regional Director and Program Director for a national
Executive Leadership Coach
Christina L. Lesh has 25 years of education instruction and leadership experience including elementary and intermediate level special education instruction, and serving as a Director of Student Services (K-12) and as a Principal (K-8). She has also served as a Regional Director and Program Director for a national education non-profit, focused on empowering district partners toward consistently positive impacts of ELA curriculum and professional learning on educator effectiveness. She is passionate about coaching leaders as they create sustainable systems that position teachers as experts to create equitable impact for all students.
Dr. Margy Jones-Carey
Dr. Margy Jones-Carey
Dr. Margy Jones-Carey
Strategic Partnership Consultant
Margy has been a public school educator for more than 35 years, serving as teacher, principal, coordinator of financial services, director of technology and curriculum, chief academic officer, executive director, and assistant superintendent. She was an Assistant Professor and Program Director for the Educ
Strategic Partnership Consultant
Margy has been a public school educator for more than 35 years, serving as teacher, principal, coordinator of financial services, director of technology and curriculum, chief academic officer, executive director, and assistant superintendent. She was an Assistant Professor and Program Director for the Educational Leadership Program at St. Bonaventure and currently supports students in the Educational Leadership doctoral program at D'Youville.