Abed Education Consulting, LLC

Support and Accountability

for Academic Success©

a transformational leadership model for division and school leaders

The 3 C’s of effective leadership practices:

Support and Accountability for Academic Success© (SAAS©) is a transformational leadership model for division and school leaders based on the 3 C’s of effective leadership practices: Culture, Communication, and Commitment.

Culture

Strengthen the culture by analyzing current systems, removing the barriers, and establishing high expectations for all stakeholders.

Communication

Develop and communicate capacity-building systems and processes that are explicitly and clearly defined for all stakeholders.

Commitment

Commit to building the capacity of instructional leaders by providing guidance, support, and coaching feedback.

SAAS© Speaks

“Mrs. Abed provided very appropriate and meaningful information to the administrators in a very effective and personable manner. She kept her audience totally engaged and actively participating during the entire workshop.”

Dr. Rhonda A. Hall

Assistant Superintendent of Instruction, Accomack County Public Schools

“…that has been a game changer for many of our leaders. The level of transparency and honesty coupled with understanding yet bold conversations and productive collaboration is so helpful in our quest to truly move the proverbial needle.”

Dr. Wendy González

Chief of Teaching, Learning, and Leadership, Alexandria City Public Schools

“Mrs. Abed [has] been a tremendous asset… The last professional development on Principal Feedback was an eye-opener… and caused them to reflect on their practice and reinforced the essentials of effective instructional leadership.“

Dr. Carlton Carter

Superintendent, Franklin City Public Schools

“Thank you for giving your valuable time to help our staff grow. We have had so much positive feedback and are excited for Part Two. We all left with takeaways that we can put into practice.“

Dr. Amanda Clay

Chief Academic Officer, Dinwiddie County Public Schools

“I truly walked away with a new perspective and intend to move forward to change my personal practices in order to be most effective in my feedback and ability to empower teachers to provide our students with the most purposeful education!”

Mrs. Alicia Payne

Assistant Principal
Pungoteague Elementary School

“You can choose courage, or you can choose comfort,
but you cannot choose both.”

Brene Brown

Widad Abed

Widad Abed is skilled in school turnaround strategies that improve student achievement outcomes in a variety of settings. Widad has served as a teacher, principal and a school quality coordinator in the Virginia Department of Education’s Office of School Quality (OSQ). As a former principal, she turned around a failing school by building strong systems and processes that supported student achievement. As an OSQ coordinator, Widad assisted local educational agencies with developing, implementing, and monitoring systems and processes focused on alignment of the written, taught, and tested curriculum. Moreover, she developed and conducted professional development training sessions to school divisions across Virginia on Instructional Leadership with a focus on curriculum alignment and coaching feedback. Additionally, Widad has worked with division leaders on transformational leadership practices to improve student outcomes.

Widad Abed’s areas of expertise include developing division systems, academic reviews, instructional leadership, principal coaching, data analysis, asset mapping, and program evaluation.

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