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Back To Lead · Coaching Support for Schools
Back To Lead: Coaching Support For Schools
Let’s talk before your first bell.
Coaching support for K–12 instructional leaders — built for a strong start to the school year. Public, private, charter, or faith-based, we meet your school where it is.
The Real Issue
You Don’t Have a Leadership Problem. You Have a Capacity Problem.
- Coaches and team leads are walking into the year without a clear plan to support teachers.
- Curriculum reviews stall because no one owns the process.
- New coaches don’t know what “good” looks like in the role.
- Data comes in, but no one has time to turn it into action.
- Leadership changes, and nobody has the bandwidth to manage it well.
You’ve been waiting for clarity. This is where it starts.
Book a Clarity CallI’ve Been Where You Are
Coaching From Someone Who Has Done the Work
Christina Jones
Founder & CEO, Humane in the Membrane
Before Humane in the Membrane, I was the coach walking into a school building without a playbook — learning in real time how to earn trust, lead without formal authority, and help teachers move from compliance to genuine growth. I know what it feels like to be handed a title and a caseload with no map for how to actually do the job well.
That is why every Back To Lead partnership starts where your school actually is, not where a template assumes you are. Some schools need a coaching model built from scratch. Others have a model that just needs structure, consistency, or a clearer sense of what “good” looks like. We meet you there.
“With 25+ years in education and leadership, I’ve built Humane in the Membrane to help leaders close the gap between having a strategy and actually executing it.”
No pressure — just a real conversation.
What You’ll Receive
Coaching Support Built Around Six Areas
Every Back To Lead partnership is built from the same six areas of support, scoped to what your school needs most right now.
Instructional Delivery Support
Helping teachers translate plans into strong, consistent classroom practice.
Observation & Feedback
Clear, consistent protocols for watching, naming, and growing practice.
Data-Informed Coaching
Turning the data you already collect into next steps your team can act on.
Leadership Coaching
Supporting the coaches, team leads, and deans who carry this work day to day.
Professional Learning
Sessions built around your school’s real priorities, not a generic agenda.
In addition, every partnership includes a personalized Back To Lead Toolkit — resources and tools matched to where your school is starting from.
Our Coaching Model
A Gradual Release, Built for Real Capacity
Every coaching relationship moves through the same three stages — at the pace your team is ready for.
Stage 1
I Do
We model the work first
Christina demonstrates the practice — observation protocols, coaching conversations, data routines — so your team sees it done well before doing it themselves.
Stage 2
We Do
We build it together
Co-coaching, co-planning, and real-time feedback while your team builds the confidence and consistency to carry the work forward.
Stage 3
You Do
Your team leads it
We step back as your coaches and leaders carry the work independently, with the tools and routines to sustain it well beyond our partnership.
“Christina is an exceptional coach. She really pushed my team to make key decisions that were needed, and offered us the support that met me and my team where we were. I value Christina’s thought-partnership.”
— Network Leader
Who This Is For
Finding the Right Fit
This is a fit if you are…
- A school launching or resetting its coaching model
- An instructional coach, new or experienced
- A teacher leader transitioning into a coaching role
- A school leader who supports coaching teams
- A public, private, charter, or faith-based school
This isn’t a fit if you’re looking for…
- One-off professional development with no follow-through
- A canned curriculum instead of a real partnership
- Support without a real conversation about what’s stuck
What to expect
A clear path from first conversation to partnership.
No surprises. Here is how every engagement starts.
- 1
Book a Clarity Call
A no-pressure conversation to understand where you are and what you need.
- 2
Discovery Conversation
We dig into your goals, challenges, and readiness together.
- 3
Custom Proposal & Quote
You receive a scoped proposal: the right tier, the right focus area, and an investment matched to your work.
- 4
Let’s Build
Once you’re ready, we get to work, grounded in the HEART Framework™ from day one.
Ready to Get Moving?
Let’s Get You Clear.
If you’re ready to name the gap and map a way forward for your school, book a Clarity Call or reach out and we’ll take it from there.