Strategic Consulting

Dr. Barbara S. S. Hong works with K–12 schools, colleges and universities, and community partners to design practical, sustainable systems that expand opportunity and improve student outcomes.

Early College & Postsecondary Pathway Design

Designing coherent pathways from high school through college completion, including college-credit accumulation, transfer alignment, academic readiness, advising, and student support.

K–12/Higher Education Partnerships

Building partnerships that move beyond agreements and MOUs toward shared goals, clearly defined responsibilities, sustainable structures, and measurable outcomes.

College Readiness, Persistence & Completion

Identifying where students encounter barriers and designing systems that strengthen readiness, belonging, self-advocacy, persistence, and degree completion.

Educator Pipeline & Workforce Strategy

Developing Early College, Grow Your Own, paraprofessional-to-teacher, teacher preparation, clinical experience, and district partnership strategies to strengthen the educator workforce.

Data-Informed Student Success

Using quantitative and qualitative data to identify barriers, recognize students at risk, evaluate interventions, monitor outcomes, and guide institutional decision-making.

Faculty & Staff Capacity Building

Providing professional learning and implementation support that equips educators and institutional leaders to sustain improvement long after the engagement ends.

Customized Programs

Keynotes, workshops, professional learning institutes, strategic planning sessions, and consulting engagements can be customized to the needs of individual schools, districts, colleges, universities, and organizations.

Programs may be offered as keynotes, half-day or full-day workshops, multi-session professional learning series, leadership retreats, or long-term strategic consulting engagements.