August Newsletter: Tools, Strategies, and Support for the Year Ahead

Whether you're a new, continuing, or prospective school partner, we're here to support your leadership as you prepare for the 2025-26 school year. This month’s newsletter includes practical resources to support your start to the year and help you make the most of your Wellington Engagement Index data.

In this issue:

An invitation to our August webinar on using the Wellington Engagement Index to support new faculty and engagement at the start of the year
The first article in our new series on building a data-informed academic leadership model
A reminder to submit your WEI contract for the 2025-26 school year
An overview of our 2025-26 consulting and professional development offerings
A downloadable planning tool to support your WEI implementation
WEI development updates
Get to know the 2025-26 Wellington Initiative team and find us on LinkedIn

Upcoming Webinar: Starting Strong: Leveraging the Engagement Index Early in the Year

Join us for our August webinar on using the Wellington Engagement Index at the beginning of the year to guide conversations with new faculty, identify what is working well, and ensure students are engaged from day one.

Friday, August 15, at 2:00 pm on Teams.

Webinar Registration

Three Strategies to Build a Data-Driven Academic Leadership Model

This article is the first in a series on strategies to build, foster, and sustain a data-informed academic leadership model by focusing on actionable classroom data, transparency, and time for reflection.

Click here to read the article.

Reminder to Submit Your 2025-26 WEI Contracts

As the 2025-26 school year approaches, please make sure your signed contract is submitted to The Wellington Initiative so we can set you up in time for your first planned Wellington Engagement Index administration. Thank you for your partnership. We look forward to a great school year ahead.

Contact Brendan to finalize your Wellington Engagement Index contract for the 2025-26 school year.

2025-26 Wellington Initiative Workshops and Consulting Offerings

Work with The Wellington Initiative to help your team understand engagement data, plan next steps, and use it to strengthen teaching and learning through tailored consulting and professional development.

Click here to learn more about TWI's 2025-26 consulting and professional development offerings.

Downloadable Resource: Planning Tool for WEI Implementation

Download our Wellington Index Implementation Planner, designed to help you map key dates, set goals for each data collection window, and plan reflection prompts based on your academic calendar.

Download the Planning Tool

WEI Software Updates

We are happy to share recent updates to the Wellington Engagement Index tool, including improved ClassLink support for data rostering and single sign-on, a redesigned navigation that saves screen space, and enhanced readability for School and District Admin views. Automated syncs now provide better support for alternate grids, sliders, and other configurations.

Join the conversation on LinkedIn!

The Wellington Initiative is now on LinkedIn. Follow us to share ideas, stay connected, and be part of the conversation around engagement and data-informed leadership.

Click here to connect with us on LinkedIn.

About The Wellington Initiative

The Wellington Initiative is a division of The Wellington School, a leading independent preschool-Grade 12 day school in Columbus, Ohio. We’re a team of educators working alongside schools to understand and measure student engagement, so every classroom can be a place where students love learning and feel meaningfully challenged.