HEG and our experienced team of Senior Associates is a premier school consultancy firm, specializing in starting schools, evaluation, management, and school-related improvement services for private, public, and charter schools, colleges, school-related businesses, and non-profits around the world. HEG is a consortium of internationally recognized school leaders and education-sector specialists with a focus on school formation, operations, buying/selling, leading, and improving the overall performance of schools. We’ve helped public and private schools, major corporations, and institutions maximize their organization's performance or achieve their dream of starting their own for-profit or non-profit K-12 school, career college, or US International University. Be it one school or part of a planned land development project in a new city such as Kapolei, Masdar, King Abdullah Economic City, or Songdo, Korea. Our team of professionals have hundreds of years of combined experience developing world-class schools. Our clients are based in the US, Canada, and Internationally and we're experienced working on local and major international projects. Our mission is “To help you to start or maximize your school's performance to the highest standards of excellence.”
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We're the premier global organization for opening private schools period. HEG is dedicated to providing customized turn-key solutions to help you start your own private or independent school. Our Team of experienced associates form a consortium of global school formation experts who've started and led prestigious private schools in the US, Canada, and Internationally (Middle East, Asia, India, China, Singapore, and more!). If you're looking for expert guidance in starting your own school or post secondary institution, you've come to the right place. Our experienced team is already put together and can provide turn-key services (e.g., marketing, accounting, staffing, fundraising, project management, accreditation, training, programming, marketing, designing, architecture, planning, procuring, infrastructure). By leading the development of your school from the ground up, you'll have a better school, which will be ready on time and under budget. Why invent the wheel and do it on your own. With our collective experience of professionals, and our knowledge in starting and leading schools, we can guide you through the challenges you'll face. Our Senior Associates have, as part of our collective experience, been involved in helping to start, develop, and/or lead a variety of prestigious private K-12 private schools and post secondary institutions.
Listed below is brief list of our associate's school formation projects: (Click to expand)
They are flexible and a joy to work with...
"The Halladay Education Group is a very professional team that brings a myriad of talents to private schools and are quite focused and results driven. They work efficiently and are task-driven. As a start-up school we have so many items in our punch-list to complete and Doug and the HEG team came in and helped us with almost every aspect of the operations in a very short time frame. They are flexible and a joy to work with. I would recommend them to any group that wants to start a world-class international school or improve their performance of your established private school."
-- Dr. Jorge Nelson, Headmaster, International School Songdo, Korea
Strives To Make The Big Picture a Reality...
-- Becky Warren, Principal, Westmont School, B
Starting A School On Your Own Can Be Challenging
Starting a school is a complicated and unique project that requires a team of experienced professionals who have had direct experience with all of the elements of school formation, and can take you from concept to operating your school. We can provide full “turn-key” services (e.g., feasibility studies, business plan, project management, human resources, marketing, and more). HEG can work with you in each of the stages of school development related to starting and operating your school, and can assist you with planning, forming, and operating your new school...around the world. There are many reasons why HEG continues to be the leader in the development of schools. We can help answer your questions...
We Work With For-Profit and Non-Profit Clients
From our headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia, we provide innovative services globally, including: strategic planning; board governance; Head of School evaluations and searches; starting schools; institutional assessments; admissions and recruiting; surveys; policy development; and, the design, implementation, and management of major international development projects. Please click here to see more about our recent private school consulting projects. We understand that every institution and project is unique, and our approach provides a flexible and specialized team of consultants specifically chosen for each individual client. Halladay Education Group provides innovative private school consultant services tailored to a number of education sectors, be it for- or non-profit Private or Independent PreK-12 schools, non-profit organizations, educational reform projects for NGO's or Ministry of Education, or founders that want to open their own private schools, colleges, or universities. For more information on each, just click on the service you're interested in.
Douglas Halladay has been helping private and public schools and for- and non-profits operate and manage their organizations more effectively as well as assisting founders open private schools for the past 25 years. Our team of experienced associates have combined to start +20 private schools and colleges around the world, and lead their own institutions. Doug has spent 15 years as a senior educational leader in some of the most prestigious private schools in North America, helping children excel and boards maximize the performance of their schools. As President of Halladay Education Group, an independent school consulting firm, he has rolled up his sleeves and lived "in the trenches" with schools and leaders, helping them to start and lead the best schools possible. Over his career, he's been the Superintendent with a educational management firm in Canada and the USA, Head of Queen Margaret's School on Vancouver Island; Head of Fraser Academy in Vancouver; founding Senior School Head at West Point Grey Academy in Vancouver; and before that a Senior Curriculum and Resources Coordinator with B.C.’s Ministry of Education. He knows and understands the needs of private and public schools and non-profits, and want to help to make your organization even better.
If you are interested in our private school consulting services and would like to receive written material about HEG, or would like to discuss your particular needs, please contact Doug Halladay directly to find out more about our services. You can set this up by sending him an email to info@halladayeducationgroup.com or calling directly at 1-604-868-0002. We also invite you to continue browsing my web site by clicking on Our Service.
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HEG was retained to provide a full board governance workshop and orientation for new trustees fora a K-12 International Baccalaureate School in Asia.
EVALUATE PRIVATE K-12 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA
BUY A CAREER COLLEGE AND LANGUAGE SCHOOL - CANADA
HEG has been retained to assist a multinational firm to buy a career college and language school in Canada.
OPEN THE FIRST NEW PRIVATE K-12 INTERNATIONAL IB SCHOOL FOR DOMESTIC KOREANS - SONGDO, KOREA
HEG has been retained to open the first private international K-12 School for Korean domestic and international students in a new $35 billion planned city of Songdo in Korea called International School Songdo.
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL EVALUATION AND BOARD GOVERNANCE WORKSHOP - ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA
HEG has been retained to complete school evaluation-assessment and board governance workshop for a K-12 international baccalaureate school in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
COMPLETED A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND BUSINESS PLAN FOR A NEW INTERNATIONAL K-12 SCHOOL - CENTRAL AMERICA
HEG has been retained to complete a full feasibility study and business plan for a new K-12 International IB School in Central America.
PROVIDED SCHOOL FORMATION GUIDANCE FOR NEW INDEPENDENT ALTERNATE HIGH SCHOOL - WASHINGTON, DC
HEG was retained to advise on the formation of a new private alternate education High School in Washington, DC.
HEG has been retained to open the first private international K-12 School for Korean domestic and international students in a new $35 billion planned city of Songdo in Korea called Songdo International School.
DEVELOP TEACHER CONTRACTS & STAFF POLICY HANDBOOK FOR A K-8 SIKH SCHOOL - ALBERTA, CANADA
HEG reviewed and developed the Teacher Contract and Staff Policy Handbook for a K-8 Private Sikh School in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
EVALUATION OF A K-9 ISLAMIC SCHOOL - ONTARIO, CANADA
HEG evaluated and developed a school improvement plan for a K-9 private Islamic School in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DEVELOP STRATEGIC PLAN FOR AN EXISTING & NEW PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT - NEW HAMPSHIRE
HEG has been retained to develop a strategic plan for an existing public school district and a new school district in New Hampshire, USA
DEVELOP & ADMINISTER PILOT STUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEM - UAE
HEG has been approached to develop and administer a pilot testing system for student performance using PISA in UAE school district.
EVALUATION OF A SCHOOL SYSTEM - UAE
HEG has been approached to implement an evaluation of an existing school system in the UAE, including assessment of student, staff, and leadership performance.
FEASIBILITY STUDY & BUSINESS PLAN FOR A US INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY - GCC REGION
HEG has been approached to implement a Feasibility Study and Business Plan for a proposed US International Accredited University in Egypt.
SCHOOL ASSESSMENT - CALGARY, ALBERTA
HEG was retained to perform a school performance assessment of a private K-7 Sikh School in Calgary, AB.
BUSINESS PLAN FOR A BRITISH COLUMBIA CERTIFIED SPORTS ACADEMY - VANCOUVER, BC
HEG has completed a detailed start-up and operational business plan for a new K-12 BC certified sports academy in Vancouver, BC.
BUSINESS PLAN FOR AN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL - SINGAPORE
HEG was retained to support the development of a business plan for submission to the government of Singapore to start a new private for-profit K-12 international IB school.
FEASIBILITY STUDY & DEVELOPMENT OF K-12 PRIVATE SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR THE NEW PLANNED CITY OF MASDAR - ABU DHABI, UAE
HEG has been retained to advise on the development of the K-12 private school system and stand-alone private school for the new planned city of Masdar in Abu Dhabi, UAE. This includes the operation of the school(s).
BUSINESS PLAN FOR A BRITISH COLUMBIA CERTIFIED OFFSHORE SCHOOL - ABU DHAB, UAE
HEG has been to retained to develop a detailed start-up and operational business plan for a new K-12 BC certified offshore school in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
BRITISH COLUMBIA CERTIFIED OFFSHORE SCHOOL - BEIJING, CHINA
NEGOTIATE PROPERTY LEASE FOR NEW SCHOOL - SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
A K-12 private school in California has retained HEG to negotiate the lease for a new Private University Preparatory Chinese Mandarin Immersion School in San Francisco, California.
SCHOOL FORMATION STRATEGIC PLAN - CONNECTICUT, USA
HEG has been retained by a Post Secondary For-Profit Allied Health School to advise on the formation of their school in Connecticut.
FEASIBILITY STUDY & BUSINESS PLAN - MAUI HAWAII, USA
HEG has been commissioned to implement a Feasibility Study and Business Plan for a new University Preparatory High School in Maui, Hawaii. HEG will also support starting the school.
SCHOOL FORMATION STUDY - TEXAS, USA
HEG has been retained to review starting a Prek-12 Adventist University Preparatory School in Texas.
SCHOOL FORMATION - BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
HEG has been retained to support starting of a new Independent Catholic Preparatory High School in Richmond, BC.
SCHOOL STRATEGIC PLAN - PITT MEADOWS, BC
HEG has been retained to develop the strategic plan for PreK-9 International Baccalaureate Private School in Vancouver, British Columbia.
SCHOOL STRATEGIC PLAN - TENNESSEE, USA
HEG has been retained to develop the strategic plan for an Adventist Senior Boarding School in Tennessee, USA.
BUSINESS PLAN DEVELOPMENT - ONTARIO, CANADA
HEG has been commissioned to develop a comprehensive business plan for a new University Preparatory Day-Boarding Multi-Sport Elite High School in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
START A VOCATIONAL & TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE - SURREY, CANADA
A group wanting to start a Post Secondary Technical and Vocational in BC has retained HEG to oversee the complete formation of their institute from the ground up in Surrey, BC.
SCHOOL INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT - VANCOUVER, BC
HEG was retained to perform an institutional assessment and financial projections related to the acquisition-merger of a Private K-12 School in Vancouver, BC.
TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TRAINING REFORM PROJECT (TVET) - BAHAMAS
HEG has been retained to provide educational project management for a TVET reform project in the Bahamas.
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FORMATION - CHINA
HEG has been selected to support the formation of a Canadian K-12 International School in China.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT - MINISTRY OF EDUCATION - SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE
HEG was been retained to provide project oversight for the development of a proposed School of The Future project in British Columbia, Canada.