Testimonials

From my very first session with Pri, I felt heard. I shared my career aspirations and the challenges affecting both myself and my team. Pri helped me uncover a fundamental issue—I had no boundaries with my team, my boss, or anyone, really. This realization was my turning point. Since then, I have set firm boundaries, learned to take small, strategic steps toward meaningful change, and ultimately transitioned to a new department that appreciates my expertise and leadership style.

Each session with Pri was unique, always addressing exactly what I needed at the time. She listened, helped me organize my thoughts, and guided me through solutions, not by simply telling me what to do, but by coaching me toward clarity and confidence. What made her coaching special wasn’t just the ability to vent but the empowerment to fix what felt broken. She helped restore the self-confidence I had lost.

Before leaving my previous role, I had found a renewed sense of balance, not only with my team and management but within myself.

I am thoroughly grateful for the professional coaching support and guidance I received from Pri. As a new mentor to educators, I sought the assistance of a professional coach to help me navigate the first year in my new role. Pri’s warm and personable affect immediately made me feel comfortable and confident in our sessions. Her innate ability to establish rapport and trust creates a safe space for open dialogue and growth. 

Pri excels in clear and concise communication, providing relevant feedback and guidance that is both practical and insightful. She helped me set realistic proximal and distal goals, with accountability built into her support. Pri helped me approach challenges via a strengths-based perspective, empowering me to overcome obstacles and achieve optimal outcomes. 

What I most valued were the powerful questions Pri posed in our session. These prompts encouraged deep self-reflection, a deeper understanding of my abilities, and sparked independent thinking and action. 

Pri is an incredible coach who pushes me to see things from different perspectives and to focus on areas I would have, on my own, ignored. She introduces frameworks that are applicable to many situations and guides me to apply them to all that we do. Pri listens carefully and as a result, really understands the challenges I face in my professional role. A true coach, Pri doesn’t solve my problems for me, but instead she guides me to come to possible solutions. By “leading me to water,” I’m able to approach other challenges with the confidence necessary to get through them successfully. I’d highly recommend working with Pri!

Lacey Ramsey, Director of the Apprentice Teacher Training Program, New Canaan Country School

I began working with Pri in the Spring of 2023 as I navigated a transition from longtime teacher to full-time school administrator. At that time, I was having challenges managing my time efficiently and striking the balance between building long-term systems and solving day-to-day problems. I felt inefficient, ineffective, and a little lost when I reached out to Pri. I am so thankful that I did. Pri has completely changed the way I approach my work, my time, and my relationships with all the various stakeholders in an educational setting. Her coaching has brought the best out of me, and we have worked to create a path that is unique to my strengths and gifts as an educator. Pri is an amazing listener, and she seems to know what I am feeling before I do! Since working with Pri, I feel infinitely more grounded and I know I am prepared for the everyday rigors of my job.

I have been working with Pri for the past year and a half to become the leader I strive to be. She supports me to process, reflect, and navigate a variety of new and sometimes challenging situations always grounding our work in what is best for students. Her wealth of knowledge, experience, patience, and compassion have been my steady companions throughout my journey as a new administrator. Pri helps me to be better at my job each and every day.

-Michelle Harrison, Lower Division Head, The Evergreen School

We were fortunate enough to work with Pri in revamping our Apprentice Teacher Training Handbook. Her thoughtful suggestions, examples of “best practices” and conversations improved our handbook and most importantly our Apprentice and Mentor teacher experience in a myriad of ways. She is a skilled coach of teachers at all levels of expertise and helped create an observation and feedback system that is effective and cohesive. Her wealth of experience and listening skills are outstanding-highly recommended!

-Gretchen Tapscott, Co-Director of Apprentice Teacher Training Program, New Canaan Country School, New Canaan Country School

Working with Pri helped me clarify my enduring priorities, basic beliefs, and ethical commitments.  I was able to work on myself in very reflective ways and get tactical about immediate decisions and next steps.  Leadership is always a growth opportunity, but since I worked with Pri, I think that I learned more and I had fewer missteps. Since leadership can be both lonely and impactful, taking care of my own development became a way for me to take care of the folks I led.

-Dr. Sally V. Maxwell, Assistant Head of School for Teaching and Learning, MICDS

Patient, knowledgeable and supportive, Pri is a wonderful coach with great insights into how schools operate. Whether approaching conversations about students, parents, or fellow educators, she begins with what is best for kids and then uses her deep knowledge of education to guide our conversations. I have developed into a better school leader because of my work with her.

-Stephanie Wright, Ph.D., Director of Programs, Rainier Scholars

I have been lucky enough to have worked with Pri for more than 15 years. In that time, I have seen her shine as a division head, teacher leader, and curriculum specialist. She is deeply knowledgeable and invested in the entire ecosystem of the school while honoring the relationships between teachers, students, staff, and parents. She is especially gifted in working with students who have different learning styles and abilities. As a talented educator who will help your school community learn and grow, Pri will bring life to culturally diverse topics and issues, support parents through the various stages of a child’s development, and groom teachers to their highest level of professionalism.

I can think of no better guide and talent than Pri Alahendra.

Lucinda Lee Katz, Ph.D., Retired Head of School, The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Marin Country Day School

Pri is an educational leader who brings head, heart, organizational perspective, and individual care to her work in the community. Experienced, discerning, and just fun to work with, Pri is an inspiring colleague who ups your game. She’s the person asking the questions that need to be asked, always learning as an integral part of her practice of leading.

Alison Park, Founder of Blink Consulting