We inspire you to go further

BUOY is a framework-driven education agency that provides and guides personalized & integrated action plans that prioritize efficiency, diversity, student agency, and community needs.

Trusted Partners & Organizations We Work With

To grow, you have to know where you want to go,
and we can help you get there.

Our goal is to help your team navigate the currents of education by successfully partnering with schools, districts, and organizations starting with strategic counsel and discovering the next steps together.

We commit to assisting you in high-impact, education-forward areas.

Discovery Sessions
Goal Setting
Blueprints
Social-Emotional Competencies of team dynamics

K-12 Market Analysis
Sales
Marketing & Communications
Design Thinking
Lean Start-Up
Implementation

Online Courses
Professional Learning
Website Development
Social Media Design and Planning
Personalized Roadmaps

LEADERSHIP

BUOY Consultants partner with leaders to build internal capacity and increase collaboration between stakeholders.

INITIATIVES

BUOY Consultants assist with initiative management from research to investigation to strategic implementation.

Design thinking is at the core of BUOY partnerships.

CHANGE MANAGEMENT

BUOY Consultants offer strategic diagnostics for partners to explore and plan for stakeholder buy-in.

We help you identify challenges, opportunities, and ways to scale and support your team.

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING

BUOY Consultants prioritize the right people at the right time for each project and initiative we engage.

Team building, social-emotional competence, and shared vision help the best teams get better.

PLANNING

BUOY Consultants take the time to discover partner needs.

We offer comprehensive, custom Diagnostic Toolkits to activate your team and measure growth along the way.

DESIGN THINKING FOR SOLUTIONS

BUOY Consultants offer a comprehensive Design Thinking approach to problem-solving in order to help your team develop solutions, processes, and strategies.

RESEARCH

BUOY Consultants legitimize action with research and investigation.

From case studies, interviews, surveys, and beyond, we believe that you can best serve a community that you understand.

IMPLEMENTATION

BUOY Consultants work alongside partners to help develop a personalized roadmap for implementation.

We take the vision to the how by empowering you to design and deliver an actionable plan.

Trusted to Partner & Deliver

We wanted support with launching our enterprise edition, and Buoy Consultants gave us the in-person strategic support we needed.

Jim Hurley

CEO/Founder of Lesson Planet

In the 35 years that I have been working in the EdTech community publishing magazines, producing conferences/trade shows, working with educators and technology companies, I have had the opportunity to work with many passionate and talented individuals. Their skills sets come in a variety of areas but there are few that encompass the breadth and scope that I have experienced first hand in my work with Buoy Consultants.

Wendy LaDuke

Founder - Tahoe Strategies (Former Publisher eSchool Media & 1105 Media Group)

BUOY Co-FOUNDERS

Jen Gibson and Cate Tolnai

5662 Calle Real #205

Goleta, CA 93117