Lisa Paolo is first and foremost a wife and a mother to 5 beautiful children. She moved to South Florida in 2003 with her family to grow their family. Before coming to Florida, she had a successful career in New York City as a teacher for 9 years and a Principal for 5 years. She was the youngest Principal ever appointed in New York City’s Department of Education.

She was in full charge of a Public Middle School of choice that focused on the arts with a concentration in Ballet and Modern Dance for 90 minutes everyday. She had all of the daily tasks of an administrator of a middle school. She recruited, trained, and retained new teachers in a system that was losing teachers daily to the suburban counties. Having the arts infused in the curriculum brought the children to school everyday. With this improved attendance, the academic team was able to raise the students reading and mathematics scores accordingly. When she began as an administrator, 83% of the school was reading below grade level. When she left, there were no students who failed the city or statewide tests. Students were able to move up 2-4 grade levels in their reading and mathematics levels each year that they attended. Every graduate attended a specialized high school geared toward the specialty they wanted to focus on.

A large part of training for the new teachers was in a new Literacy Initiative being led by District Ten which was then incorporated into the entire city of New York. This initiative is a large part of the success that New York City’s public schools have been experiencing on City and State test scores for the last 5 years. Lisa was extensively trained by District Ten and Columbia University in developing extended blocks of time for Reading and Writing Instruction. She scheduled time for her staff to meet and mentor one another through the process. She helped her staff grow in these initiatives by modeling instruction to students to strengthen the Literacy teachers skills. The team would critique the lessons together and take turns trying out new strategies. This was all incorporated into the school day and supported by all staff. This enabled the staff at the Bronx Dance Academy to become competent in the Literacy Initiatives and become mentors and models for the entire district.

The school had 150 students when she started and grew to 500 by the time she left. Each year she recruited more students until they outgrew the space they were in. She convinced the school board, along with countless numbers of students and their families, that the community needed their own building for the wonderful program that was created. In the 2002-2003 school year the Bronx Dance Academy was awarded a new building that was being built from scratch. While running the school that year, Lisa was also designing the new school, ordering furniture and supplies and attending to the wiring of the new building with the latest technology. The entire community was saddened that Lisa was moving to Florida, however they were grateful for her commitment to them and the hard work she did to ensure they would have a permanent home for such a fantastic school.

Lisa and Joe decided to move to Florida with their family for a better life for their children. They saw children riding their bikes to school in beautiful weather 365 days a year in paradise and wanted this for their children. When Lisa moved to Florida with her family, she and her husband purchased a vending route. With, Joe on the front lines taking care of the daily running of the business, Lisa took charge behind the scenes with book keeping and ordering for the company. She did this part time with her daughter Alyssa, only 1 ½ running around. While waiting in a pediatrician’s office, she found an ad for Nanny Poppinz and thought this was the help she needed to get her work done on a part time basis. Lisa loved the idea of Nanny Poppinz and thought it was such a needed service to mothers, that she bought the franchise for Palm Beach County in 2005. She was successfully running all aspects of the business which included finding families part time or full time nannies and working with local businesses and hotels to help them with their childcare needs.

In May of 2008, Lisa was named Franchisee of the Year and was rewarded with a brand new Volkswagon beetle adorned with the Nanny Poppinz logo to drive all over Palm Beach County. Lisa worked with the company developing and implementing a new sitter site to help families find reliable and trustworthy babysitters. She was recruited to speak with and train over 30 franchisees that purchased businesses in 2008. Her sales numbers were the highest in the company.

In 2011, Lisa founded Paolo Prep Academy, a small independent private K-12 school where students could pursue their passions.  Lisa and her team work closely with each student to create a personalized curriculum and schedule for maximum success.  Since 2011, her students have earned full scholarships through Merit Scholarships and Athletic Scholarships to Universities and Junior College across the United States.  Through Paolo Prep Academy, Lisa’s passion of helping students to figure out their passion, set goals, and launch their future has helped hundreds of students all over the world.

Lisa is working on her first real book which is a non fiction story of her experiences at The Bronx Dance Academy as a teacher and principal. In 2011, she founded Paolo Prep Academy, a private college preparatory K-12  school.   These last seven years, Lisa has worked with students, student athletes, coaches, and admission directors from all over the country.   She helped seniors over the last five years earn over $12 Million Dollars in scholarships with 100% college acceptances and 95% of student athletes playing ball at the next level for the 2018 graduating class.  She is now releasing her techniques and secrets for all high school students through group and individual personal College GOAT sessions with her on a weekly basis.  To schedule a consulation with Lisa, click BELOW:

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