Encore Educational Consulting wants to help you create the most beneficial approach to your needs. Dr. James and her extensive network of support specialists strive to adapt experiences to meet each client and the organization's unique needs. Therefore, through a foundation in equity, the following services serves as a template of options available:
Encore Educational Consulting will work with individual teachers, leaders, and content experts to support moving from good to great in professional practice. Moving from good to great can include anything from missioning, visioning, and goal setting on an individual or organizational level to developing competencies, dispositions, and strategies essential to be successful in our dynamic world for teachers, parents, administrators, Board members, and community
Creating sustainable change in individual and collective practice requires on-going rehearsal with constructive, supportive, critical reflection. Encore Educational Consulting has supported diverse communities of educators coming together in-person and through virtual platforms to implement data-driven strategies for continuous improvement for over seven years. Our facilitators support educators and educational leaders in collecting data and implementing data-informed strategies to improve system operations and culturally relevant, trauma-informed, and developmentally appropriate practices for excellence.
The team at Encore is available to provide support to educational organizations on best practices and curriculum writing in culturally responsive pedagogies, SEL, behavior management, interdisciplinary teaching and learning, STEAM2, early childhood education, professional development, school board functioning, educational policy, leadership, and a wide variety of strategies and topics specific to every content area addressed in schools.
Efficient and effective governance is critical to the success of systems and organizations. Members of the Encore Team have served as policy, finance, communications, legal, and governance leaders at Local, State, and National levels. Our comprehensive systems-level understandings uniquely situate us to be able to support results-based governance.
Whether it be working with PK-21 students, educators, non-profit organizations, businesses, or Boards, the team at Encore has extensive experience in supporting trust-focused team-building activities to promote organizational well-being, positive interpersonal relationships, and cultural fluency.
In an ideal world, schools, organizations, associations, and businesses can proactively avoid crises or challenges. However, the reality is that no matter how well-intentioned, life will happen. The world will present unforeseen challenges. Further, unintentional errors, mistakes, and miscalculations will be made. When these challenges occur, Encore Educational Consulting, along with the contributions from our diverse and vast network of like-minded partners, can support you with our extensive body of knowledge and diverse experiences.
Dr. James is an exceptional public speaker available to kick off an event, motivate an audience, or help you share messages that are of importance to you and your audiences.
We recognize that each institution is different and may require unique services. If you do not see what you are looking for, connect with a member of our team so we can offer the right combination of services or a customized plant to suit your needs. Send us a note here and we will be glad to help.
Intercultural Development Inventory
Martha is a certified IDI administrator. For more information on the IDI, see the video linked here.