Learning Curve Educational Consulting
As a member of the Using Data Alliance Program, Learning Curve is certifed to deliver TERC Using Data workshops to learning institutions in their geographic area.
Website: http://www.learningcurveec.co
Primary Contact: Terry Lashley
Phone: 865.357.3280
Email: info@learningcurveec.com
Learning Curve Educational Consulting (LCEC) is a woman-owned, S-corporation. Working with schools and school systems, LCEC is able to strategically improve teaching and learning through data analysis and targeted professional development for teachers and administrators. With over seventy years of professional experience, including classroom teaching from elementary to graduate level collegiate courses, staff members provide professional development and other educational services in thirteen states, serve on local, regional, state and national curriculum and assessment development teams, and provide evaluation services for K-12 programs, as well as for the (collegiate-level) NCATE Board of Examiners. Southeast Educational staff members have managed federally funded projects in excess of $20M.
At the forefront of LCEC's professional development is the effective use of data to identify and address areas of need for improved teaching and learning. Learning Curve Educational Consulting has a formal Alliance with TERC (an R&D organization in Cambridge, Massachusetts) and the Using Data Program.
Learning Curve Educational Consulting utilizes National Staff Development Council Guidelines, brain research, and multiple intelligences for professional development to maximize learning for all participants. Content-specific professional development for reading, mathematics, and science includes clarification of commonly-held misconceptions and research-based interventions.
Teaching Matters
As a member of the Using Data Alliance Program, Teaching Matters is certified to deliver TERC Using Data workshops to learning institutions in New York City.Website: www.teachingmatters.org
Primary Contact: Jane Condliffe
Phone: 212.870.3505
Email: Jcondliffe@teachingmatters.org
Teaching Matters, Inc. (TMI) is a nonprofit organization that partners with educators to ensure that all students can succeed in the digital age. We target common challenges to student success with educational innovations made possible by technology. We offer comprehensive services enabling educators to apply innovation to enhance school performance, instruction and student learning. Teaching Matters achieves improvements in core and 21st century teaching and learning through:
- Planning and assessment for 21st century skills
- Focusing on data to inform instruction
- Targeted professional development for teachers and administrators
- Comprehensive implementation of 21st century curricula
For 15 years, Teaching Matters has been a frontline and highly regarded provider of targeted and meaningful professional development to thousands of teachers from more than half of the New York City's 1500 schools. At the center of our work has been a set of clearly defined benchmarks that make explicit the instructional methods and aspects of pedagogy we encourage teachers to adopt. (Teacher accountability is determined on the basis of these benchmarks.) We have also developed a proven process for co-constructing learning experiences with school leaders and their staffs.
Teaching Matters uses ongoing documentation to monitor and inform the progress of our professional services. As a result, schools have experienced positive changes in: teachers' core understandings, content knowledge, and instructional practices as well as students' motivation to learn and quality of work.
