Empowerment

OUR VISION

Academic Solutions by Design Educational Consultants is a premier educational consulting firm for K-12 public, private, and charter school organizations, focused on building equity leadership capacity to foster educational excellence for all learners.

OUR MISSION

As an educational consultant and thought leader Andrea Dixon-Seahorn, Ed. D. designs and delivers customized, high-quality professional learning experiences founded upon four pillars:

INSPIRE-district and school leaders to align their core beliefs, values, and practices with best practice for meeting the multi-faceted needs of diverse learners within the social, emotional, intellectual, and physical domains.

ENVISION-strategic outcomes to address the dynamics of leading, teaching and learning in culturally diverse academic settings.

INNOVATE– creative solutions for the design and delivery of rigorous academic standards within a real-world context.

EMPOWER– educational leaders to become self-reflective practitioners who employ learner-centered approaches to achieve equity-focused organizational goals.

OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES:

Professional Learning experiences are designed to meet the professional development goals of time-conscious educational leaders and school organizations, and are designed and delivered as follows:

  • Staff Retreats/Team Building Activities- Equity in the School Context Offered as a 60-90 minute session or half-day session (3 hours)
  • District & School Leadership Development- Equity Principled Leadership Offered as a half-day session (3 hours), full day session (6 hours), or customized to meet school leadership professional learning needs
  • Equity-Centered Strategic Planning- Putting Equity into Action Offered as a half-day session (3 hours), full day session (6 hours), or customized to meet district leadership professional learning needs
  • Executive Leadership Coaching- Cultivating Equity Leadership Capacity Offered as one-on-one coaching support in 60-90 minute sessions, or customized to meet district leadership professional learning needs
  • Speaking Engagements- ADS Inspires Keynote Presentations
    Offered as a 45-60 minute session or customized to meet school organization needs

45-60 minute keynote-Hourly rate determined by size of audience