Educational Policy
Educational policies influence organizational and faculty effectiveness, decision-making, and student learning. Dean Johnson Consulting has nearly four decades of experience leading educational institutions from PreK to college. Our practical experiences as a teacher, principal, superintendent, and college president allow us to effectively consult with and guide clients toward developing accountable education and youth development goals, managing policy governance, and parent-community engagement.
We provide education consulting services that:
Provide organizations with self-assessment tools to understand their current state
Enhance board governance and policy administration oversight
Align and leverage resources for increased productivity
Identify exemplary models for improving academic achievement for students from underserved and marginalized communities
Expand health, safety, and wellness partnerships beyond the classroom and school
Cultivate and strengthen family and community partnerships
Develop systems for communicating with diverse cultures
Build leadership capacity to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainable change
Organizational Strategy
Our experience leading and advising educational organizations helps clients assess their needs, plan, develop, and implement strategies, and track and link actions with performance outcomes. We counsel our clients on how to ensure internal ownership and promote partnerships with community stakeholders. We help clients identify issues and problems of practice critical to the success of all students and their organization.
Governance and Policy
Key to successful outcomes is the ability of an organization to establish and agree upon goals. Our clients learn how to work internally and externally with education policymakers and elected governing boards and include the voices of diverse community stakeholders. We assist organizations to:
Establish a policy governance orientation, clarify roles and responsibilities, and reach a consensus on organizational priorities
Develop supportive and inclusive protocols for decision-making
Enhance collaborative and mutually respectful working relationships with internal team members and external partners
Recognize the competing interests associated with equity-related work
Establishing a focused, intentional, and accountable policy governance leadership structure, will ensure a healthy, learning, and thriving organization for promoting the conditions and systems for achieving successful student outcomes.
Education Resources
Resources are not limited to finances, they include time, talents, and relationships. How and why resources are deployed communicates what the organization values. Reallocation of resources requires good communication and a compelling rationale for why a change is necessary and how it will advance the organization’s mission. We help our clients examine how to leverage resources and develop a process to achieve goals and outcomes across the organization.
Other education consulting services include:
Academic Achievement Improvement
Health and Safety Protocol
Family and Community Partnerships
Leadership and Capacity Building Systems
At Dean Johnson Consulting, we work with our clients to develop individual talents and build collaborative teams to maximize organizational capacity to scale and achieve goals.
Contact us to learn more about our educational consulting services and how you can drive effective organizational change and success.