EdFOCUS Initiative is a not-for-profit organization that provides customized, research-based consultation to K-12 schools and districts, helping to improve student achievement through:
- Standards-based curriculum
- Best practices instruction and assessment
- Data-driven teaching decisions
- The re-deployment of existing programs and resources
EdFOCUS was established to provide additional capacity to the growing number of districts whose staffs are already stretched to the limit. And with the increasing pressures of NCLB and AYP, school districts frequently find themselves in need of external assistance to solve particular problems.
EdFOCUS Initiative is a team of veteran consultants who have decades of successful experience working with public and charter schools. Team members have served as classroom teachers, building and central office administrators, researchers, and university graduate-level professors.
Through our on-site customized services, we enable schools and districts to:
- Determine areas of need and strength in programs, infrastructure, and resources
- Design a realistic Plan of Action to address areas of need
- Implement and monitor the Plan of Action
- Adjust the infrastructure and align resources to assure a successful outcome
EdFOCUS is headed by renowned senior consultants Dr. Judith K. March and Dr. Karen H. Peters who have worked in school reform throughout Ohio and several other states. They are widely recognized for their many publications in refereed journals and three books, the latest of which is Designing Instruction: Making Best Practices Work in Standards-Based Classrooms (Corwin Press, 2008).
The Executive Director of EdFOCUS is Joseph Siegferth, retired Superintendent of the Hudson City Schools (Hudson, Ohio), a state- and nationally-recognized high performing public school district.
Our team of experienced consultants provides expertise in:
- Leadership and planning in public, non-public, and charter schools, K-12
- Board policies and procedures governing the school improvement process
- Curriculum in all core subject areas
- Career-technical education
- Special Education
- Community-building
