EdFOCUS  is a highly successful leader in providing customized professional development and consulting services to K-12 school districts in seven states with specific expertise throughout Ohio.  We have a long-standing reputation for thoroughness and reliability using a "work-with" approach. We work with educators to help their students improve their OST scores...and we have never failed.

EdFOCUS is a team of consultants with decades of successful experience working with schools. Team members have served as classroom teachers, administrators, and college professors.

EdFOCUS is headed by Dr. Judith K. March and Dr. Karen H. Peters, who have provided school reform services in seven states with specific expertise throughout Ohio. They have published four books on school reform and numerous articles in education publications.

EdFOCUS consultants are certificated in the Ohio Improvement Process (OIP) and the Ohio Teacher Evaluation System (OTES).

EdFOCUS  is a not-for-profit group with a mission to help raise student achievement through:

• Diagnostic Services--We help you understand why things may not be going as planned with audits and data analytics.
• Content Standards and Curriculum Consulting--We help you change your curriculum and instruction strategies to better address and teach the standards in Math, English Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies. We help teachers develop test items that are aligned with the standards.
• Professional Development--We help all staff -- including administrators and teachers -- deliver and assess instruction.
  

Customized Services and Products

The EdFOCUS team is unique in several ways:

1. We believe that nothing is impossible.
2. We customize each service and product to the precise needs and circumstances of each client. One size does NOT fit all!
3. We start where you are and work “hands-on” with teachers and other staff throughout the process.
4. We, too are teachers and administrators and provide specific feedback on all of the materials developed by teachers and administrators and develop our materials for use.
5. We focus on building the internal capacity of the school staff to sustain the work once it is complete.
6. When you are ready for change, we are ready to work with you.