AN IMPARTATIONAL META-COGNITIVE COACHING & PROFESSIONAL LEARNING/ DESIGN FIRM
Jewel Jones Faison, Ph.D., SENIOR CONSULTANT
My Background At-a-Glance
As a Master Teacher/Educator and successful business leader with over 40 years of progressive experience in urban public schools, private school founding, and college/university teaching, I am passionate about designing and developing spaces that nurture tomorrow’s leaders. I am also committed to delivering high-quality professional development to P-16 educators, particularly those serving children of color who are impacted by inequity, poverty, and cultural differences.
I earned my Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Spelman College and completed graduate degrees (M.Ed., D.A.S.T., & Ph.D.) in Middle Grades Education (certified in all four core subjects), Educational Leadership, and Educational Studies at Emory University. My post-graduate training includes studies at Harvard School of Education, Joseph Business School, and Bias/Sensitivity training with Measured Progress, Inc. (Formerly AdvancED, now Cognia). With this diverse background, I bring the acumen, talent, experience, and creativity needed to guide future educators and business leaders in a global context.
In addition to my educational work, I am a corporate and non-profit business owner, providing advisory services to entrepreneurs in idea creation and innovative business designs. Through my Atlanta church community, I volunteer my clinical expertise to offer academic coaching to youth with learning differences. Through my non-profit, A School for Children, Inc., I am able to connect other educators to extraordinary learning in Ghana, W. Africa while helping to build in the Central region. Since 2004, my consulting firm, Constructs & Concepts International, has successfully provided a wide range of consulting services.
My Work Passions Include Leading
- The Educator's Network which provides a safe space for educators' social emotional support, and oppportunities to unlearn and relearn; update, and discover new ways to engage students teachers are coaches, facilitators, and advocates. Gone are the days where information is limited or where learning is teacher-centered. Our Educator's Network creates a space for the interrogation and exchange of theories and practices to address the changing needs of today's youth .
- Job-embedded staff development which provides workshops and seminar-styled training across content and genres for schools, churches, and community youth organizations who serve linguistically, economically, and culturally diverse children, and
- On-line Mini-Courses and Coaching that address the teaching of specific content in a culturally-responsive context.
More About Me
When I'm not developing grants, tutoring, working with business clients, or facilitating workshops, I enjoy: reading, traveling, and spending time with the future generations (to include Gen Xs, Millennials, Gen Zs, and even Gen Alphs) as I listen to their solutions to world issues. I find their creative problem solving, criticality, and their technological skills fascinating!
My favorite weekend is spent bowling, a little golfing or taking short road trips thru small town America. An occasional international get-a-way is always fun! I also enjoy the ballet, live theater, old-school R&B concerts, comedy, and almost any activity on or near water. I absolutely love watching online religious teachings, documentaries and live webinars! My favorite books are the Holy Bible and Pedagogy of the Oppressed. They both keep me grounded and serve to offer solutions to my life's work with people who are marginalized by America's capitalist norms.
