Current Projects

Teaching American History
Northampton Country Public Schools
Hampton High School Reform
GEAR UP
Norfolk Smaller Learning Communities
Tidewater ACCESS Study
FIRST Robotics
Virginia Arts Project
Student Assessment for Learning
CUTTER - Center for Teacher Training, Education, and Research
Educational Policy Institute

News & Events

College Awareness Program
Backing Schools
SREB Training

Consultancies

In today's era of accountability, data-driven and competitive world, every school district aims to ensure it is operating efficiently, effectively and in compliance with all state and federal guidelines and regulations.

However, dealing with day-to-day issues can leave little time to consider the bigger picture and identify areas for potential improvement. Independent consultants are ideally placed to take that 'outside in' view and provide you with impartial, unbiased advice on your business.

PREPs provides a range of independent consultancy services to a wide variety of clients across the public, private and not for profit sectors. We act as a trusted advisor to our clients on any and every aspect of their education system, from small-scale projects to national scale programs involving multiple parties.

Our services

Resources to help school leaders learn about effective change strategies and get customized feedback on their own situations and tailored change management advice.

• Supporting resources for school improvement, focused on: learning alignment; data driven decision-making; quality teaching and effective interventions; and parental support and community collaboration.
• A forum for online collaboration and discussion to enable teams to work together and share documents, "to do" lists, meeting minutes, and lessons learned.
• Access to the skills and expertise of educators around the nation who are implementing new assessment systems, undertaking organizational reforms, and creating effective instructional programs and broad-based community alliances.
  

Our clients

We work with a wide variety of clients, including:

• State Council for Higher Education
• Virginia Department of Education
• Virginia Arts Commission
• Tidewater ACCESS
• Newport News Public Schools
• Norfolk Public Schools
• Portsmouth Public Schools
• Northampton County Public Schools
• Hampton City Schools
• Thomas Nelson Community College
• Norfolk Foundation
• Chesapeake Public Schools

 

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The Program for Research and Evaluation in Public Schools (PREPS)
Education Building Room 135
Old Dominion University, Hampton Blvd,
Norfolk, VA 23529 Tel 757.683.5449 Fax 757.683.5716