What We Do:

Turn your VISION INTO REALITY by preparing for tomorrow today through the use of educational consulting services and professional development by Dr. Judee Axelsen.

We know that focused professional development is the key to increasing collaboration and communication, providing a supportive learning environment, and aligning curriculum, instruction and assessment to state standards, etc. We have spent the last year working closely with schools to increase student achievement and have had outstanding results based on a clear and shared focus and effective and collaborative school leadership. Visit our Website for descriptions of professional development options that will meet your needs.

Dr. Judee K. AxelsenDr. Judee K. Axelsen
Educational Consultant
VISION into REALITY
1526 Alki Avenue SW, Suite 206
Seattle, WA 98116-1889
(206) 935-5063 or (503) 645-3178
Cell #: (206) 919-0724
Fax #: (206) 935-0677 – Seattle
Fax #: (503) 690-5654 – Beaverton
Fax #: (503) 368-4045 - Manzanita
Email: drjudeeaxelsen@earthlink.net






This list of training options and professional development have helped others to ensure that no child is left behind and that you can document adequate yearly progress through effective teaching and learning. Descriptions are detailed under Workshops, Seminars and Training Programs.Professional Development opportunities can be “stand alone options” or woven together into a coherent system that will make a significant difference for you and your students.  Your unique needs can also be used to design professional development targeting your school's issues and concerns.

Causing School Improvement to Happen!!
Attitude…Everybody Ought to Have at Least One!
Becoming a Professional Learning Community…all of us working together for a common purpose and vision
Closing the Achievement Gap…curriculum mapping to integrate instruction and assessment
Differentiating Curriculum and Instruction…one size does not fit all!
Everyone a Teacher of Reading grades 3-12
Focusing on the Right Stuff: It’s All About Teaching and Learning!
Helping Struggling Students in Math…Getting to AYP, PDQ
Homework as an Instructional Tool to Extend Student Learning
Increasing Student Achievement and Performance in Science
Increasing Student Achievement in Reading
Instructional Coaching and Lesson Studies for Teacher and Student Success
Lesson Design to Increase Student Learning and Achievement
Second Language Learners: ideas, strategies and interventions that work!
So Many Students, So Little Time: Every Child a Reader!
Stop the Insanity!  Spend less time grading papers and get more time for teaching and learning
Teaching What We Expect and Getting It! (classroom management)
What Really Matters: Effective Schooling Practices

Supporting Vision Driven Leadership.
Best Practices to Increase Student Achievement Regardless of Demographics
Changing School Culture to Focus on a Single Vision
Creating a School Climate and Culture Where Quality Teaching and Learning Matters!
Creating Our Own Beliefs, Norms, Vision and Mission as a School Community
Dealing With Conflict in a Time of Change and Age of Accountability
Decision Making Strategies That Will Work for You!
Facilitating Effective Meetings That Everyone Will Want to Attend!
Good Schools Getting Better: creating high impact school improvement plans to increase student achievement
Herding Cats or Dealing With Change …at least one is manageable!
Instructional Leadership Makes the Difference in Increasing Student Achievement; kicking it up a notch!
Issues in Action: Transforming and Shaping School Culture
Parents as Partners in the Teaching / Learning Process
Practicing Purposeful Abandonment…get a life
Presentations You Will Love to Make, the "No Sweat" Way!
Professional Learning Communities…All of Us Working Together for a Common Vision and Purpose
Providing the Organizational Structures to Support Change
So You Didn’t Meet AYP Goals…working with low performing schools and getting results regardless of demographics
Teacher Evaluation to Support Teacher Quality
Team Building for Results That Work!
Using The Research and Our Data to Improve Instruction
What Are The Messages We Are Sending About Our School?


Consulting services, grant writing, school improvement planning and professional development can be customized to meet your unique needs.
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“I find the sharing of ideas extremely beneficial! Besides the stated objectives, I found new ways to integrate cross curriculum information that I can put to immediate use.”
– “Lesson Design to Increase Student Learning and Achievement”
Cascade Middle School, Auburn School District
"As usual, Judee is very clear, to the point and invites challenging comments and questions. I love her energy and common sense approach; that "common sense" is the result of experience, careful research and analysis of sound data. To have the patterns, structures and procedures in play to SUSTAIN change is critical for all of us. I deeply appreciate the dialogue about the personal and organizational meaning of change. Judee is an excellent presenter who has a wealth of knowledge and understanding that is valuable to educators involved in the process of change. I now have some great tools to use in working with staff and students! The handouts were thorough, clear and will be very useful! I would like all of our administrative team to go through this professional development."
– "Dealing With Conflict in Times of Change"
Project Leadership - WASA
“Practical ideas that will work; it is a fast pace that works for me with a great deal of information and learning strategies packed into a short time frame. This is information I can and will use and share with my colleagues!! This session worked for me!”
- "Help for Struggling Math Students grades 3-12: Getting to AYP…PDQ"
AWSP Professional Development Conference
“Change can be challenging; we now have many tools to assist us. Managing and survival skills are critical for leaders to deal with the constant element of change. Change is one of the biggest challenges facing us. This topic pervades every collaborative conversation among administrative colleagues. The content was excellent; Judee has some good wisdom. Her school-based background gave her comments the connection to “real work” that presentations like this sometimes lack, Judee is always well prepared and ready to answer questions. The focus on interventions with those who are resistant or who sabotage was especially useful. Judee has research-based information to share that is entertaining as well. I feel rejuvenated from this session.”
– “Without Change, There Will Be No School Improvement”
Project Leadership, WASA
“Ideas were so practical such as students need to have background knowledge and additional experiences to connect to new learning to enhance comprehension. A simple form of performance assessment is for them just to explain or re-tell in a different way what they have read. Judee also reinforced the need and importance of teaching vocabulary in context. The before, during and after reading strategies are very helpful and especially for my struggling readers. Homework to extend learning and build background knowledge and experiences is an excellent idea. I like the idea of using virtual experiences and video streaming to build and support student understanding and that it can be as effective as actual experiences. Our time was worthwhile and I thoroughly enjoyed all that Judee presented. Today validated my personal educational beliefs and biases!"
- “Increasing Student Achievement in Reading”
Daniel Elementary School - Kent School District
“Our test scores have been flatline for over ten years. Student demographics are 96 percent free and reduced lunch and 92 percent second language learners (Hispanic). Prior to this new school year, 68 percent of our teachers left our school each year making increasing student achievement difficult. All of that has now changed. Our new test scores indicate a 30 percent growth rate in math and a 10 percent growth rate in reading; the staff is thrilled and ready for even greater gains. Our focused instructional strategies made the difference!”
Principal, Clark County Schools - Las Vegas, NV


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Phone: (206) 935-5063 or (503) 645-3178Cell: (206) 919-0724Fax: (206) 935-0677
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