What We've Been Up To Lately

OPTIMIZING STUDENT
​ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

On September 27, 2020, MIKAEL DAVIS CONSULTING hosted the inaugural Optimizing Student Achievement Awards to recognize three retired NNPS educators whose exemplary service improved the lived experiences of thousands of students on the Virginia Peninsula. ​We are partnering with the Kappa Pi Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. to award two Wendell T. Foster Scholarships on December 4, 2020 to two students at the College of William & Mary.

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EXPANDING MENTORSHIP & LITERACY FOR NNPS STUDENTS

Fall 2020, Mikael Davis Consulting will partner with the Warwick Group to provide mentors for Woodside High School freshmen, as well as to serve as a facilitator for the Boys Read Too program to increase literacy for male students in Georgia, Maryland, Texas, and Virginia, an initiative birthed by the visionary leadership of Dr. Diron Ford, Assistant Principal for Operations at Woodside High School. CLICK HERE for more information about Dr. Ford's outstanding initiative.

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EPIFHANY LLC FIRST ANNUAL
​VIRTUAL SUMMIT

On July 11, 2020, Mikael Davis Consulting participated in Epifhany LLC's first annual Virtual Summit, featuring a cadre of  exceptional K12 educators and university administrators with a wealth of instructional leadership experience, to discuss strategies to increase educational equity for students of color. The Summit equipped teachers to create lessons that engage ALL learners, provide tools to create socio-emotional learning opportunities throughout the curriculum, implement best practice to build authentic student relationships, and utilize evidence based rationales for administering restorative discipline practices. Participants left with everything that educators need to empower students of color with the same opportunities that majority culture students enjoy every day.

A portion of funds generated from summit registrations were donated to organizations that contribute to educational equity. 

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PROVIDING VIRTUAL SAT PREP

Our pre-college clients routinely earn sizable academic scholarships after increasing their test scores through our TeachersBox SAT Prep series. Find out how we supported their journey, what they're up to now and how we're helping this year's cohort of rising Seniors adjust to the added challenge of prepping during COVID-19.

Client Testimonials

EXPANDING COLLEGE ACCESS,
​MENTAL HEALTH & CAREER SERVICES

This past year, we secured MCAT and GRE Prep for Hampton University's Student Support Services and Ronald McNair Scholars, coordinated student travel to the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science, and National Association of African American Honors Programs, facilitated a HIPPA Compliant online mental health counseling service, and collaborated on a Deeply Rooted mental health event. We helped Hampton University conduct a virtual senior banquet for its TRIO graduates and will launch a series of virtual Graduate and Professional School Tours for TRIO students who will need to plan for graduate admissions while social distancing.

Throughout the Summer and Fall 2020 terms, we will help Hampton administer the Vita Navis SuperStrong Assessment, an evidence-based tool that helps students identify their occupational themes (Realistic, Innovative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, or Conventional) and preferred academic major(s), as well as familiarize students with the personality constructs of Growth Mindset, Self-Sufficiency, and Task Completion via the Student Success Profile.

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GRANTSMANSHIP

In 2015 Mikael Davis Consulting supported a funded proposal at Hampton University for a $1.5 million Student Support Services grant. In 2016, we supported a $1.9 million Talent Search grant to improve educational outcomes in Hampton City Schools. And in 2017, we helped draft the $1.3 million proposal to reconstitute the Upward Bound program to improve college access in Newport News Public Schools and the $1.2 million Ronald McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program grant to provide research opportunities for underrepresented students at Hampton University.

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TUTORING / MENTORING INITIATIVE

Mikael Davis Consulting and TeachersBox are proud to partner with the Shutdown 757 Falcons to create a series of evidence-based academic interventions, to include a weekly Tutoring and Mentoring program, college tours, and annual Parent Academy Seminars designed to optimize student achievement among the organization’s approximate two hundred fifty (250) student athletes.

​According to Darreous Moody, Shutdown 757’s Executive Director of Operations, “We are really excited to offer this suite of academic services to our football and cheer program participants. Because we recognize that our student-athletes are the future, our aim is to give every child as many opportunities to be successful in life as we can. To that end, we instituted a tutoring program when we launched Shutdown three years ago. So we look forward to partnering with Mikael Davis Consulting and TeachersBox to ensure that each of our cheerleaders and football players reach their full potential, both on and off the field of play.”

For more information on Shutdown’s Tutoring and Mentoring Initiative, or to register your child for football or cheer, visit their new website at www.shutdown757.com.

VAEOPP WEBSITE

Mikael Davis Consulting partnered with SparkDawn Media to build the initial website for the Virginia Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel. That site served as the blueprint and a great deal of the content for the current site.

Visit www.Vaeopp.org

A PHI A WEBSITE

MD Consulting built a website for the Kappa Pi Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, Fraternity, Inc., to highlight the service initiatives that the undergraduate chapter is engaged in to improve college access for low income students in Williamsburg and to equip the chapter to build a stronger bond between its members and alumni brothers.

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