| About Us Strategic Studies has a successful
history as an educational consulting company. Strategic Studies began in 1993 as a service
agency conducting applied research, program evaluation, training, consultation and
management services for school districts.
The experience
gained in working
with over 50 school districts and organizations reinforces their position as a leader in
the education field. The company is actively involved in
Internet-based learning and strives to
help students, parents and teachers take advantage of the latest technologies and trends, as well as
time-proven educational techniques.
Strategic
Studies programs are based on the experience of founder, Martha
Angulo. Angulo, who taught for 23 years before becoming an inner
city principal and suburban superintendent, pioneered the creation and
implementation of a rigorous, experiential methodology that radically
altered the experience of the teaching learning environment. In,
1996 Angulo was one of the first educators in the nation to develop a
tracking program for hand-held computers. Her work has won her
wide acclaim among superintendents and other educational
leaders. The Strategic Studies programs are based upon the
foundation that was built through Angulo's experience and have been
further refined in the company's early staff development
programs.
Strategic
Studies is founded on the mission of developing programs and
curricula that empower learners and improve the teaching/learning
process for students. That effort has taken two forms: the
creation and implementation of an Internet-based instructional
program for K-12 students and the development of instructional
content for business and organizations.
Internet-Based
Learning
Strategic Studies
recognized the benefits of making the Internet a central part of K-12 education.
The name, e-Tutor,
was coined by Angulo to describe the new methodology she developed for
online learning. It is this type of integrated teaching and
learning scenario that we see as the future of education. e-Tutor
lessons are learning modules that consist of a series of tasks and
information that reinforce the skill or concept taught in each
lesson. Each task in the lessons requires the student to use
critical thinking skills and the work involved becomes progressively
more difficult; later tasks often require the knowledge gained,
skills acquired, and activities completed in earlier tasks. In
these activity-based tasks, students become active participants in
their own learning. In the ideal sense, e-Tutor enables students
to learn things in order to do things. The tasks are often
research based, deliberately challenging, and require continuous use
of the pre-selected Internet sites which are part of each of the
lessons.
Content
Development
With proven success in developing online interactive educational
content, Strategic Studies began to offer solutions to organizations
and business for supporting education through their own
websites. The increased exposure, visibility and recognition
in providing targeted instruction supports education and the public
interest. The content is original and developed exclusively
for the client.
LessonPro provides an online template for
teachers to create instructional activities, lessons and quizzes over the Internet. The
community model engages teachers nationwide in writing lessons through the Writers
Circle.
Home School Corner provides information and
communication tools for the fast growing movement. e-Tutor is a popular program among home
schoolers. KnowledgeHQ
is produced quarterly and provides activies, resources and
information centered around a theme. |