THE NEED: Facing A Crisis
Everyone is a stakeholder of public education. It is a harsh reality that Louisiana's students perform at or near the bottom when compared nationally. We have failed to provide millions of children with the most basic skills needed to succeed as adults. We are facing a crisis because the quality of education our students receive affects the quality of life for all.
PROVEN SUCCESS
AIE is dedicated to investing its care, resources and hard work in identifying and recruiting school leaders and teachers, offering high quality professional development at all levels, and designing engaging lessons to prepare all students for life in the 21st century.
90
RLRP Schools
700
Teachers Certified
350
RLRP Principals
41
Districts Served
MEET OUR TEAM
Tammy Hall, Ed.D.
Chief Administrative Officer
Dr. Tammy Hall, EdD, has over 25 years of experience working in both higher education and public health. Her career in academic settings includes serving as Dean, Associate Dean, Business Management, Human Resource Management, Leadership Faculty, and Program Director. Dr. Hall’s experience includes over 22 years in distance education/online programs at a four-year, Research I institution, two private universities, a for-profit business college, and a community college system office.
Dr. Hall is incredibly passionate about education, workforce development and process improvement. Dr. Hall is current faculty at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the B I Moody College of Business Administration. She primarily teaches business management, human resource management, and leadership. Dr. Hall is Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certified. She previously worked for five years at the Louisiana Department of Health’s Office of Public Health as the Director of the Bureau of Policy, Planning, and Performance and served as the National Accreditation Coordinator.
She holds both a Bachelor of General Studies (with three interdisciplinary minors in Sociology, Speech Communication and Political Science) and Master’s degree (Adult Education) from Louisiana State University A & M College-Baton Rouge and a doctoral degree from Nova Southeastern University-Fort Lauderdale, FL in Organizational Leadership.
Jennifer Bynum, Ed.D.
Program Director
Dr. Jennifer Bynum has been active in the field of education for over 16 years. Her focus has been on teaching, professional development, and curriculum writing.
She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education at Louisiana State University, a Masters of Education degree in educational leadership at Nicholls State University and a Doctorate degree in educational leadership at Southeastern Louisiana University.
Dr. Bynum has taught elementary and middle school and has served as an administrator in both private and public sectors. She is a visionary leader with proven ability to create instruction that increases student achievement. She is the owner of Bellissimo Learning Center providing tutoring, homework support and ACT test prep.
Curt Green, Ed.D.
RLRP Program Manager, Media & Testing Consultant, RLRP Leadership Coach, Recruiter
Dr. Curt R. Green is a life-long learner and experienced educator with more 20 years in the field. Dr. Green has served as an instructional leader, transforming failing schools. Dr. Green is the founding principal of two single gender academies for boys: The B.E.S.T. Academy at Benjamin S. Carson within Atlanta Public Schools in Atlanta, GA. and Capitol Pre-College Academy for Boys in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System in Baton Rouge, LA.
Dr. Green’s educational background includes, a Bachelor of General Studies degree with an emphasis in Social Sciences from Louisiana State University, and two Master’s degrees from the University of Alaska-Anchorage in Teaching Secondary Social Studies and Public School Administration (K-12). Dr. Green earned a Doctorate in Educational Administration and Supervision from St. John’s University as a member of the Urban CARES inaugural cohort focusing his research on educating inner city males in public education.
Dr. Green is an Educational Consultant serving as a Leadership Coach for aspiring teachers and administrators in the state of Louisiana.
Board Of Directors
Cliff Lewis joined the AIE (Advance Innovative Education) board of directors in July of 2019. Cliff is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi Lewis earned a BS in Communications with a minor in Athletic Administration. Cliff was elected as President of the AIE Board, April 2020.
After four seasons in the National Football League, Cliff worked as a youth counselor for Inner Harbors Hospitals in Douglasville, GA. He refers to time spent at Inner Harbors as the most rewarding experience in his life. “It shaped my life in ways I could not have ever imagined.” However, in the fall of 1990 Lewis returned to his first love when he joined Mack Browns’ University of North Carolina Coaching Staff. The next fifteen years (15) were spent in the pursuit of coaching excellences, never losing sight of his Inner Harbors experience and its impact on his life. Lewis chooses to leave coaching after the 2005 season.
Since then Lewis has established/earned a reputation of excellence in the Baton Rouge public school system serving as a Parental Engagement specialist in both traditional public and charter schools.
What Our Clients Are Saying
Board Superintendent
I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge Advance Innovation Education (AIE) for their partnership with the Allen Parish School Board. Our School District entered into a ten-week teacher certification boot camp for our non-certified teachers with AIE. The results of our boot camp were very positive and our teachers benefitted greatly form the program. AIE instructors were very professional and knowledgeable, with practically all of our teachers improving their Praxis scores.