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
Dr. Michael Eskridge
Executive Director
Dr. Michael Eskridge has been in the field of education for twenty-six years. He began his career in Seattle, Washington as a Montessori pre-school teacher. Dr. Eskridge went on to teach elementary, middle, and high school students in the public and private sectors.
Dr. Eskridge has served as an Assistant Principal, Principal, and Central Office Administrator in the public school systems of Seattle, Washington, Alexandria, Virginia, Albany, New York, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and St. Gabriel, Louisiana. For three years Dr. Eskridge served as Director of Education of an in-patient drug/alcohol treatment center for youth ages 12-21 in Seattle, Washington. In addition, he owns and operates Cooperative Educational Services, an educational consulting business.
Dr. Eskridge has also served as a mentor, coach, project manager and program director for Advance Innovative Education’s Re-designing Lessons, Re-envisioning Principals (RLRP) Program, Louisiana’s first statewide alternative certification program for educational leaders.
Dr. Curt Green
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
Reginald Browhow has extensive experience in the human service and educational capacity fields with emphasis on child and adult advocacy. Moreover, his experience with disenfranchised families and individuals has led him to oversee several departments and agencies (from inception to execution) focused on building human capital while simultaneously developing systematic social programming.
What Our Clients Are Saying
Board Superintendent
I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge Michael Eskridge and his company, Advance Innovation Education 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 and Dr. Eskridge. The results of our boot camp were very positive and our teachers benefitted greatly form the program. Dr. Eskridge was very professional and knowledgeable, with practically all of our teachers improving their Praxis scores.