Foresight Consulting

Specializing in Educational Services

Thelma A. Jackson, owner and principal consultant of Foresight Consultants and Founder of The Northwest Institute for Leadership and Change, is recognized as a leading Educational Transformation Theorist.  As experts in strategic planning and strategic action, Foresight specializes in educational services with an emphasis on systemic change, educational reconceptualization, and multicultural issues.  Dr. Jackson brings more than 25 years of experience in education change initiatives, restructuring and reform, equity and diversity, policy making, cultural change, and parental/community involvement.

 

Thelma is a recognized leader in the areas of educational leadership; transformational change; systems thinking and intervention; school boardsmanship; reconceptualization of schools and learning; urban issues; cultural competency; multiculturalism; school auditing; school improvement auditing and planning; and policy-making.  She is frequently invited to present guest lectures at local colleges and universities. Dr. Jackson is the originator of the African American Education Think Tank and fulfills a leadership role in the work of the Multiethnic Think Tank. This group focuses on the academic achievement of students of color in the state of Washington and proposes an action plan for improvement.  

 

Dr. Jackson’s diverse background includes having served on Task Forces and Advisory Councils for four former Governors of the State of Washington.  In addition to these other activities, she has served as President of the Washington State School Directors Association; for 20 years was a Member and five-time President of the North Thurston School Board; served as Chairperson of the Washington State Legislative Ethics Board; was a Member and President of the Board of Trustees of The Evergreen State College; and she chaired the Washington State Advisory Council on Vocational Education.  Dr. Jackson has participated as an education panelist, seminar leader, facilitator, and keynote speaker at over 100 education-related events.  She served as Senior Vice-President of Management Services and the Education Service Division of Nat Jackson & Associates, Inc., a company she owned with her husband for more than 20 years.

 

Her community service is extensive.  She has received numerous awards and recognition and has distinguished herself as an outspoken professional and citizen activist on behalf of children and education.  Thelma and her husband, Nat, are the parents of two daughters, one son, and four grandchildren.

 

Education:

The Fielding Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, California.  Ed. D. in Educational Leadership and Change, 2002.

Seattle University, Seattle, Washington. Management Training/Decision Making, 1977

Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  B.S. in Biochemistry, 1968.

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