About Studiously
A consulting firm of former superintendents, principals, deans, HR directors, and finance leaders. We help organizations secure the funding and build the strategies they need to thrive.
Consultants who have held the seat they advise on
Combined years of leadership experience
Think Differently. Live Studiously.
Studiously started because too many good organizations were losing funding and stalling on strategy for reasons that had nothing to do with the quality of their work. They had the mission and the people. What they did not have was the eight uninterrupted hours a competitive proposal takes, or a plan with a mechanism underneath it.
Our founder, Dr. Amy Davis, ran the grants, research, and development office for a Title I district before starting the firm. She built Studiously to be the partner she had needed: a team that has done the job, not just studied it.
Today that team spans K-12 districts, colleges and universities, nonprofits, government agencies, and businesses, with more than 500 combined years of leadership experience behind it. We are a woman-owned small business based in Raleigh, North Carolina, working with clients in 18 states and approved in 29.
Think differently. Live studiously. The name is the whole idea: work smarter, keep the human part, and leave room for a life outside it.
Three Things That Shape Every Engagement
We have held the seat
Almost everyone here has run the thing they now advise on. Superintendents, principals, deans, HR directors, a founding CFO. That changes the conversation from theory to experience.
One size fits nobody
We do not arrive with a binder. Every engagement starts with what is actually in the way, and the plan gets built from there.
We stay for the hard part
Strategy is the easy half. We build the routines, the calendar, and the accountability structure that turn a plan into weekly practice, and we stay while it takes hold.
Who You Will Be Working With
The three officers who shape the work and stay close to it.
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Amy is the chief architect of the firm’s approach to leadership and system transformation. Her 30-year career spans K-12, corporate, nonprofit, and government, including district turnaround work where the strategy she designed helped a major district reach its highest ever graduation cohort rate and exit low-performing status.
- Strategic & organizational planning
- Executive coaching & mentoring
- Securing external resources and grant strategy
Chief Strategy Officer
Teena has over 30 years driving strategic innovation and organizational development across education, nonprofit, and corporate sectors. A former administrator and instructional leader, she leads cross-sector work that fuses data, design, and strategy into measurable outcomes.
- Instructional leadership
- Data-driven program & instructional design
- School improvement planning & design
Chief Learning Officer
A retired school administrator with 32 years in the Wake County Public School System, Stacey has served as principal, senior administrator for special education services, and assistant principal, after beginning as a special education teacher.
- Data-driven decision making
- Instructional practices for diverse learners
- Special education legal & compliance
Fifteen Specialists, Matched to the Work
We staff each engagement with the people whose experience fits it, rather than whoever is free.
Senior Human Resources Consultant
Executive search, HR policy, employee relations, compensation studies. Gallup Strengths coach.
ESL & MLL Instructional Consultant
Multilingual learner outcomes, literacy instruction, standards-aligned curriculum design.
Senior Data & Evaluation Consultant
Data analysis, evaluation studies, survey design, research reports and white papers.
Senior Finance & Operations Consultant
Finance systems, operational efficiency, business operations. Founding CFO of a communications agency.
Secondary Mathematics Consultant
Math literacy and instruction, multi-tiered systems of support, differentiated instruction.
Senior Elementary Consultant
Instructional leadership, executive coaching, professional development. Opened an 800-student school.
Senior Mathematics Consultant
Math literacy, curriculum sequencing and pacing, teacher professional development.
Senior Fine Arts Consultant
Creative writing, keynote speaking, storytelling and writing workshops. USA Bestselling author.
K-12 Leadership Consultant
Executive coaching, district turnaround, organizational development. North Carolina Principal of the Year.
Senior Special Education Consultant
Case management support, special education law and compliance, instructional and behavioral support.
K-12 Leadership Consultant
Executive coaching, turnaround support, strategic planning. Retired superintendent.
Senior ESL & MLL Consultant
English language development, WIDA and ACCESS data analysis, SIOP instructional practices.
Special Education Consultant
Inclusion practice, special education programming, instructional leadership and coaching.
Literacy Consultant
K-12 literacy instruction, teacher preparation, student engagement. Teacher educator.
Elementary Literacy & Mathematics Consultant
Math and literacy instruction, multi-tiered support, gifted and talented education.
Where We Are Approved to Work
We are an approved vendor in 34 states, with named engagements in 14 of them plus Washington DC, from Hawaii to New York. Four of our clients are state education agencies.
Let’s Find the Right People for Your Work
Half an hour, no cost, no pitch deck. Tell us what you are trying to do and we will tell you who on this team would take it on.