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Our Goals
Ethelbah * Lawrence & Associates is committed to provide
leadership in assessing, developing, implementing, and sustaining
the highest quality programs for enhanced organizational achievement.
We strive to bring professional consultant services to organizations
that aspire to attain a superior level of performance.
Who We Are
Ethelbah * Lawrence, and Associates, LLC, known as “L2”,
is owned by Elizabeth (“Liz”) Ortega-Ethelbah and
Elizabeth (“Liz”) Esquibel Lawrence. In their professional
careers, they have been classroom teachers, school and district
administrators, and have worked in professional organizations
and educational task forces across New Mexico and nation-wide.
Since the formation of the company in 1999, L2 has collaborated
with clients to set expectations, determine goals, and establish
viable outcomes. The members are experienced lobbyists, public
policy strategists, and professional development facilitators
with a combined education background of over 65 years. L2 has
been recognized as one of the top 20 lobbying firms in New Mexico
by the New Mexico Business Weekly.
L2 believes that education should meet the needs of all students,
through recognizing their unique abilities and providing appropriate
opportunities for all students to learn. L2 has assisted schools
and district throughout New Mexico to establish goals and expectations,
to develop processes that raise organizational abilities to
attain those goals and meet expectations, to provide professional
development to increase staff capacity, and to advocate for
client needs among various stakeholders and policy makers.
Elizabeth
Ortega-Ethelbah
Elizabeth Ortega-Ethelbah was a teacher for 21 years
with the Santa Fe Public Schools and Albuquerque Public
Schools. Ms. Ethelbah was selected as a National Citi-bank
teacher for the Coalition of Essential Schools. In 1992
she was the Teacher Recognized for Excellence in Education
by the former New Mexico State Board of Education.
Ms. Ethelbah was a senior consultant with Re:Learning
NM, a reform/restructuring program funded by the NM State
Legislature and the Noyce Foundation. Using process facilitation
skills, Ms. Ethelbah has helped organizations perceive,
understand, and act upon the process events that occur
in a client’s environment in order to improve the
capacity of those organizations to meet their goals.
Ms. Ethelbah is affiliated with the following organizations:
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Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) |
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National Staff Development
Council (NSDC) |
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Institute for Democracy,
Education, and Access (IDEA) |
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High School Restructuring
Task Force |
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State Assessment Task Force |
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Earth Shuttle Project Design
Team |
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Re:Learning New Mexico Task
Force |
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National Education Association |
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Governor’s Summit on
Education |
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New Mexico Literacy Leadership
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Ms. Ethelbah is knowledgeable in research based issues
such as process facilitation, systemic analysis and reform,
goal setting, leadership, standards-based integrated curricula,
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Elizabeth
Esquibel Lawrence, Ed.S.
Elizabeth Esquibel Lawrence, Ed.S., was a teacher, school
administrator, and professional developer for 20 years.
Her teaching experiences included Bilingual Education,
Special Education, and Language Arts. She has served as
the Executive Director for Elementary and Early Childhood
Education for Tulsa Public Schools, and Director for Teaching
and Learning Systems and Director for Special Services
for the Albuquerque Public Schools. She has been recognized
by Education Week as “being on the leading
edge of education reform that worked.”
Ms. Lawrence is affiliated with the following organizations:
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National Association
of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) |
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Phi Delta Kappa |
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Association for Supervision
and Curriculum Development (ASCD) |
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National Association of Educators
for Young Children (NAEYC) |
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Institute for Democracy,
Education, and Access (IDEA) |
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National Association for
Federal Education Program Administrators (NAFEPA) |
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Lucent Collaborative Learning
Communities national organization |
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University of New Mexico
Research and Study Council |
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Oklahoma Governor’s
Policy Council |
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New Mexico Literacy Leadership
Summit |
Ms. Esquibel Lawrence is knowledgeable in educational
research and has conducted evaluations of programs and
staff to maximize delivery of services, assisted in the
integration and effectiveness of programs managed through
special program offices, and has supported systematic
goal development, budgeting, and outcome evaluation of
programs. |
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