The IRDC Team

All of our education consultants are classroom practitioners at their core who have a passion for building stronger school communities. We provide top notch solutions that are specially designed for the unique needs of your students and your school environment. Our primary goal is to help elevate the success of teachers, students, and schools.

 We are experienced in providing support services to charter, private, and traditional public schools via instructional coaching and professional development in the following areas:

 ·       Early childhood through grade 12

·       Student and school assessments

·       Data analysis

·       Special education

·       ELL

·       Tutoring

·       Curriculum Development

·       Grant writing

·       School operations

·       Montessori education

·       Parent engagement

The IRDC Team is focused on innovation, motivated by professional collaboration, and armed with decades of collective experience. The Team’s holistic approach to school improvement includes: compliance with federal, state and local regulations, assessment, data analysis, curriculum and instruction, and leadership development.

THE FOUNDER

Entering the University of Missouri as a first-generation college student, Carolyn Trice, the founder of Innovative Results DC, was a business major seeking opportunities beyond those traditionally afforded to young people in the segregated city of St. Louis, Missouri. While working as a community organizer in the Pruitt-Igoe housing projects, she organized a group of fellow college students that helped her start a ‘Saturday school” that provided remedial and enrichment activities for the children living there. After that, Ms. Trice decided to change her major to education.  

Ms. Trice’s more than 30 years of experience in K-12 education has ranged across the educational spectrum, from teacher, school administrator, and education policy analyst, to performance officer and accountability specialist for a nationally-recognized charter school authorizer.

Her career responsibilities have also included work in student assessment, special education policy, teacher mentoring, and has served as a director of various programs in school districts, education organizations, and a university. Her wealth of experience has allowed her to view education from all vantage points – from on-the-ground teacher and administrator to policy creation and implementation.

Ms. Trice has a B.A. in education from the University of Missouri, and an M.A. in educational psychology from Washington University in St. Louis. She has also completed coursework toward earning a Ph.D. in educational psychology from Temple University.