Jamie Smith is a Teaching and Learning Consultant with the Educational Service Center (ESC) of Northeast Ohio, where she partners with districts to strengthen instructional systems and leadership practices. Her current work focuses on supporting leaders and teams in navigating complex, adaptive challenges—such as literacy implementation aligned to the Science of Reading, instructional coherence, and equitable systems that foster staff and student belonging—so that structures and practices accelerate outcomes for all students.

Jamie brings over two decades of experience as a classroom teacher and school administrator, including service as an elementary and middle school principal, assistant principal, athletic director, and classroom teacher. Her career spans multiple states and contexts, providing her with a broad, adaptable perspective that informs her systems-level consulting, leadership coaching, and professional learning design and lesson-delivery techniques.

• Instructional leadership coaching and systems alignment

• Teacher Clarity, Explicit Instruction, Equitable Grading Practices, and The Writing Revolution Strategies

• Literacy implementation aligned to the Science of Reading and ELA curriculum adoption

• Educator/principal evaluation systems (OTES/OPES 2.0)

Jamie partners with districts through a collaborative, strengths-based approach grounded in trust, reflection, and shared ownership of the work. She works alongside leaders and teams to design responsive supports, align initiatives to district goals, and build internal capacity for sustainable improvement. Her style balances strategic systems thinking with practical, actionable steps that support both adult learning and student success.