A leader in creating successful educational environments
Dr. Tene Davis
Founder & Executive Director
A lifelong educator, Dr. Davis served as the Associate Director of Georgia State University’s Early College Program for ten years. In this role she also served as the Georgia Board of Regents Director of the African American Male Initiative at Booker T. Washington High School in the Atlanta Public School system and Director of Georgia State University’s Girls Who Code club.
Prior to her appointment she worked as a Graduate Research Assistant to the Early College program while pursuing her Ph. D. in Educational Policy Studies at Georgia State University. Her research interests include the history of education in the South, the history of Black education, urban education, curriculum and instruction, educational policy, and college readiness. Her publication in the Journal of Negro history as well as her numerous presentations on her research topics solidifies her interest and authority in these areas.
Dr. Davis has garnered multiple grants to support the work she has done with various educational systems and organizations. Dr. Davis has also served as an instructor within the Educational Policy Studies Department at Georgia State University.
Before her work at Georgia State, she worked in the Atlanta Public Schools system as an elementary school teacher. Dr. Davis holds a M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction and B.A. in Afro-American Studies from Howard University.
Through Harris Davis Educational Consulting, Dr. Davis serves as the State Coordinator for Tech Corps' Techie Camps. In this role she coordinates multiple one-week Techie Camps for 3rd - 8th grade students within the state including Dekalb County, the City of Atlanta, and Rockdale County.
Dr. Davis currently serves on Rockdale County’s Public Facilities Authority, as a Board member of the Rockdale County Boys and Girls Club, as the chairperson of the Lorraine Elementary School Local School Council, and the former President of the Lorraine Elementary School PTO.
Dr. Davis is married to Jarvis Davis and they share two children, Kenley Davis and Eva Davis
Mission
Harris Davis Educational Consulting, LLC (HDEC) is an education consulting agency with the mission of advancing all aspects of student learning and well-being by building the capacity of educators and educational systems to assess, plan for, and achieve student success.
Values
We place a premium on the educational attainment and prospects of all children. Children of color, children of low socioeconomic status (SES) and Black males have long since experienced an undervaluing of their educational needs; therefore special attention is now needed to make up for this inattention. Harris Davis Educational Consulting, LLC (HDEC) will provide this laser focus attention on these special populations to drastically improve outcomes.
Promises
We promise results. We promise opportunities. We promise a transformed mindset. We promise a future worth fighting for and looking forward to.
Target Population
Harris Davis Educational Consulting’s, LLC (HDEC) target audience are black and brown students and students of low socioeconomic status (SES) within public, charter, and private schools and school systems. Real and sustained results occur when schools and school systems are open to a shift in operations for these populations.