Edstrom Community Consulting provides educational design, community development, and training & facilitation solutions that create the foundations for lasting community change.

Educational DeSIGn

We believe that some change begins on paper or the screen. Whether for printed texts, digital interfaces, or classroom-ready supplemental materials, we create innovative and high-quality curriculum and assessment products. Our products are aligned to national standards, state standards, district and school objectives, all while focusing on essential questions and enduring understandings. Our custom products are tailor-made to fit your needs.

Community Consulting

We believe that tidal waves of change begin with ripples in our own communities. We will help your nonprofit or community development program create those waves with strategy and intention. Whether providing your organizations with strategic planning and program feasibility assessment, developing and implementing giving plans, or developing meaningful volunteer programs, we will  assist you in making smart, efficient and effective choices to create lasting community change.

Training & Facilitation

We believe that a key to lasting community change is building a foundation of learning. Our traditional trainings focus on strategies that will help make better schools, better nonprofit organizations, and better leaders. We are also inspired to work with organizations that want to invest in even deeper change. We will be the catalysts for longer-term, team-driven learning experiences in which you set the goal and we facilitate the process to get you there.

Founded in 2005 by educator and community leader,  Jennifer Harris Edstrom, Edstrom Community Consulting provides innovative solutions in both educational and community development spheres.

Edstrom Community Consulting believes that there are many avenues to building lasting community change.  Whether developing innovative and high-quality curriculum and assessment design for schools, providing consultation and implementation of community development and giving solutions, or providing the training and facilitation required for social innovation, Edstrom Community Consulting wants to build a better tomorrow with you.

Jennifer Harris Edstrom, founder and principal consultant of Edstrom Community Consulting (ECC), has more than two decades of curriculum and assessment design experience garnered from work within school and nonprofit settings. She began her career as a public school teacher who then moved into the field of educational publishing. Throughout her publishing career, she has overseen the content development of educational textbooks and high-stakes testing programs at all grade-levels and in all subject areas.

Ms. Edstrom founded Edstrom Educational Consulting in 2005. Through her leadership, she has grown a large client base that includes notable educational publishing divisions, including Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, National Geographic, and McGraw-Hill Education. In her role as principal consultant, Ms. Edstrom has acted as an advisor and national expert in the best practices of curriculum and assessment to many states including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Texas, Nebraska, and Alabama. She is passionate about continuing education, and have facilitated training for educators in both small and large-group settings with a focus on all aspects of curriculum and assessment, from testing best practices, types of assessment and creation of rubrics.  

Ms. Edstrom believes in serving her community with the highest standard of care. She served as president of the Junior League of San Diego from 2012-2013 (elected 2010). In preparation for this role, she received three years of extensive non-profit management training, including, but not limited to financial duty of care, grant-making and grant-writing, as well as exposure to a broad range of nonprofit organizations in the San Diego community. She has gone on to serve as president of National Charity League San Diego Chapter (2022-2023), as well as Jewel Ball Chair (2018) for Las Patronas, a grant-making organization.

In addition to her work with EEC, Ms. Edstrom has supervised emerging teachers at University of San Diego. Her research interests focus on instructional reform, professional development, educational technology and inquiry-based instructional strategies.

Ms. Edstrom earned her B.A. from Wellesley College and M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of San Diego School of Leadership and Educational Sciences (SOLES).   She was a graduate fellow to Dr. Joi Spencer and winner of an Award of Distinction for her thesis entitled, “Inquiry to identity: An examination of Lesson and Learning Study as a tool to increase professional identity.” She is a published contributor to Surviving and Thriving With Teacher Action Research. (Ed. Lattimer & Callier, 2015).

Our Clients Say

""Since 2007, I have had the pleasure of hiring Jennifer Edstrom as both a consultant and a freelance writer. Jennifer’s work has been stellar, and I have consistently relied on her expertise to support our most high-profile projects. As a consultant, Jennifer is a trusted partner who collaborates with her clients not only to tailor projects to meet client needs, but also refining project parameters to deliver quality work, on time, and on budget. As a freelance writer, Jennifer consistently delivers manuscript that is of the highest quality. Jennifer has a keen attention to detail that streamlines workflow without sacrificing quality. Even with the most challenging schedules, Jennifer always meets deadlines. I would highly recommend Jennifer’s work to any organization."

-Lynn Johnson, Holt-McDougal

"Jennifer’s strengths include excellent content and assessment knowledge, planning and organization skills, commitment to quality completion of assignments, and attention to detail. She is self-directed and has proven reliability as both a full-time employee and as a consultant."

Heather Benson, Riverside Publishing

"Your expertise and passion for [Authentic Assessment] allow you to speak with confidence and ease, that makes for an interactive and engaging time with your participants.  Feedback regarding your presentation today was overwhelmingly positive, with all respondents indicating that you “Absolutely” provided valuable take-aways, that you spoke well and that they felt their time was well-invested in this morning’s session."

Kelly Parisa, The Children's School

"The level of time and thought that went into ECC's trainings was apparent.  Multiple members commented that the ECC training on collective leadership was the best JLSD training they had ever been part of--and for a training organization, that speaks volumes!"

Erin Leventhal, President 2014-15, Junior League of San Diego