Title IX & School Administration Expert Witness & teacher ethics training

David is an expert in school administration, education law and ethics, and an experienced education expert witness. As such, he applies his practical experience as a PK-12 and higher education teacher, coach, and administrator; his extensive academic preparation; and his meticulous research skills to cases that involve standards of care in education settings and in the education of students. David provides his expertise to all facets of litigation, from inception (research, case evaluation, record review, discovery assistance, site observations, report writing, & deposition testimony) to conclusion (open court testimony). 

David's experience as an expert witness has focused on issues of sexual harassment/abuse and physical abuse of students, particularly under Title IX; and on the hiring, retention, and supervision of educators. Additional areas of experience include student rights, bullying, special education, negligence, and educator employment. 

If you are interested in retaining David for your case, please contact David at 210-289-7552 or at david@edlawethics.com. 

Thompson Education Consulting Group is approved by the Texas Education Agency as a Continuing Professional Education Provider (CPE # 901960). As a result of his experience as a school PK-12 and higher education teacher, coach, and administrator and his rigorous academic study of ethical and legal issues facing educators and students, David is a sought-after professional development provider of teacher ethics training . He regularly speaks to groups of teachers and administrators in schools, and to large audiences of school administrators and attorneys at professional conferences hosted by such organizations as ED 311, the Texas Association of School Personnel Administrators, and the Education Law Association. 

David has addressed many of the following topics in his engaging and cutting-edge professional development, including:

• The Texas Educators' Code of Ethics
• Social media use among educators and students
• Sexual harassment of students
• Ethical decision-making
• Student bullying
• Educator off-campus conduct
• Improper educator-student relationships
• Child abuse reporting
• Public school students First Amendment & Fourth Amendment rights
• Special education
• Anger management
• Educator lifestyle choices
• Religion & education
• Educators' rights under the Texas Whistleblower Act
• Student attendance and truancy issues

Thompson Education Consulting Group provides its professional development in face-to-face and eLearning formats. Presentations and current, engaging, and relevant. Whether large group or small, in-person or via webinar, David has the ability to connect with his audiences; moreover, his experience as a practitioner-scholar enables him to make legal and ethical concepts applicable to the daily work of educators.

The combination of David's research and data analysis skills, writing expertise, and experience in both PK-12 and higher education make him an excellent evaluator of educational programs. David's experience as a program evaluator dates back to the mid-1990's, and includes his work as a program evaluator for the following federal- or state-funded grants:

• U.S. Department of Education Title II Quality Enhancement Grant: Partnership Grants for Improving Teacher Education (Our Lady of the Lake University and multiple San Antonio-area school districts).
• U.S. Department of Education Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant: Collaboration, Mentoring, & Technology Program for Recruitment (Our Lady of the Lake University and multiple San Antonio-area school districts).
• Elementary Mathematics Teacher Enhancement & Science Teacher Enhancement Projects
• Technology Integration in Education (TIE) Project
• Technology Applications Readiness Grants for Empowering Texas (TARGET) (Five Star Education Solutions/Beeville Independent School District)
• Vision 2020 Technology Immersion Grant (Five Star Education Solutions/Pearsall Independent School District).

Thompson Education Consulting Group is committed to providing timely, thorough, well-analyzed, and well-written program evaluations (both formative and summative) that will inform clients of the value of their education programs during all program phases.