Golden Heart Group -Andrea Lawful-Trainer

Andrea Lawful-Trainer is an extraordinary educational consultant who has made broad impact on closing academic achievement gaps across the Delaware Valley. Mrs. Trainer conducts tailored workshops and delivers motivational speeches in a way that engages and empowers. Demand for services of the organization she founded in 2003, Children And Parental Enrichment Services (C.A.P.E.S) has sky rocketed due to the success of her work.

The mother of two young boys in Abington, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Trainer became involved in the daily lives of children served by the Abington School District upon learning of patterns of inequity. Having been taught from childhood that education is powerful, she embarked on a journey to learn the educational system in a twenty week program called Parents As Leaders that teaches the importance of being able to advocate for children. She was so empowered by what she learned that she became a trainer for the program and began taking that knowledge to parents in other districts including Cheltenham, Springfield Township and North Penn school districts as well as the Mastery Charter in the Delaware Valley. She carries the torch for the program originators.

Andrea created the Committed Advocates Leading Many (C.A.L.M.) Society an organization of adults that ensures all children have access to a quality education while empowering parents to work with school districts to provide an environment that leads to the best possible outcome for all children.

Andrea’s active involvement as a Student Advocate led to a successful run for the Abington School Board in 2007 where she currently serves as one of nine members of the Board of Directors. She is the past President of Abington School District’s Parent Council and has served on several community organizations including; the Abington Community Taskforce, Citizens and Police together, Abing-ton Human Relations Advisory Council, Local Tax Study Commission, State Parent Advisory Council, The Governor’s Institute for Parental Involvement and a Policy writing committee in Harrisburg. She is a current Board member of the Abington YMCA and a Centers For Progressive Leaders 2009 Fellow. She is also working with Dr. Bob Jarvis from the Delaware Valley Minority Student Achievement Consortium on the creation of a Parent Taskforce.

Mrs. Trainer has an undergraduate degree in Communications and a Post Graduate Degree in Education.