Tracey Vickery

Brainstormer, Change Agent, Concerned citizen, Educator/Teacher, Entrepreneur, Global soul, Idea generator, Parent

Tracey Vickery, Admissions Strategist and owner of GetReadyU in Austin, Texas, helps students and famililes with 21st century skill development and college/career planning. She leads three day college application student workshops where students complete the application process, and teaches courses in entrepreneurship, leadership, college level writing, ePortfolios, and study skills. Her true gift lies in assisting students with long range planning, designing 21st century learning plans, and matching students with colleges that fit their own unique skills and abilities. She is particularly suited to assist students with international interests having visited with universities in Canada, England, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Hungary, France, Ireland, and the Czech Republic. She is a longtime Austinite and University of Texas graduate, as well as an invited speaker at local conferences, events, and schools. Tracey is a board member at Global Austin, co-founded Summer Wonders, an award-winning gifted enrichment summer camp, was a founding board member of The Girls' School of Austin where she taught, and is a certified abacus mental math instructor. She is married and has two daughters, her younger recently received an International Baccalaureate from St. Gilgen International School and will attend Northeastern’s Honors Program in Boston, and her elder daughter attends the University of Hertfordshire in England where she studies Music and Entertainment Industry Management.

Passion? Maximizing the potential of young people. Students DO have the ability to directly affect their own futures. Self-directed learning and 21st century skills are a must.

21st Century Teaching & Learning, College Admissions Coaching, Educational Strategies and Curriculum Development, Entrepeneurship education, International Education, Youth & Leadership development