SERVICES

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CHILD-FRIENDLY SCHOOLS

CLOUD INSTITUTE

ACCELERATED SCHOOLS

EDUCATION POLICY ANALYSIS & STRATEGIC PLANNING

“Strategy is about getting more out of a situation than the starting balance of power would suggest. It is the art of creating power.” — Sir Lawrence Freedman

Good policy makes good teaching and learning possible. Good policy plus good planning enables transformative learning. I work with school, district and state level administrators to provide customized strategic planning to meet their educational goals. Informed by cutting edge policy research, I work collaboratively with clients to design a Strategic Plan tailored to your goals and your communities. I have worked with over 50 schools in 15 districts and four countries, always beginning with the district’s or school’s mission, and then integrating relevant policies into a single, coherent approach that remains consistent to the school’s culture and “creates power” for children to learn and thrive.

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The policy environment in most schools in the United States is incredibly dynamic as stakeholders at the federal, state and district levels seek to increase student achievement. Though integrating the policies may seem like a complex task, keeping children and learning at the center simplifies it. Beginning with the state, district or school’s mission, we integrate relevant policies into a single, coherent approach that remains consistent to the school’s culture and optimizes children’s opportunities to learn.

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MISKE WITT & ASSOCIATES

CLOUD INSTITUTE

UNGEI

EDUCATION PROGRAM DESIGN & EVALUATION

Design and evaluation are not separate steps in the program process.  A good program is built around its goals and is only as good as its ability to measure its progress toward them.

I work with non-profit organizations, foundations, international aid agencies, and corporations to design innovative, strategically aligned programs that monitor and assess for success all along the way. With over twenty years of experience in curriculum planning, project management and program evaluation, I work with all my clients using backwards planning and systems thinking to design rigorous and effective programs–to create power!-while crafting robust mixed-method mechanisms to monitor and evaluate their impact.

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Education, by definition, is an investment. Now more than ever, “good design begins with the end in mind” and program evaluation has to be written into the original design regardless of scale. And while there is more money moving into the education sector than ever before, the competition for that funding has also risen—as has the expectation about the return on investment. In order for any education provider to serve their learners well, and to attract and keep funders in the process, program goals, content, methods, and outcomes have to be tightly tied together. I’ve advised on over 250 performance-based units of instruction aligned to state, Common Core and Education for Sustainability standards and worked with multiple international and domestic non-government organizations to design, monitor and evaluate progress toward outcomes.

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NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

CITY COLLEGE of NEW YORK

K-12 TEACHER & LEADER EFFECTIVENESS

Learning is the new skill. Imagination, creation and asking new questions are at its core. —Sugata Mitra

I work with state, district and school administrators and classroom teachers to make sure systems are set up — and teachers have the support they need — so that children get what they need to thrive in the 21st Century, and have fun in the process! I’ve been in the mix as the teaching & learning landscape has changed in the last two decades and have a unique awareness of the new learning needs, the diversity of teaching contexts and the best practices to provide children and young people with powerful learning experiences.

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The demands and opportunities of the 21st century require that learning become one’s basic orientation toward life—that people are as good at asking good questions as they are finding suitable answers. To serve students and society well, schooling must anticipate and reflect the new needs. I’ve been teaching continuously since 1993 in P-12 classrooms, adult professional development environments, as university instructor and school instructional coach.

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LEADERSHIP NEWARK

PS208 NYC DOE

UNICEF

NO IMPACT PROJECT

EDUCATING FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Our goal is a delightfully diverse, safe, healthy, and just world, with clean air, water, soil, and power – economically, ecologically, and elegantly enjoyed. — William McDonough, TED 2005

Sustainability is embedded in all of my work. To me, return on investment means that all of my work, regardless of scope, is tailored to my clients’ present needs while creating a foundation for success long into the future. I use a place-based, strategic approach that examines the goals at hand within the context of the full wealth and interdependence of the social, economic and environmental resources available to achieve them.

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ADULT SCHOOL OF MONTCLAIR

COACHING

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” — Dr. Howard Thurman

About one in three people in the current work force are considered free-lance, contractors or contingent workers. Estimates suggest that, by 2020, that number will rise to one half of the workforce. This trend changes the way we think about employment, employers and what it means to be a worker in the new economy—and creates an opportunity to draft more personal definitions of success. Redefining this mutually beneficial relationship places means that individuals will have to re-tool themselves not only to manage this change but to make it work for them.

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UNICEF

RESEARCH

“The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding.” — Malcolm Gladwell

I provide individuals and organizations with external research support in order to inform their decision-making and align resource allocation to their goals. Blending primary and secondary research, I help my clients gain understanding about their own clients and how best to serve them. As a precursor to visioning and program design, or as a stand-alone service, I blend my strong research capacity and outside-the-box thinking to meet a variety of client needs.

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