So what does a creative education consultant do anyway? Since 1990, Klein has provided consultation to nonprofit and governmental bodies in
Coaching and leadership support
Customized training and workshops
Facilitation and planning
Activities may include as needed
Administrative consultation Documentation and reporting
Community conversations and research Analysis and recommendations
Needs assessment and surveys Coalition and consensus building
Accomplishments include
□ Facilitation of development of strategic plans for new and transitioning nonprofit organizations
□ Coaching for executive directors and boards through major organizational shifts.
□ Facilitation of community meetings confronting controversial issues and divisions among staff board, clients and community members; facilitate board retreats, budget planning and other meetings.
□ Developing and delivering administrative training to new network of NGOs for the City of Richmond.
□ Co-founder and ongoing consultant for new service organization, Teaching Artists Organized.
□ Researching, designing and implementing over 50 customized trainings for teachers, administrators, nonprofit board and executive leaders, and artists..
PARTNERS
It's impossible to be an expert at everything, so I tap my expertise at making partnerships and putting great teams together. Depending upon your project, your creative education consulting team may consist of my colleagues who include
Violet Juno, Master Teaching Artist, Administrator, Project Coordinator, Online Services Coordinator
Belinda Taylor, Arts Marketing, Strategic Planning, and Research
Anne Smith, Arts Administrator, Interim Executive Director, Arts Policy
Rebecca Fisher, Master Teaching Artist, Project Coordinator
Roger Dillahunty, Master Teaching Artist, Trainer
Jeff Raz, Master Teaching Artist, Facilitator, Creative Enterprise
Gabriella Piccioni, Graphic Artist and Layout Design
OTHER EXPERIENCE
There's nothing like being in the field to provide experience. Klein has worked in nonprofit and government entities as an executive director, program manager, trainer, administrative leader, board member and volunteer. She's hired, fired and discipline staff; created and managed budgets; written dozens of proposals and received millions in funding for nonprofit programs, operations and facilities. Creative problem-solving involves re-thinking what may seem obvious. She draws on experience that includes:
Julia Morgan Center for the Arts 2000-2006
Executive Director 2640 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA
Executive Director of nonprofit performing arts and arts training center. Manage landmark facility with 5 co-tenants, 380 seat theatre, arts learning programs, and school-based teacher training in aesthetic education in affiliation with the Lincoln Center Institute for Arts in Education, New York. Community partnerships, workshop design and implementation, educational programming, teacher and artist training, advocacy. Partnerships: Cal Shakes, Alameda County Office of Education, Arts Providers of SF, Berkeley Unified School District, schools, parent groups, artists. Staff of 15, with 20 teaching artists.
Major accomplishments:
□ Designed and implemented development strategies resulting in foundation grants: Hewlett, Haas, Fleishhascker, Nonprofit Facilities Fund, Koret, Lesher, East Bay and San Francisco foundations.
□ Managed facilities and oversaw $750,000 renovation of historic landmark building, including receipt and management of a California Cultural and Heritage Endowment (CCHE) award for the building’s first roof replacement in 100 years.
□ Positioned JMCA as a leader in arts-based learning as an affiliate of the Lincoln Center Institute for Arts in Learning, and increasing theatre bookings by 300%
□ Created a sense of community among JMCA tenants, theatre renters, artists and patrons, ensuring a creative environment that spawned new arts programs such as the Dance IS Festival, Actors Reading Writers, and “Tell It on Tuesday” solo performance workshop.
□ Lay groundwork for the organization’s first individual donor drive, creating first donor base and received first major gifts from individuals.
Theatre Bay Area 1995-2000
Executive Director San Francisco, CA
Executive Director of nonprofit member service organization with 300+ company members and 3,200 individual artist members. Community partnerships, advocacy, outreach, needs assessments and program development, grantwriting. Create, implement, evaluate, manage communications services, resources sharing systems, management forums, audience development services. Staff of 12.
Major Accomplishments:
□ Increased budget by 250%, including receipt of grants from new foundation donors.
□ Designed and implemented region-wide program to serve clients and patrons in Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties as well as a Bay Area core, increasing regional profile and leadership role.
□ Increased membership by 30%.
□ Leveraged regional position to work with funders to create protocols for small grants to individuals and small organizations who are otherwise left out of Bay Area funding opportunities, resulting in continuing re-funding program supported by Hewlett, Packard and Irvine Foundations.
Education Development Center, Inc. - School Health Center 1994-1995
Training and Technical Assistance Specialist Newton, MA
Consultation for and development of training materials and content on school health topics, including HIV/AIDS, equity and diversity in classrooms, and integrated pupil services. Meeting coordination and facilitation, communications, and creation and delivery of national and regional trainings and materials. Serve as staff on projects funded through cooperative agreements with the Centers for Disease Control.
Adolescent Risk Prevention 1987 - 1992
Educational Theatre Programs Program Manager and Artistic Director
Community and Governmental Relation, Public Affairs Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program Bay Area Regional Offices
Created, directed and managed multi-cultural Educational Theatre Programs on adolescent health issues (HIV, suicide and violence prevention) as a community service of a major nonprofit health care organization. Research, proposal and program development and evaluation, community outreach, national media spokesperson; liaison with service providers, artistic consultant and school representatives. Coordinate media relations. Staff of 20 plus contractors. Developed three award-winning, nationally replicated programs and created and taught adolescent risk and crisis prevention programs annually.
Teaching, Training and Public Speaking
Julia Morgan Center for the Arts 2000-2006
Custom workshops in VAPA standards for artists, educators; introduction to the LCI model for aesthetic education; LCI model partnerships; authentic teaching partnerships for artists and educators; authentic assessment for teacher and student impact of arts-based learning; student workshops for professional performances; parent workshops for the role of the arts in learning and school environment.
Alameda County Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership 2003-2008
Directed and co-created two 3-day intensive learning institutes for Teaching Artists and teachers; responsible for development of dozens of 1.5 hour to 6 hour workshops related to arts-based learning and teaching for adult audiences. Keynote and guest speaker at public events.
Golden Gate University: Arts Industry Employment Initiative 1999 - 2003
Creativity and Professional Development for CalWorks recipients transitioning to work
University of California, Berkeley - Extension 1996 - 2000
Introduction to Acting, Character Study
Harvard University 1993 - 1994
Five courses in beginning and advanced expository writing
Kaiser Permanente (selected workshops created and delivered) 1988 - 1992
Respectful cross-cultural communication; working in a multicultural environment
Dancing with the devil: Making allies out of resistance
The PLISSIT model of triage crisis counseling
Preventing sexual and personal harassment
Media workshops: dealing with controversy while answering the question
University of California at Berkeley, Department of Dramatic Arts 1981 - 1988
10 courses in general and specific theatre topics (Acting, Design, Theatre History)
Professional Grants and Awards Harvard University, Distinction in Teaching 1993-94
Emmy Award, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Northern California Chapter for “Outstanding Achievement: Children/Youth - Special” KTVU-2 for Secrets, AIDS ed for teens, 1991
Sydney R. Garfield and Kaiser Family Foundation grants for development and evaluation of Secrets
University of California, Berkeley, University Award for Outstanding Teacher, 1984
Keynote speaker:
Montalvo Arts Center Arts in Your Classroom conference;
Santa Clara County First Five Arts Training,
Theatre Bay Area, others.
Education
Ph.D. Dramatic Art (Dramatic Criticism, Theory, History) University of California, Berkeley May 1987
B.F.A. Drama Production (Production, Directing, Acting) University of Arizona 1979 Continuing Education Courses and Workshops (representative list only)
Lincoln Center Institute for Arts in Education—Master Teaching Artist/Trainer
Youth development network training - CNYD
Certified at the Fundraising School, Indiana University, Center for Philanthropic Study
Facilities planning and capital campaigns, Nonprofit Finance Fund
Community Involvement
Steering Committee and Creating Public Value Committee Chair, Alameda County Office of Education, Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership (2002-2007)
Fellow, Arts Marketing Institute, California Arts Council (Creating Public Value statewide project)
Co-founder and Interim Director, Teaching Artists Organized (2007-present)
Member, Berkeley Arts Education Steering Committee, Berkeley Unified School District (2002-2006)
Co-founder/Management Team, Arts Industry Employment Initiative, California Lawyers for the Arts
Board of Directors, Business Arts Council, SF Chamber of Commerce 1998-2000
Member, California Cultural Advocates (current)
Coaching and leadership support
Customized training and workshops
Facilitation and planning
Activities may include as needed
Administrative consultation Documentation and reporting
Community conversations and research Analysis and recommendations
Needs assessment and surveys Coalition and consensus building
Accomplishments include
□ Facilitation of development of strategic plans for new and transitioning nonprofit organizations
□ Coaching for executive directors and boards through major organizational shifts.
□ Facilitation of community meetings confronting controversial issues and divisions among staff board, clients and community members; facilitate board retreats, budget planning and other meetings.
□ Developing and delivering administrative training to new network of NGOs for the City of Richmond.
□ Co-founder and ongoing consultant for new service organization, Teaching Artists Organized.
□ Researching, designing and implementing over 50 customized trainings for teachers, administrators, nonprofit board and executive leaders, and artists..
PARTNERS
It's impossible to be an expert at everything, so I tap my expertise at making partnerships and putting great teams together. Depending upon your project, your creative education consulting team may consist of my colleagues who include
Violet Juno, Master Teaching Artist, Administrator, Project Coordinator, Online Services Coordinator
Belinda Taylor, Arts Marketing, Strategic Planning, and Research
Anne Smith, Arts Administrator, Interim Executive Director, Arts Policy
Rebecca Fisher, Master Teaching Artist, Project Coordinator
Roger Dillahunty, Master Teaching Artist, Trainer
Jeff Raz, Master Teaching Artist, Facilitator, Creative Enterprise
Gabriella Piccioni, Graphic Artist and Layout Design
OTHER EXPERIENCE
There's nothing like being in the field to provide experience. Klein has worked in nonprofit and government entities as an executive director, program manager, trainer, administrative leader, board member and volunteer. She's hired, fired and discipline staff; created and managed budgets; written dozens of proposals and received millions in funding for nonprofit programs, operations and facilities. Creative problem-solving involves re-thinking what may seem obvious. She draws on experience that includes:
Julia Morgan Center for the Arts 2000-2006
Executive Director 2640 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA
Executive Director of nonprofit performing arts and arts training center. Manage landmark facility with 5 co-tenants, 380 seat theatre, arts learning programs, and school-based teacher training in aesthetic education in affiliation with the Lincoln Center Institute for Arts in Education, New York. Community partnerships, workshop design and implementation, educational programming, teacher and artist training, advocacy. Partnerships: Cal Shakes, Alameda County Office of Education, Arts Providers of SF, Berkeley Unified School District, schools, parent groups, artists. Staff of 15, with 20 teaching artists.
Major accomplishments:
□ Designed and implemented development strategies resulting in foundation grants: Hewlett, Haas, Fleishhascker, Nonprofit Facilities Fund, Koret, Lesher, East Bay and San Francisco foundations.
□ Managed facilities and oversaw $750,000 renovation of historic landmark building, including receipt and management of a California Cultural and Heritage Endowment (CCHE) award for the building’s first roof replacement in 100 years.
□ Positioned JMCA as a leader in arts-based learning as an affiliate of the Lincoln Center Institute for Arts in Learning, and increasing theatre bookings by 300%
□ Created a sense of community among JMCA tenants, theatre renters, artists and patrons, ensuring a creative environment that spawned new arts programs such as the Dance IS Festival, Actors Reading Writers, and “Tell It on Tuesday” solo performance workshop.
□ Lay groundwork for the organization’s first individual donor drive, creating first donor base and received first major gifts from individuals.
Theatre Bay Area 1995-2000
Executive Director San Francisco, CA
Executive Director of nonprofit member service organization with 300+ company members and 3,200 individual artist members. Community partnerships, advocacy, outreach, needs assessments and program development, grantwriting. Create, implement, evaluate, manage communications services, resources sharing systems, management forums, audience development services. Staff of 12.
Major Accomplishments:
□ Increased budget by 250%, including receipt of grants from new foundation donors.
□ Designed and implemented region-wide program to serve clients and patrons in Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties as well as a Bay Area core, increasing regional profile and leadership role.
□ Increased membership by 30%.
□ Leveraged regional position to work with funders to create protocols for small grants to individuals and small organizations who are otherwise left out of Bay Area funding opportunities, resulting in continuing re-funding program supported by Hewlett, Packard and Irvine Foundations.
Education Development Center, Inc. - School Health Center 1994-1995
Training and Technical Assistance Specialist Newton, MA
Consultation for and development of training materials and content on school health topics, including HIV/AIDS, equity and diversity in classrooms, and integrated pupil services. Meeting coordination and facilitation, communications, and creation and delivery of national and regional trainings and materials. Serve as staff on projects funded through cooperative agreements with the Centers for Disease Control.
Adolescent Risk Prevention 1987 - 1992
Educational Theatre Programs Program Manager and Artistic Director
Community and Governmental Relation, Public Affairs Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program Bay Area Regional Offices
Created, directed and managed multi-cultural Educational Theatre Programs on adolescent health issues (HIV, suicide and violence prevention) as a community service of a major nonprofit health care organization. Research, proposal and program development and evaluation, community outreach, national media spokesperson; liaison with service providers, artistic consultant and school representatives. Coordinate media relations. Staff of 20 plus contractors. Developed three award-winning, nationally replicated programs and created and taught adolescent risk and crisis prevention programs annually.
Teaching, Training and Public Speaking
Julia Morgan Center for the Arts 2000-2006
Custom workshops in VAPA standards for artists, educators; introduction to the LCI model for aesthetic education; LCI model partnerships; authentic teaching partnerships for artists and educators; authentic assessment for teacher and student impact of arts-based learning; student workshops for professional performances; parent workshops for the role of the arts in learning and school environment.
Alameda County Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership 2003-2008
Directed and co-created two 3-day intensive learning institutes for Teaching Artists and teachers; responsible for development of dozens of 1.5 hour to 6 hour workshops related to arts-based learning and teaching for adult audiences. Keynote and guest speaker at public events.
Golden Gate University: Arts Industry Employment Initiative 1999 - 2003
Creativity and Professional Development for CalWorks recipients transitioning to work
University of California, Berkeley - Extension 1996 - 2000
Introduction to Acting, Character Study
Harvard University 1993 - 1994
Five courses in beginning and advanced expository writing
Kaiser Permanente (selected workshops created and delivered) 1988 - 1992
Respectful cross-cultural communication; working in a multicultural environment
Dancing with the devil: Making allies out of resistance
The PLISSIT model of triage crisis counseling
Preventing sexual and personal harassment
Media workshops: dealing with controversy while answering the question
University of California at Berkeley, Department of Dramatic Arts 1981 - 1988
10 courses in general and specific theatre topics (Acting, Design, Theatre History)
Professional Grants and Awards Harvard University, Distinction in Teaching 1993-94
Emmy Award, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Northern California Chapter for “Outstanding Achievement: Children/Youth - Special” KTVU-2 for Secrets, AIDS ed for teens, 1991
Sydney R. Garfield and Kaiser Family Foundation grants for development and evaluation of Secrets
University of California, Berkeley, University Award for Outstanding Teacher, 1984
Keynote speaker:
Montalvo Arts Center Arts in Your Classroom conference;
Santa Clara County First Five Arts Training,
Theatre Bay Area, others.
Education
Ph.D. Dramatic Art (Dramatic Criticism, Theory, History) University of California, Berkeley May 1987
B.F.A. Drama Production (Production, Directing, Acting) University of Arizona 1979 Continuing Education Courses and Workshops (representative list only)
Lincoln Center Institute for Arts in Education—Master Teaching Artist/Trainer
Youth development network training - CNYD
Certified at the Fundraising School, Indiana University, Center for Philanthropic Study
Facilities planning and capital campaigns, Nonprofit Finance Fund
Community Involvement
Steering Committee and Creating Public Value Committee Chair, Alameda County Office of Education, Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership (2002-2007)
Fellow, Arts Marketing Institute, California Arts Council (Creating Public Value statewide project)
Co-founder and Interim Director, Teaching Artists Organized (2007-present)
Member, Berkeley Arts Education Steering Committee, Berkeley Unified School District (2002-2006)
Co-founder/Management Team, Arts Industry Employment Initiative, California Lawyers for the Arts
Board of Directors, Business Arts Council, SF Chamber of Commerce 1998-2000
Member, California Cultural Advocates (current)