Business Name (DBA): Michele Israel Educational Writing and Consulting
Business Address: 616 E. 7th Street, Box 15 Brooklyn, New York 11218
Business Phone: 718-788-4096
Email Address: malamu@optimum.net
Website: www.micheleisrael.com
Principal: Michele Israel
Categories of service:
Consultants
Curriculum development
Instructional design
Education
Writers/ writing services
Trainers
Facilitators
Grantwriters
Non-profit resources
Program development
Organizations serving non-profits
Organizational development
Communication and marketing
Description of services:
Print and New Media Educational Products
Michele is an ace designer of educational materials. She relies on her knowledge of myriad learning and instructional theories, teaching experience and creativity to design interactive, learner-centered products that include:
* Standards-aligned lesson plans and learning activities
* Parent/child learning activities
* Instructional design documents
* Film discussion guides
* PowerPoint presentations
* Student and teacher handbooks
* Content for educational DVDs
* Online professional development courses
Michele also edits and informs the content of educational materials.
Training Design
Developing participatory training curricula, facilitator and participant guides, handbooks and workshops on diverse topics is top among Michele’s skills. Building on adult, collaborative and project-based learning principles, she makes complex concepts accessible to the participant and the trainer. Clients have included healthcare professionals and consumers, classroom teachers and community educators.
Communication Materials
Among Michele’s writing repertoire are diverse communication materials, including:
* Articles for print newsletters and websites
* Best practice articles, manuals and handbooks
* Strategic plans, needs and qualitative assessments, concept papers and reports
Grant Writing
Michele has substantial non-profit grant writing experience. She has written proposals that have achieved awards as high as $1 million. As part of the development process, she conducts research, undertakes needs assessments, solicits funders, frames programs, writes comprehensive proposals, including budgets and timelines, and creates interim and final funding reports.
Organizational Development
Michele assists organizations in assessing and implementing effective programming for their constituents. She offers a range of organizational development services, such as strategic planning, conducting and producing qualitative and needs
Background on you and/or your business:
Michele Israel Educational Writing & Consulting works with large and small educational, non-profit, and media organizations to bolster products and programs.
Michele boasts 25+ years of results-driven professional experience. Her portfolio demonstrates an excellent track record of partnering with individuals and committees to write teacher and student curriculum materials, create educational resources and projects, design and facilitate training, generate communication materials, compose successful grant proposals, and assist in organizational development.
Michele is adept at taking on challenging, unusual projects that call for “out-of-the-box” expertise. Her clients can expect flexibility, creativity, adaptability and responsiveness.
Testimonials and/or references:
Elena Schwolsky RN, MPH, Director, Asthma Training Institute, Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention & Control, NYCDOHMH
“Michele has been an invaluable consultant for my program at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. She has helped our Asthma and Chronic Disease Training Institutes develop new training curriculum on chronic disease self-management, evaluate existing training design, and produce written training manuals. Her depth of experience, creativity and energy have helped to move us forward on projects that were stuck on the back burner before she arrived on the scene! She has proved to be a quick study on a range of public health issues, and has brought keen observational skills and a fresh outlook that has helped us develop relevant and useful training programs for our diverse target audiences. From leading focus groups, to making site visits, to observing our trainings, to creating “plain language” training materials—Michele has brought commitment and skill to every aspect of her work with us and we look forward to continuing this productive relationship.”
Gary Hopkins, Founder, Editor in Chief, Education World
“Michele has written for Education World on a wide range of topics. Whether writing about professional development topics, principals who have decided to return to teaching, or managing difficult people, Michele’s articles are always well researched and thorough. Michele tracks down the best quote sources, focuses on the most practical ideas for her targeted audience, and distills buckets of details into easy-to-understand bullets. With some writers, my editing software gets a real workout; with Michele, it gets a well-deserved rest. Her work is polished and ready to publish.”
Sharon Myrie, Vice President, Education Department - Brooklyn Botanic Garden
“I had the pleasure of working with Michele when I first arrived at Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG). I was very interested in developing a mission for the Education Department and creating a strategic direction for the department. Michele was incredibly helpful, resourceful and committed to the project. She asked the hard questions. Her research was invaluable. As a result, Michele assisted me in preparing the Education Department to take on some key initiatives that focused on serving our high school audience including the development of our latest initiative, Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment (BASE), a small new public high school focusing on science, environmental studies and urban ecology. BASE was developed by BBG, Prospect Park Alliance and the New York City Department of Education.”
Names of and/or links to your books, articles or blogs:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/classroom/cubaboxing.html
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin413.shtml
Service area by country, state or zip code:
United States
