Jennifer Carroll

• Conducted social emotional training courses for after-school staff (frontline and administrators) to enhance understanding of social emotional, mindfulness and leadership skills.
• Delivered upbeat and engaging experiences utilizing verbal and non-verbal drama and theater strategies.
• Curriculum writer: kid-grit Drama and SEL, projected publish date June 2022.

Staff Supervision

• Lead teams of up to 25 teaching artist and studio support staff, supervising daily performance as well as training and improvement plans.
• Managed Visual Arts, Media Arts and Performing Arts part-time, full time and independent contractor staff and coordinated staff resources across four programs (in-school, out-of-school, college/career readiness and professional development).
• Hires and develops Programs studio staff (teaching artists and studio assistants)
• Trained and developed department leaders and management staff for specific projects and ongoing operational needs.

Administration:

• Designs systems, procedures and protocols for maintaining consistency across Student Programs and Professional Development
• Designs and implements surveys, feedback forms and tracking measures to ensure consistency across programs and alignment with strategic objectives
• Works to ensure that strategic programs objectives are visible and measurable in studio classes and across curriculum documentation

Leadership:

• Collaborates with Chief Education Officer, Programs Managers, Professional Development Department, Theater Department and Executive Team to generate long-term vision
• Works with Chief Education Officer, Programs Managers, Professional Development Department, Theater Department and partners to create comprehensive, long term plans for partnership

Outreach:

• Served as community liaison, nurturing and bringing in prospective partners from LAUSD, private and charter schools, as well as social service and community based organizations and other various audiences.

Program Facilitation:

• Lead Teacher Orientations for participating LAUSD and Charter school teachers, which include hands-on arts experiences, social emotional learning and content scaffolding as well as methodology, philosophy and logistics
• Designed and implemented curriculum for school day program (K-8 Drama), High School Youth Performance Ensemble (Improvisation, Comedy, Clown), Professional Development (Drama Arts Integration, multi-disciplinary arts content, Literacy Skills, Social Justice Strategies) and Special Projects (Disney Imagineer Creativity Lab Curriculum, Salt and Straw Ice Cream Curriculum)
• Lead Professional Development sessions (2 hours+) providing classroom teachers with performing and visual arts strategies, activities and lessons that link to subject content while strengthening social/emotional learning skills and building community
• Curriculum samples available upon request

Educational Theater Specialist

• Worked with Theater, to nurture aesthetic dialogue between Artist Residents, Teaching Artists and youth through school day performance talk-backs, study guide development and creation and other educational support
• Sample Study Guides available upon request.

• Planning, coordination, implementation and supervision of K-8th grade arts programs including scheduling, transportation, supervision and assessment of daily programs, both at Inner-City Arts and at school site, including instructional day programs, after-school programs, family programs, special events and projects.
• Day to day management of 15 + teaching artists and assistants to implement standards aligned K-8 grade creative arts curricula,
• Oversaw planning, implementation, recruitment, outreach and growth of Middle and High School Institute Program
• Created administration structures and culminating events to provide cohesiveness and ensure sense of community amongst students, parents and staff.
• Collaboration with Professional Development program to assist with training and educational activities for teachers and artists
• Implementation of U.S Department of Education Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination Grant for nationally recognized program for low-performing middle school students, Arts in the Middle (AIM)
• Collaboration with Director of Education to create new programming, develop curriculum and plan budgets for all programs

• Managed all aspects of K-5th Program at this progressive, independent school
• Conceived, scheduled and coordinated classes
• Designed program brochure
• Hired teachers, registered students, and facilitated communication between administration, teachers, instructors and families
• Piloted Secondary Program for 6th-12th grades in 2003-2004
• Brought income by charging service fees within tuition, generated close to 10K per year in unplanned revenue.