Educational Consultant
Dr. Herbert specializes in creative learning and differentiated instruction for learners of all ages. Services are available for schools, as well as cultural/community organizations. Current projects include the following: · The Foundry. Development of programs and materials that give parents and educators tools to nurture individual creative talents and multi-media literacies of children. Her latest publication is New World Kids at School: The Teacher's Guide to Creative Thinking, 2009. The work is in collaboration with Susan Marcus, Director, Foundrymedia, and Susie Monday. For more information, see http://www.newworldkids.org/ · International Education, Professional development and follow-up (in Spanish) for over 200 Central American and Caribbean teachers studying for a year in the United States, and then returning to provide leadership in their home countries and communities. The program is funded by USAID, housed at Palo Alto College, San Antonio, and administered through Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Activities include courses in learning theory, child development, special needs, reading and other areas, as well as practicum supervision and assistance in local San Antonio schools. Julia Jarrell is Program Coordinator. · Art Education Matters. External Evaluator and researcher for a longitudinal study of 1,000 students and their teachers at nine middle schools in the Houston school district (2006-2010). Professional development and other services are provided to the schools by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Young Audiences of Houston and other local cultural groups. Products developed by Herbert include inventories and assessments of fine arts understandings of teachers and students and creation of professional development and lesson plans linking art, drama, music and dance to Texas requirements in language arts, mathematics, science and social studies. Dr. Vivian Fridley-Hereford, Director of Secondary Fine Arts is Project Director. Click here for a complete Vita.
