Dr. Beverley Geltner Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

University of Michigan, Ph.D., Educational Administration
Michigan State University, EMBA, Executive Management Program
University of Michigan, M.A., Guidance and Counseling
University of Toronto, B.A., Modern History

 

PROFESSIONAL (CONSULTING)

2001-2009:      Founder and President, Educational Coaching and Development, Inc. 

Extensive work with individual schools, local districts and intermediate school districts, colleges including: Howell Public Schools, Southfield Public Schools, Taylor School District, Wayne R.E.S.A., Oakland Intermediate School District, Monroe, Washtenaw, Livingston and Genesee County Intermediate School Districts, Mott Middle/Early College, Mott Community College.

Ongoing work as Chief Researcher, Mott Middle/Early College, Flint, Michigan.

  • Individualized programs and presentations designed for professional development of administration leaders in secondary and tertiary  institutions
  • Induction and  development of new educational administrators
  • Professional development of practicing administrators
  • Educational marketing/customer satisfaction programs/team building seminars, focused on employees and  students
  • Human relations, communication skills and conflict resolution skills for effective leadership
  • Educational leadership in a pluralistic society
  • Policies, practices and interventions to address student achievement gap

 

PROFESSIONAL (GRANT WRITING)

1993-2009:

Extensive and successful grant writing with local school districts, Monroe Intermediate School District, and Monroe County Community College.  During current year obtained funding of $850,000 for the latter two clients; earlier grants totaled over $2million for local school districts.

 

PROFESSIONAL (ACADEMIC)

1993-present:  Professor, Educational Administration, Eastern Michigan University.  Taught and developed numerous courses in Masters, Specialist and Doctoral programs, with emphasis on leadership and management, human resource development, and effective organizational change. Chaired and served on 13 doctoral dissertations in educational leadership on various topics including learning assessment, program evaluation, professional portfolios, technology planning and implementation, and women and leadership. Early initiator at EMU of live interactive distance learning (live telecasting and individual and group on-line conferencing) to four doctoral cohort student groups simultaneously:  one live on-campus group in the telecasting classroom  at Eastern Michigan University, one group at Central Michigan University, one at Grand Valley State College and one at Northern Michigan Community College.  Developed and continue to teach semester-long educational administration classes via hybrid design (limited number of live on-campus classes with groups of 17-28 graduate students) with remaining course content online, along with totally online courses.  Presented on the critical issues and new possibilities of online/hybrid instruction to various college and university faculty groups.

1989-2003:  Associate Professor, Educational Administration, Oakland University.  Director and Professor, Educational Specialist Program in Educational Administration, innovative post-Master’s program for advanced educational administrative studies. Program won Presidential Distinguished Program Award, and National Dissertation Award.
Chair of President's Commission on University-Wide Strategic Planning.
Recipient of University Presidential nomination to Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration sponsored by Bryn Mawr College and University of Pennsylvania.

K-12 Public Education Teaching and Administrative Career:

1973-2008:  High School Teacher, Counselor, Principal, Deputy Superintendent and Superintendent in the Garden City, Southfield and Saline, Michigan Public School Systems.
Achieved turnaround success in 97% African-American school district in collaboration with the University of Michigan, Officer of the Senior Vice-Provost Lester Monts:  received hundreds of thousands of dollars for summer college-prep scholarships for minority students, for guest lecturers and for special projects for high school students and middle school pre-engineering students.

Directed successful efforts for high schools, middle schools and elementary schools to win national and state awards as exemplary schools.  Partnered with University of Michigan/Dearborn for summer programs for middle school students to develop engagement with and motivation for higher education among “at-risk” youth.  Partnered also with Cranbrook Institute of Science and Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum for elementary youth.

Established Sarin Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Metropolitan Youth Symphony while Deputy Superintendent of Southfield Public Schools; partnership with Ann Arbor Symphony while Superintendent of Saline Area Schools. 

Designed and presented state conference on artistically gifted youth at Oakland University, 1993.

 

SERVICE TO UNIVERSITY AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS

1989-2008

Director, U.S.-Sino Teacher Education Consortium, housed at Eastern Michigan University.  Led delegation of faculty and doctoral students to international conference on education in China and the U.S. to Beijing, Kunming, Shanghai and Shanxi Province, 2000.

Founding Director of Advisory Council, College of Education, Eastern Michigan University, body of 24 prominent educators, business and community leaders to advise the College on future goals and strategic planning.

Member of the Board, University Musical Society, 1998-2005; Chair Governance, Operations and Membership Committees, 1998-2000; Board Chair 2000-2004.  Led efforts with UMS President Ken Fisher, U of M President Lee Bollinger, Provost Nancy Cantor and Professor Ralph Williams to initiate 6-year Royal Shakespeare Residency and vastly expand the three core functions of presentation, education and production of new works.

Member of the Leadership Council of the U of M Center for the Education of Women (CEW); Chair of the Leadership Council 1998-2006. 

Founding Member of the Board of the Washtenaw County Dispute Resolution Center, Ann
Arbor, devoted to the peaceful resolution of conflict.

Co-chair, major development program for Arbor Hospice, 2008.

 

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Author of numerous papers and presenter at state, national and international conferences on educational leadership, leadership preparation programs, reform of public education, International Baccalaureate Program, distance learning in higher education, organizational development, conflict resolution in educational settings, shaping organizational culture and interventions to increase minority student academic success and advanced studies.