Colley Consulting

p r o j e c t s
partial list 1989-2005

Reports from work listed on this page can be requested from Dr. Colley via the contact page on this website.

arts and humanities

2003-2005 Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA
Designed and directed an evaluation of the HTC's theater program for urban and suburban high school students – Acting Class, Acting Class Too, and Scene Study.

2001-02 Wang Center for the Performing Arts, Boston, MA
Designed and directed comprehensive evaluation of Arts Can Teach (ACT) – a five-year collaboration of the Lynn Public Schools, LynArts, and The Wang Center. Funded by the NEA, Mass. Cultural Council and General Electric, the ACT program teams artists in residence with classroom teachers for a full year of studio study, classroom work, exhibition, and evaluation. Developed plan for ACT’s sustenance in Lynn, and replication in other school districts.

2001-02 The Boston Conservatory. Boston, MA
Provided research, analysis, and plan for the Conservatory’s long range plan for the undergraduate and graduate Music Education programs. Surveyed teaching practitioners, administrators, and comparable institutions to inform analysis and recommend strategy.

2000-01 Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston, MA
Designed and directed statewide evaluation of K-12 Artist in Residence Program; preliminary policy design for new program initiatives.

1999-00 Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Designed and directed yearlong evaluation of the Student Docent Program.

1999-00 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Developed Preliminary Design for a longitudinal evaluation of Haystack's 17 year old Craft Institute for High School students.

1999 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Designed and directed evaluation of Salon Cassatt, a prototype pilot visitor lounge for Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman Exhibition, spring 1999

1998-99 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Designed and directed a baseline assessment of the 56 programs administered by the Division of Education and Public Programs. Managed all data collection, analysis, and reporting on: present services, present audiences, and organizational implications for long-range planning.

1996-00 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Consultant for four-year evaluation of "The Eye of the Beholder," a partnership between the museum and neighborhood schools. Responsible for design, data collection, data analysis, staff consultations, website evaluation.

1997-98 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Designed and directed a yearlong assessment of Family Place, an ongoing drop-in program for adults and children.

1995-96 Vermont Council on the Arts, Montpelier, VT
Designed and directed impact evaluation of Artist-in-Residence program on ongoing, district - funded school arts programs statewide. Designed and directed impact evaluation of Education Development Grant program statewide.

1995 Lima City Schools, Lima, OH
Consultant and Workshop Clinician; Staff Development Program. Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning: Issues and Exercises.

1994-95 Maine Arts Commission, Augusta, ME
Designed and developed long-range plan for arts education initiatives statewide, and marketing strategy to target Commission's programs to every Maine school. In three years participation grew from 7% to 70%.

1994-95 Council for Basic Education, Washington, DC
Designed and directed evaluation of the Artists Fellowship Program. Researched and authored. Minds Alive: Teachers as Scholars, a collection of case studies of fellowship projects in the humanities, arts, mathematics,and science throughout the U.S.

1994 Portland Symphony Orchestra, Portland, ME
Designed and developed prospectus for comprehensive evaluation of the PSO's Education Program, including implications for long range planning with Maine public schools.

1991-93 New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, Concord, NH
Designed and directed longitudinal impact evaluation of the Artist-in-Residence Program.

1989-91 National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC
Designed and authored Arts in Education Coordinators' Handbook, a resource for arts education administrators in the 56 state arts agencies.

management and administration

2000-01 Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston, MA
Designed and directed evaluation of state Artist in Residence Program, developed preliminary policy design for new program initiatives.

1999 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA,
Designed and directed evaluation of Salon Cassatt, proto-type pilot visitor "Learning" lounge for Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman Exhibition.

1998-99 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Designed and directed a baseline assessment of the 56 programs administered by the Division of Education and Public Programs. Managed all data collection, analysis; reported on: present services, present audiences, and organizational implications for long-range planning.

1996-98 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
TEAMS-BC (Teacher Education Addressing Mathematics And Science in Boston and Cambridge)
Designed and directed evaluation of a National Science Foundation collaborative including Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wheelock College, University of Massachusetts Boston, Cambridge Public Schools, and the Boston Public Schools, whose purpose was to promote, design, and implement reform in the pre-service training of K-12 Mathematics and Science teachers.

1993-94 Boston Urban Systemic Initiative, Boston, MA
Directed qualitative research project, BRIMSE (Boston Renaissance in Mathematics and Science Education).
Responsible for the design, implementation, and reporting of case studies of math and science education in the Boston Public Schools.

1989-91 National Center for Educational Leadership, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Shared Leadership in U.S. High Schools, Carol H. Weiss, Principal Investigator. Designed protocols for, and conducted interviews with over 60 high school teachers and administrators in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Virginia.

math and science education

2001 Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
Designed and directed evaluation of pilot course "The Science in Science Teaching and Learning" for Science Technology Studio.

1996-98 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA,
TEAMS-BC (Teacher Education Addressing Mathematics and Science in Boston and Cambridge).
Principal Evaluator. Designed and directed evaluation of a collaborative including Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wheelock College, University of Massachusetts Boston, Cambridge Public Schools, and the Boston Public Schools, whose purpose was to promote, design, and implement reform in the pre-service training of K-12 Mathematics and Science teachers.

1993-94 Boston Urban Systemic Initiative, Boston, MA
Directed qualitative research project, BRIMSE (Boston Renaissance in Mathematics and Science Education). - case studies of math and science education in the Boston Public Schools.

1993-96 Education Matters, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Senior Research Associate. Designed and directed evaluation of the NSF's SCI/MAT Fellowship Program, which supports independent summer scholarship for math and science teachers to integrate the arts and humanities into math and science.