Barry
Sweeny
Consultant, Presenter, Trainer,
Facilitator, Coach, Planner & Program Evaluator
26 W 413 Grand Ave. Wheaton, IL 60187
630-668-2605, email <sweenyb@sbcglobal.net>
I
can help you to:
- - Plan for, develop, evaluate, and refine
programs to improve teaching
& learning
- Diagnose problems and then quickly and positively solve
them
- Train people & develop a range of skills
- Improve decision making processes & the results you
attain
- - Create consensus and focus for work
on shared agendas
- - Create products, reports, books, plans,
visuals
- - Plan, create, and post a terrific web
site
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- - School & Organizational Improvement
- Mentoring & Induction in all settings, but especially
for new teachers
- Staff Development & Change Facilitation
- - Peer Observation & Coaching
In any of these topic areas I
can do a large number of "How to" or practical presentations,
workshops or key notes.
CLIENT LIST
My materials
& services have been used by may diverse kinds of organizations,
such as:
- Hundreds
of schools & school districts in over 30 states and
6 countries
- 7 State Departments of Education, most recently by
the Rhode Island Dept. of Education, where I trained two days
on developing quality induction programs, and consulted with
and trained the state task for which developed "The Rhode
Island Mentoring Program Standards".
- Over 40 college & university teacher education programs
world-wide. A most recent example is advising the leader of
the teacher education institution who is developing the induction
program for all of Singapore's new teachers.
- Over 10 professional educational organizations including
NASSP, Missouri NEA, Illinois NEA , United Federation of Teachers
(NY), PDK chapters, & Teachers 21 (not-for-profit arm of
Research for Better Schools), the Association for Supervision
and Curriculum Development (ASCD), & the Association of
Teacher Educators.
- Regional and state level consortia & service centers,
such as The Panhandle Center for Technology and Professional
Development, Lubbock, TX., the South Carolina Center for Teacher
Recruitment, The Partnership for Professional Practice (U. of
IL. at Chicago, Chgo. Publ. Sch. & Chgo Tchrs Union), the
ESC Region XI in Ft. Worth, Texas, as well as many other regional
and intermediate service centers and state agencies.
- Businesses, such as A.T. & T. Network Software
(now Lucent), Frito-Lay, Parker Aerospace, Value Enhancement
Strategies, Inc. Arizona Public Service, and RMS Business Solutions
- Community-based organizations, like World Relief Corporation
and the Illinois Adult Learning Resource Center.
I was invited keynoter/presenter at numerous national &
state conferences such as a two day pre conference institute
for ASCD at their March 2000 Conference in New Orleans, La.
I have been employed as a program
evaluator for grants, such as a Goals 2000 Reading Improvement Project for the
Professional Development Alliance, Joliet Illinois, and for
professional development programs, such as for the ESCs in Region
XIII in Austin Texas, Region XI in Fort Worth Texas, and Region
2 in Corpus Christi Texas.
I have been asked to work on
numerous commissions, panels, research groups, and program development
or planning groups. Two recent examples are:
1. The Teacher Induction Advisory
Group, writing a research report and recommendations for a
state induction program for the Illinois State Board of Education
(1997-2000). The final report that I helped co-author was
sent VERBATIM to the legislature in 1999 and i was selected
as one of 2 authors for the 2000 reort to ISBE and the legislature!
2. The National Commission of
Novice Teacher Support: Policies, Progress & Practices,
a five year project of the Association of Teacher Educators
(1996-2000). I co-authored three chapters in the book we published
in February 2000, "Quality Mentoring for Novice Teachers".
I have been an invited author
for numerous newsletters, journals, occasional papers, grants,
research reports and books. An example was being invited to write a lead article for a theme issue
on content standards for The Kappa Delta Pi Record (January
1999).
CLICK HERE TO READ WHAT CLIENTS
SAY ABOUT BARRY'S CONSULTING
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Private consultant and trainer
since 1987.
- President, Best Practice Resources, Inc. since 1998 - full time
consulting and training in mentoring and coaching
- Manager of School & Program Development, Kane
Co. Regional Office of Educ. serving 140 schools, 1995-98
- Past President, Illinois Staff Development Council, & ISDC
Board of Directors, 5 years.
- Co-Founder & Executive Board, The Mentoring Leadership &
Resource Network, an ASCD network , 1991-98
- National Commission on Novice Teacher Support, Association of
Teacher Educators, 1996-99
- Member, Teacher Induction Advisory Board, Illinois State Board
of Education, 1997-98
- Staff Development Program Coordinator, DuPage-Kane Education
Service Center, serving 349 schools 3 years, 1992-95
- District Staff Development Specialist & Mentor Program Coordinator,
1/2 time for 4 years, 1988-92
- Teacher of art & science, grades 6-12 for 22 years, at middle
& high school
RECOGNITION THAT
I HAVE RECEIVED:
- "Award of Commendation", for Service to Illinois
Educators, Illinois State Board of Education
- "Award of Recognition- Teacher, 1989 Those Who Excel",
Illinois State Board of Education
My
Consultant & Trainer Fee Structure:
- I am a private consultant which, of course,
means I can work with you in many ways on a limited or very in-depth
and long term basis. In addition to working in areas of my expertise
I also try to select consulting opportunities which allow me to
learn or expand my experiences. In this latter case, I am willing
to price my services at a discount. Let me know what your needs
are and we can discuss my costs.
- I do NOT specifically or automatically charge
clients for my traveling time. If travel must be done during work
hours and requires me to use time during which I could be working
with other clients, I will consider the time lost in the pricing.
The cost of this time is negotiable and very reasonable since
it is necessary to the work but I know it is of little direct
value to the client.
- It is my preference to only consult for
a full day or more, especially if I must travel to your
site. Exceptions to this are partial days of work which pay well
enough to compensate me for the time lost in travel. That usually
means the client pays for a full day, even when only a part day
is required. This is often done in circumstances such as providing
a keynote or training for a large audience (such as 50 +), in
which the number of people served makes the time involved in my
travel and the cost of my services worth while for the client.
- When I am under contract to present, train or
consult, I do NOT also specifically charge clients for my preparation
time unless the work is a considerable project or requires creation
of lots of new materials. In these cases, I will gladly negotiate
a "package price" for the project. This is true unless
the work is to actually develop materials, in which case I am
doing the work in my own office (see "E" below) and
I will charge for the time spent.
- MY BASIC FEE FOR CONSULTATIONS, TRAININGS,
AND PRESENTATIONS:
- A - IF within 2 hours driving time of my home:
- Consultations, presentations, and trainings with groups
up to about 25 people = $750 per day.
- Presentations and trainings with groups larger than
25 = $1000 per day
- I request mileage reimbursement at 30 cents a mile
- B - IF travel to a site exceeds two hours driving time
from my home or the site is within the continental US and
requires an airline flight:
- For consulting, $750-$900 per day, plus expenses.
- For consulting with larger groups, trainings or presentations
in these distant settings I charge $1000-1300 per day,
plus expenses.
- C - For work outside of the continental US which requires
extensive travel, call me at 630-668-2605 to discuss the requirements.
The only added factor here is the time required for travel.
- D - If my work involves meetings for which
I do not provide leadership or facilitation, my fee is $75
per hour.
- E - For projects I can work on at my own office
I charge $60 per hour for shorter project (1 day or less),
and $50 per hour for projects of more than a day.
- For multi-day or longer projects, I will submit a proposal
for the whole project and the costs involved. We can negotiate
from that to a final contract that is agreeable to both of
us.
- The client pays my travel and other expenses,
which I promise to keep reasonable. For example, I prefer to fly
a main air carrier but I am glad to travel coach class. My hotel
and eating needs are simple too.
- The client provides AV equipment (overhead, screen,
VCR and monitor or projector) and duplicates all handouts and
other materials that I provide in advance. LET'S TALK.
MY GOALS -
IN ALL MY WORK, MY GOALS ARE:
1. TO PROVIDE MATERIALS AND SERVICES WHICH EXACTLY
TARGET THE NEEDS YOU DESCRIBE
2. TO EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR QUALITY AND USEFULNESS
OF MATERIALS AND SERVICES
3. TO BEHAVE AS AN ETHICAL, SINCERE, UP FRONT, CUSTOMER-FOCUSED,
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR.
