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As a teacher, administrator, consultant and school board member,
Dr. Gretchen A. Boyer understands the needs of educators. For over
20 years, Dr. Boyer has provided opportunities for students and teachers
to meet and excel beyond the educational demands of the future.
Dr. Gretchen A. Boyer is currently President of Eduhelp Consulting
Services, where she oversees projects for school districts including,
but not limited to program development and management, curriculum,
instruction, and assessment development and refinement, as well as
leadership skill development and advocacy. She also teaches
Art and Human Development for ASU. Prior to these assignments, Dr.
Boyer was
chair of Art Education at Northern Arizona University where she redesigned
the curricular program and established new partnerships with the
local school district and community arts center. She also spent nine
years
at the Arizona Department of Education as a Fine Arts Specialist
and later as an Assessment Specialist where she coordinated programs
in
both the arts and state assessment review and implementation. She
initiated and coordinated such programs as the Building Relationships
in Arts Education Management Symposia, the Mountain States Art Education
Consortium, the Arizona Arts Education Research Institute and
the
Arizona Visual Arts Model School District program. She has
taught at the elementary, secondary and higher education levels.
She has been an administrator at both the local and state
level.
The Arizona Visual Arts Model School District Program, which she
initiated, was designed to assist school districts in setting goals
complete with
action plans to achieve them. Dr. Boyer finds assisting
districts master the change process most challenging and rewarding. Further,
she has
extensive knowledge in communication (both oral and written), innovation,
leadership, participatory personnel management, problem solving,
systems thinking, team building, and total quality management.
She has written numerous articles, served as guest editor for Art Education,
the Journal of the NAEA, for a Leadership/Advocacy issue, and has authored
an Assessment Tool Kit. She is a member of the NAEA Professional Materials
Committee. In addition, she is past chair of the National Art Education
Association Demographic Research Task Force, and a past board member
on the Arizonans for Cultural Development. In 2000, Dr. Boyer
completed a 4 year elected term as member and past president of the
Kyrene Elementary
School District Governing Board. In addition to this she has taught
art at the elementary, middle and high school level.
Her expertise includes extensive experience in adult education program development and implementation; and design of various educational staff development models ranging from courses to trainer of trainer institutes. She has also coordinated conferences, symposia, consortiums and regional events. Further, she is interested in developing alternative instructional delivery products to meet school district demands.
Dr. Boyer received her doctorate in Education from Northern Arizona
University in Educational Leadership. Her dissertation was entitled
The Knowledge and Application of Leadership Skills of Arizona Art Educators.
This study was later replicated at the national level and funded by
the NAEA. She received her Masters degree in Art Education from Michigan
State University with a primary focus on the role visual arts play
in the total education program through integration, interdisciplinary
studies and thematic instruction.
Dr. Boyer has been a life long advocate for arts education. Her enthusiasm,
sensitivity and vitality will capture the hearts and minds of your
educational staff. Motivating teachers is one of Gretchen’s keys
to successful consulting. One of her basic strengths is her ability
to work with people and motivate them to become involved in the change
process. She is able to streamline any seminar/workshop to
meet your individual needs and provide meaningful activities, which
capitalize
on your existing strengths and expand the knowledge and application
of skills by all participants.