Alison Burek Email & Phone Number

Learning And Development:I assist members of the Learning and Development Department with the development of the San Francisco SPCA's training materials. I have collaborated on the creation of the San Francisco SPCA Style Guide for written training materials, as well as the new templates for PowerPoint content and Quick Reference Manuals.Cat Volunteer Curriculum Development:I have also focused specifically on the Cat Volunteer Training Curriculum, creating and revising training material for the Introductory Shelter Training class and the Cat Showing and Matchmaking class. For the Visiting Cats in Shelter Medicine class, I wrote the script for a training video that demonstrated how to ensure the animals' safety by following the necessary quarantine procedures.

San Francisco, Ca

CLIENT CARE ASSOCIATE• Assess clients to ensure that their desired animal is a good match for their lifestyle and expectations, and redirect clients to a more appropriate match when necessary• Educate clients about behavioral and physical needs of dogs and cats in general, those needs that might be specific to their animal. • Send clients home with the confidence that they have the knowledge to build a meaningful, life-long bond with their new family memberRESEARCH ASSISTANT/ANIMAL SOCIALIZER• Evaluate kittens on intake to gauge their familiarity with people, and apply a grading system record social development • Select the most fearful animals and improve their comfort level with humans by providing enriched socialization• Reassess kittens weekly and track their progress until they are ready to be made available for adoptionDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT• Using RaisersEdge, maintain the donor database by entering new donor information quickly and accurately, correcting errors in existing donor information • Ensure that gifts are acknowledged in donor records, generate and track letters and acknowledgement of donor gifts

I designed and implemented lessons and artistic projects for high school age private art student that engaged him with a wide range of artistic genres and media. While in high school, my student was accepted into several prestigious summer art programs, and now studies at the Rhode Island School of Design.

In partnership with a California certified elementary school teacher, I created music curriculum for the K-2 age level that introduces students to basic musical concepts, and is in compliance with the California State Board of Education Content Standards and the National Standards for Music Education

San Francisco Bay Area

I created and implemented a rubric to evaluate the classroom effectiveness of SMILE (Stanford Mobile Inquiry-based Learning Environment). After each field study, I evaluated our results to refine the rubric for further iterations of our research. I also edited several chapters of a forthcoming book Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), centered around the Stanford online course "Designing New Learning Environments".

As an adjunct faculty member, I I created and taught "Music Literacy for Working Musicians", a music theory course for MFA students. As program coordinator, I supported and communicated with prospective students throughout admissions process, designed a database to track prospective students, and assisted in designing and editing the program’s marketing plan and course catalog.

Ma, Mfa, Women'S Studies; Interdisciplinary Fine Arts, 4.0

Ba, Political Science, Music