Caitlin Doyle Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts

•Interview, hire, train, mentor, coach, and evaluate Museum Educators, co-op students, Coordinator ofCommunity & Family Programs, and the Community Arts Organizer.•Support the Community Arts Organizer with the hiring and training of Community Arts Liaisons.•Strategically develop and oversee program content for all Artful Adventures tours and Home School programs including pricing, structure, format, policies, and Museum Educator lesson plans.•Track attendance and write narrative reports for program areas to fulfill contract and funding requirements for Community Arts Initiative, VSA Museum Access for Kids program (Artful Adventures/ ACCESS collaboration), Artful Adventures, and special events and programs funded through sponsorship.•Actively serve on interdepartmental teams for group visits at the MFA and collaborate with other departments across the Museum on program support, planning, and promotion.•Oversee operations for the Community Arts Initiative Artist Project including the Call to Artists, information sessions, jury, interviews, web page copy, and supporting the selected artist with supplies, logistics, space reservations, overall scheduling of events, and miscellaneous project needs.•Organize and provide logistical and operational support for the annual CAI Artist Project Opening Reception.•Design the online art-making instructions on www.mfa.org/artathome. Purchase materials within budget and work with MFA volunteers, the co-op student, and Coordinator of Community & Family Programs to assemble 1000 kits per giveaway event.•Develop and implement visitor-centered art-making engagement opportunities for visitors of all ages such as vacation weeks and drop-in art activities during pop-up programs and events including MFA Late Nites and Open Houses.

Boston, Ma

•Interviewed, trained, and managed 28 part-time instructors, 1 full-time co-op student per semester, and 3-5 summer interns. •Oversaw and coordinated logistics for community programming at the MFA and off-site including Artful Adventures, Birthday Parties, Home School Classes, Scout Programs, and Community Arts Initiative. •Served as a key contact within the Museum for community groups by inputting and maintaining community group reservations in the Museum’s ticketing database (Tessitura), e-mailing confirmation materials, updating calendars, scheduling staff, and purchasing supplies.•Accurately maintained expense records and processed over 100 community group billing and payment requests per month. •Initiated and led planning meetings with instructors and contacts for Artful Adventures programs and community events.

Boston, Ma

•Collaborated with staff from ACCESS, Group Sales, Visitor Services, and Protective Services to coordinate group schedules, develop policies and best practices for consistency, anticipate and resolve problems, and ensure that all groups had an enjoyable and meaningful visit.•Established relationships and created partnerships with schools, libraries, and community organizations. •Communicated with teachers, group leaders, and parents to promote programs and help them plan visits to the Museum.•Developed new programming for scouts and children on the autism spectrum, and expanded off-site programs.•Created and distributed online parent surveys and collaborated with MFA instructors, staff, and interns to assess and improve home school program offerings.•Maintained and created new content for all of the community pages on the MFA website and Educators Extranet site.•Purchased supplies and oversaw the upkeep of art materials and classroom spaces.

Boston, Ma

•Streamlined operations and improved program communication and awareness Museum-wide. •Established work stations for instructors, instituted new organizational systems for office and studio classroom spaces, and made teaching materials easily accessible for all staff. •Converted confirmation materials into editable electronic document templates that can be easily e-mailed or used as part of a mail merge. •Designed new e-brochures, e-cards, and other electronic documents to promote and answer frequently asked questions about programs. •Researched and created distribution lists targeted for specific groups (Girl Scouts, Preschools/ Early Childhood Centers, After School Programs) for marketing using e-mail blasts. •Collaborated with Marketing and Creative Services to improve web layout and add additional pages for Artful Adventures and Community Arts programs.•Worked with Restaurant Associates (MFA food service provider) to create a specific menu for Birthday Parties that included both a la carte and boxed lunch options as well as cake, cupcakes, and small ice cream cups at a reduced cost to parents. •Developed Coordinator of Community Arts position.

Boston, Ma

•Communicated with teachers, parents, and camp directors to plan and teach customized Artful Adventures tours and art activities for groups of children in preschool through high school.•Designed Artful Adventures Birthday Party program offerings, overhauled the party format, and led group visits.

Chestnut Hill, Ma

•Planned and facilitated learning experiences for groups of children in preschool through 2nd grade enrolled in the extended day program.

Natick, Ma

•Co-taught children entering kindergarten and first grade enrolled in Broadmoor’s summer camp sessions – Motion Notion, Bird Bandits, and Sensory Sleuths.•Provided learning opportunities for exploring in the field, forest, and marsh habitats within the sanctuary.•Used a nature trail and resources available from Broadmoor to teach 1st and 4th graders at a public school in Dover, MA about animals, plants, adaptations, habitats, and seasons.

Millis, Ma

•Conceptualized and designed a town-wide Art and Poetry Project with the president of the Millis Garden Club giving children in kindergarten through eighth grade an artistic outlet to demonstrate their knowledge of nature and gardens while also raising awareness for a new children's garden and playground.•Managed a panel of independent judges who examined all entries for publication, enlisted support from local businesses for donations of art activity supplies, and worked with the local children’s librarian to set up a related book display at the library.•Showcased submitted children's work at multiple private businesses and public locations from March 28th to June 1st on a weekly rotation and at the park on the day of the event.•Coordinated with an editor at The Milford Daily News to publish select entries and information about the Art and Poetry Project and the event over a three-week span.•Organized and facilitated a stepping stone workshop for seventeen children prior to the event, and two art activities within the children’s art pavilion.

Millis, Ma

•Assisted the classroom teacher, prepared materials, taught reading groups, and created and implemented science lessons following town and state standards integrating lessons into other areas of the curriculum such as reading, writing, math, and art.