Harlan Brownlee

Experience

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  Community School #1

  Jan 1984 - May 2020

  Creative Movement Instructor - teaching a weekly class that integrates dance into the curriculum

  Community School #1 (CS#1) is a small, independent elementary school built on the principles of academic excellence, responsible citizenship and sense of community. CS#1 strives to provide an atmosphere that values diversity and supports social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development. The school challenges students to reach their personal best while promoting high academic standards for all.• Designed and implemented hundreds of lesson plans over 31 years instructing a weekly class that integrates dance and movement into the general curriculum with an emphasis on the subject areas of science and literacy • Incubator for new lesson plans that have resulted in teacher workshops and published in multiple formats• Open classroom for pre-service teachers to observe demonstrations of best practices in arts integration using dance and movement Show less

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  City in Motion Dance Theater

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1999

  Artistic Co-Director

  • Oversaw all aspects of artistic productions from conceptual design to theatrical presentation• Managed and produced multiple theatrical performances and presentations • Created curriculum and training staff for the extended day school program along with grant writing and reporting • Developed and coordinated fundraising plan with City in Motion Board• Secured and administered numerous grants for educational and production projects• Designed and produced various educational programs and workshops Show less

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  Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

  Jan 1993 - Jan 2010

  Consultant

  • Served as a presenter for the Fine Arts Assessment and Arts in the Curriculum Workshops • Served on the Fine Arts Task Force• Team Leader and writer for the Grade Level Expectations in Dance for the state of Missouri• Launched collaborative that advocates and lobbies industry interests at the Missouri State Legislation• Developed and published state-wide Curriculum Frameworks and Fine Arts Assessment for implementation throughout Missouri School Districts

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  Kansas City Young Audiences

  Oct 1999 - Jan 2009

  With a budget of $1.4M and a staff of nine, Kansas City Young Audiences (KCYA) is the largest provider of arts education services in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Annually, the organization provides 700 performances and 1,800 workshops to 178,000 students. In January of 2004, KCYA opened the Community School of the Arts, serving more than 1,300 students annually and offering after school instruction in creative writing, dance, drama, music (vocal and instrumental), and visual arts.• From FY 2005 through FY 2008, decreased agency’s annual operating deficit by 71%• Developed business and evaluation plan for the Community School of the Arts, more than doubling enrollments in Fall 2007 and 2008• Revised systems for accounts receivable, including reconciliation procedures for contributed income and improved customer services• From 2005 - 2008, initiated and led effort to expand Arts Partners program from 7 school districts to 11, and increased involvement of community arts organizations Show less • Directed the development, standards, and marketing of 117 programs and 192 teaching artists for KCYA roster of in-school programs • Reversed 11 successive years of declining program sales, increasing program sales 14% in year 1 and 42% in year 2 • Initiated and developed a flexible database that streamlined and automated scheduling, reports, and tracking, providing timely information to clients and staff • Created and implemented systematic evaluation of programs, doubling the return rate of survey data, and aiding the selection of exemplary programs Show less

  • Executive Director

    Nov 2005 - Jan 2009

  • Director of Artistic Programming

    Oct 1999 - Oct 2005
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  Kennedy Center

  Jan 2001 - now

  Arts Education Consultant / Teaching Artist

  Established in 1991, the Partners in Education program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is designed to assist arts and cultural organizations throughout the nation develop and/or expand educational partnerships with local school systems. Changing Education through the Arts at the Kennedy Center provides the foundation for this national program through local professional development. • Currently design and present workshops and seminars for school districts across the country through the Kennedy Center's Changing Education through the Arts Program and the Partners in Education National Touring Program • Designed classroom curriculum, integrating kinesthetic and dance/arts based learning concepts • Developed and oversaw the publication of instructional packets and supplementary PowerPoint presentations Show less

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  University of Missouri-Kansas City

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  Adjunct Instructor

  • Taught undergraduate course Creative Activities 402, an arts integration course for pre-service teachers incorporating strategies for integrating the arts into the general classroom curriculum. The course included basic principles of creativity and their application in the teaching of art, creative dramatics, creative dance, musical and rhythmic interpretation

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  Rockhurst University

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  Adjunct Faculty

  • Taught Teacher Education program, ED 7710.• Taught graduate course ED 6400 Advanced Psychological Foundations, • Taught graduate students ED 6150 Field Experience and Action Research,

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  ArtsKC - Regional Arts Council

  Jan 2009 - Jul 2015

  President & CEO

  With a budget of $1.8M and a staff of 11, ArtsKC – Regional Arts Council unleashes the economic power of the Arts. In 2007, initiated the ArtsKC Fund and over the past eight years, the Fund has distributed $3.1 million in new funding to Kansas City metropolitan area arts organizations, arts programs, and individual artists. • Led the development of Regional Cultural Plan, working with nearly 2,000 individuals and 58 community partners. • Relocated ArtsKC office and event space to the Crossroads Arts District in July 2014 resulting in more than 11,000 visitors from 7/2014 to 7/2015• Appeared as a frequent guest on KCUR’s Up to Date and Central Standard, the Bridge 90.9, KC Creative, and KCPT, educating viewers on the economic impact of the arts and arts as a means of building community• Led ArtsKC from budget deficit of $200,000 in FY2009 to balanced budgets from FY2012 through FY2015• Raised contributed revenue of $1.8M annually including $752,831 from individual donors• Secured gifts and grants totaling $2.5M for the ArtsKC Fund• Initiated and established Arts Advocacy Action Alerts that now reach 4,600 individuals across the region Show less

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  Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey

  Dec 2015 - Dec 2018

  Chief Executive Officer

  The mission of Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey (KCFAA) is making dance accessible to all people by presenting the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Ailey II, teaching young people critical life skills through dance, and modeling interracial and multi-cultural community partnerships.

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  The Strategy Group, LLC - Nonprofit Consulting

  Jan 2019 - now

  Senior Affiliated Consultant

  The Strategy Group is a small team of passionate and deeply committed professionals driven toward a vision of social, economic, educational and health equity; improving the life conditions of our fellow humans; and supporting organizations like foundations, schools and nonprofits to achieve their potential as agents of social good. https://www.thestrategygrp.org/

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  Focus 5 Inc.

  Aug 2019 - now

  Educational Consultant

  Focus 5 Inc. provides high quality professional learning opportunities and program consulting focused on aligning arts integration, best instructional practices, and current thinking in the field of arts and education. We collaborate and consult with teachers, teaching artists, schools, school districts, arts organizations, arts commissions, arts councils, and museums around the country. We are in classrooms on a daily basis to keep our work refined, relevant, and effective in the ever-growing and evolving field of arts integration and education. We seek to be a national leader in the field of arts integration and educational consulting with a team of personable experts dedicated to high quality education for all young people. Our consulting staff includes National Board Certified teachers, professional artists, teaching artists, arts integration specialists, a technology specialist and a reading specialist. Show less