Barbara A. Collins, M.S.
Recent Clients and Projects
Santa Cruz County Probation Department (2001-Present)— I managed a year-long strategic planning process among community leaders to reform the court, service system, and community response to adolescent substance use, emphasizing effective treatment over criminal sanctions. The resulting four-year plan (2003-2007) was funded for $1 million by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Reclaiming Futures initiative. I am currently working with the Project Management Team to implement the Plan.
http://www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/prb/org/juvenileservices.html
http://www.reclaimingfutures.org/
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (2002)— I worked with a colleague to design and deliver a 35-hour training program to prepare cross-agency community teams to establish Serious Habitual Offender Community Action Plans (SHOCAP).
http://iacp.org/
Office for Victims of Crime, U. S. Dept. of Justice (2002)— I worked with the Director of Training to plan and facilitate a national symposium of faculty and content experts for the ten-year-old National Victims Assistance Academy program (4/03). I helped them create and analyze a pre-symposium survey, identified areas of potential conflict, designed the day-long meeting, assigned roles for staff, and provided facilitation. The Director and her staff said it was the most productive symposium they'≠d had.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/
Mountain Community Resources (1995-Present)— I have been facilitating annual board strategic planning retreats since 1995.
http://mountaincommunityresources.org/
National Institute of Corrections, Academy Division (1999-2001)— I developed and delivered three new 20-hour seminars to train juvenile and adult corrections managers, trainers, and counselors in group facilitation skills. These three seminars pinpoint the different leader competencies needed to facilitate group learning activities, work projects, and behavior-change groups.
http://nicic.org/
National Institute of Corrections, Academy Division (2001)— I worked with a design team to develop a week-long course on Building Management Training Capacity for Juvenile Justice Agencies. The topics included Current Trends and Issues in Management, Ensuring Agency Buy-In, Assessing Manager Competencies, "Build or Buy" Resource Options, Cost-Benefit Analysis, and Program/System Evaluation. The course was piloted with great success in 2001.
http://nicic.org/
National Institute of Corrections, Jails Division (2000-01)— I was awarded a sole-source contract to develop a national training program for newly appointed state Jail Inspectors. I compiled applicable laws and standards for jails and developed competency-based skills-training modules in conducting inspections and investigations, providing technical assistance, and managing multiple tasks.
http://nicic.org/
Education, Training and Research Associates (2001)— I headed a project team to develop and coordinate a girls'≠ leadership program to promote educational equity in three high schools. This project continues through 2004.
http://www.etr.org/
Planned Parenthood, Mar Monte Region (2001)— I worked with a newly promoted regional manager to plan her annual team-building and planning retreat. I interviewed each team member regarding their expectations and needs, helped her build the agenda and facilitated the day-long meeting. Her staff said it was the most productive retreat they'≠d ever had.
http://www.ppmarmonte.org/
Additional Clients:
Comments from participants:
- Barbara tailored the training to needs of the participants (which were varied).
- Barbara is patient and creates a comfortable climate for learning and sharing.
- She'≠s energetic and has a good sense of humor.
- The week-long program was fun' A learning experience' Useful' Worthwhile' Fantastic!
- She knew the topics well but did not dominate, allowing the class to practice their new learned skills.
- Barbara'≠s very open and engaging. She and her co-trainer made the group feel comfortable and helped us do a lot of work in a short period of time. They really demonstrated effective team training.
- The trainer was enthusiastic, helpful, and knowledgeable—just great!
- Great tempo, and I enjoyed the examples and opportunities to work on practical applications.
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