Director, Asthma Training Institute
Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention & Control
NYCDOHMH
“Michele has been an invaluable consultant for my program at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. She has helped our Asthma and Chronic Disease Training Institutes develop new training curriculum on chronic disease self-management, evaluate existing training design, and produce written training manuals. Her depth of experience, creativity and energy have helped to move us forward on projects that were stuck on the back burner before she arrived on the scene! She has proved to be a quick study on a range of public health issues, and has brought keen observational skills and a fresh outlook that has helped us develop relevant and useful training programs for our diverse target audiences. From leading focus groups, to making site visits, to observing our trainings, to creating “plain language” training materials—Michele has brought commitment and skill to every aspect of her work with us and we look forward to continuing this productive relationship.”
Director, Creative and Content Development
Zuma ed.
I’ve worked with Michele often, and continue to be impressed not only the quality of her research but by her talents as a writer. She can frame difficult concepts and complicated material into terms that teachers, students, and producers can understand. She’s a great talent, a terrific collaborator, and as reliable as they come.”
Owner & Partner
The Baird Group
“Michele Israel is a colleague with whom I would work anytime, anywhere. She delivers what she says she’ll deliver, every time that she’s asked. In fact, when I worked with her, the documents that she delivered were above the level of most of the other writers on the project, and they were consistently better. Michele will take the time to do due diligence before she begins a project so that there are no surprises for her or for her client. You’d have to go great distances to find someone with equal talent and ability.”
Executive Director
Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education
“I have had the good fortune, and pleasure, of working with Michele Israel on a variety of projects over the past years. She is bright, articulate, and talented. Most importantly: Michele’s work is of the highest quality.”
Director, Chronic Disease Training Institute
NYCDOHMH
“Michele Israel is one of the best consultants I have ever worked with. Not only is she an incredibly talented curriculum developer and trainer, she is also extremely hardworking and conscientious. Her curriculum work is imaginative, interactive and exciting for the learner, yet she is able to effectively and efficiently convey the necessary key messages. And, watching her in action in the classroom is a delight – she really brings her creations to life. I have hired several times and plan to again, as frequently as possible.”
Executive Director
Creative Response to Conflict
“Michele is an enthusiastic curriculum and proposal writer for our conflict resolution organization, Creative Response To Conflict. She has helped us with several proposals and advised us on multi-aged curricula. Michele is extremely reliable and always does what she says she will. I highly recommend her!.”
Executive Director/CEO
AIDS Service Center NYC
“It has been a true joy to work with Michele for more than a decade. In that time, she has helped AIDS Service Center NYC to translate complex information about HIV/AIDS into polished prose that captures the special nature of the agency’s – and its partners’ – work. Michele is a capable writer, researcher, curriculum developer and overall a multitalented consultant whose versatility, intellect and consistently high-quality work would be an asset to any organization.”
Program Director
Healthy Families Brooklyn
“Words cannot express what a wonderful experience it was to work with Michele!! She was clear, concise and very supportive. The tobacco control curriculum for adults she helped write and edit was first rate, but the education I was given about teaching adults was absolutely TREMENDOUS. I could not have been successful without her writing and coaching. Thank you.”
Founder, Editor in Chief
Education World
“Michele has written for Education World on a wide range of topics. Whether writing about professional development topics, principals who have decided to return to teaching, or managing difficult people, Michele’s articles are always well researched and thorough. Michele tracks down the best quote sources, focuses on the most practical ideas for her targeted audience, and distills buckets of details into easy-to-understand bullets. With some writers, my editing software gets a real workout; with Michele, it gets a well-deserved rest. Her work is polished and ready to publish.”
Vice President
Education Department – Brooklyn Botanic Garden
“I had the pleasure of working with Michele when I first arrived at Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG). I was very interested in developing a mission for the Education Department and creating a strategic direction for the department. Michele was incredibly helpful, resourceful and committed to the project. She asked the hard questions. Her research was invaluable. As a result, Michele assisted me in preparing the Education Department to take on some key initiatives that focused on serving our high school audience including the development of our latest initiative, Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment (BASE), a small new public high school focusing on science, environmental studies and urban ecology. BASE was developed by BBG, Prospect Park Alliance and the New York City Department of Education.”
Director – Interactive Media and Outreach
WETA
“Michele Israel has created companion discussion and curriculum materials for public television projects on topics ranging from Hispanic arts to biological warfare to boxing. She is a tremendously talented writer with a gift for presenting difficult material in an intelligent and accessible style. Her work for WETA has been a tremendous asset and a key component in public television efforts to extend the impact of educational documentaries long after broadcast.”
Freelance Education Editor
NOW
“Michele produced both lesson plans and classroom activity ideas for feature stories addressed by NOW with Bill Moyers (NOW is currently hosted by David Brancaccio). With each assignment, she researched and organized helpful resources and teaching strategies so that it would be easy for educators to connect their curricula to current events. The materials she developed also encouraged students to be proactive about their role in democracy.”
