Cal Crow, Ph. D.
Cal Crow is a co-founder and Program Director
at the Center for Learning Connections, one of the nation’s
first organizations to link education and training to the changing
economy and workplace. He has a long and varied background as an educator,
trainer, counselor and consultant.
Dr. Crow has taught at the K-12, community college
and graduate school levels, has been a counselor in private practice,
and has worked with businesses, government agencies and non-profit
organizations throughout the United States and Canada.
He has contracted with numerous state and federal
agencies and was one of three writers selected to revise the framework
for the National Career Development Guidelines, a federally funded
project of America’s Career Resource Network.
Dr. Crow was the major curriculum developer and
trainer for Washington State’s WorkFirst interagency staff development
project, and co-authored the revised Job Hunter Workshop curriculum
for the Washington State One-Stop System. During the spring of 2004,
he designed and piloted a curriculum currently being used to train
employment specialists who work with ex-offenders. He was also the
lead author for a training guide to assist Going Home educators who
work with incarcerated individuals preparing to return to the community.
At the request of the Washington State Secretary
of State’s office, Dr. Crow developed a variety of activities
that teachers can integrate into their curriculum, encouraging students
to become knowledgeable and active voters when they reach adulthood.
He has designed and managed projects in economically
distressed communities, in corrections facilities, in school districts,
in mental health centers, and for a variety of welfare and workforce
development agencies. He is currently working with educators, non-profit
agencies, and incarcerated individuals in New York State on a project
to reduce offender recidivism rates.
Dr. Crow holds a Ph. D. from Arizona State University
and has consulted, conducted training and made presentations in forty-three
states and territories, Jamaica and Canada on a variety of topics.