Cardinal Consulting Group, Inc.
Phone: 412-828-9024
Fax: 412-828-9794
paula@cardinalconsultinggroup.net

Cardinal Consulting Group, Inc.
is approved by the Pennsylvania
Department of Education as
an Act 48 program provider.

Biography

Paula Calabrese Paula Calabrese is regionally recognized as a leader in teaching and learning, an engaging speaker and an effective facilitator. Her common sense approach to organizational and personal development motivates and inspires audiences to take action. Paula's areas of expertise include curriculum, instruction and assessment along with communications, staff training, strategic planning, team building and leadership development.

As a practitioner and change agent, Paula guides stakeholders through team building, goal setting and planning processes that culminate in productive practices and improved results for themselves and their organization. Her professional career includes public and private school teaching and administration, K-12 through the graduate level, and she continues to apply that knowledge and experience as an independent consultant. Paula established the Hampton Alliance for Educational Excellence (HAEE), a nonprofit educational foundation that provides annual grants and incentives to teachers and students. Her avid interest in technology guided and informed her vision for the future of education as she founded and served as CEO of the Pennsylvania Learners Online (PALO) Regional Cyber Charter School which serves more than 500 students across the region. Paula holds a Bachelor's and two Master's degrees from Duquesne University and a Doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh. Paula is a community activist, an advocate for libraries and a member of the eiNetwork Board. In 2003, she successfully spearheaded a local referendum to renovate the Oakmont Carnegie Library and make it universally accessible. The referendum passed with an unprecedented success rate of 74.8% to 25.2%. To maintain her professional knowledge and skills, Paula networks with colleagues in The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), Phi Delta Kappa (PDK), Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries (PCBL), Pennsylvania Library Association (PALA), the American Library Association (ALA) and the Innovations and Best Practices Committee of the Allegheny County Library Association (ACLA).