ARLENE GOTSHALK, MA, SPHR. Arlene’s many years of caring for her veteran husband and aging parents coupled with 30 years in education, business administration, and nonprofit administration has led to the creation of the CareGiving Toolkit. She has taught numerous courses in how students learn, including theories of cognition and motivation and their application to traditional classrooms and online learning. She created curriculum for Business and Professional Writing, Writing for the Web, and Creating Learning Environments designed to support online instruction.
Arlene’s professional development classes, workshops, and conference presentations are known for being thoughtful, practical, and engaging. She created and developed the CareGiving Toolkit as she guided hundreds of people in her “Caring for the Caregiver” workshops.
In addition to the CareGiving Toolkit, Arlene has written The Search, Selection, and Hiring Process: Personnel Handbook for California Nonprofits and was editor for Legal Lines newsletter.
Arlene began her career as a public school teacher and is an Early Childhood Education Specialist. She has taught everyone from kindergartners, parents, teachers, college students, and business professionals.
EDUCATION
MA, Education, Sonoma State University, CA.
Early Childhood Education, Thesis: Motivational influences on learning. Children learn most successfully through participation
Teaching Credential: Standard Elementary and Early Childhood Education
BA, English/Humanities, University of California, Berkeley
SPHR, Senior Professional in Human Resources, Certification Institute Society For Human Resource Management
WHAT HER STUDENTS SAY
T.H., “Arlene was my seminar leader/coach. She was remarkable! I learned so much and came away with lots of resources to use myself and share with my family.”
E.K., “Wonderful, kind, supportive teaching…you’re an excellent gift to our community.”
E.R., “Arlene has coached me and been a strong and consistent mentor for me in the workplace. She has the patience to teach new skills and is very organized on how she presents information so that it is easy to understand and remember.”