Services For School Districts

Building Stronger Schools, Together

Strong schools need more than great ideas. They need thoughtful planning, supported educators, and programs that respond to the evolving needs of students and communities.

At 3 Looms, Jennifer partners with school districts and educational leaders to design, strengthen, and evaluate programs that create meaningful learning experiences and support long-term success.

Whether you're developing new initiatives, addressing teacher burnout, navigating emerging challenges like AI, or looking for ways to measure what's working, Jennifer brings more than 25 years of experience in education and district leadership to help you move forward with clarity and confidence.

Together, we can:

  • Design and strengthen educational programs and initiatives

  • Develop curriculum and effective instructional strategies

  • Build educator capacity through professional development

  • Create more joyful, connected learning environments

  • Evaluate programs and identify opportunities for improvement

  • Develop sustainable strategies that support students, teachers, and district goals

Areas of Expertise

  • Arts Education

  • Curriculum Development

  • Strategic Planning

  • Program Evaluation

  • Arts Integration

  • Educator Development

  • Organizational Leadership

  • Funding & Impact Strategy

The Problems We Help Solve

Mental Health

  • The increase in social isolation of our K-12 students 

  • Chronic teacher burnout

Arts

  • The need for non-profit theatres to expand education programming and build future audiences

  • To create Joyful learning environments

Scaling 

  • Identifying impact of programs for increased funding opportunities

  • Program evaluation for scalability

  • AI in schools

Program Development

Designing and building programs that meet real community needs and can be successfully delivered and sustained.

Strategic Thinking is key to strong programs

Strong programs start with thoughtful design and a clear understanding of community needs. We help you move from ideas to actionable, sustainable programs your team can confidently deliver. Together we plan, build staff capacity, and create the structure needed for programs to launch, grow, and last.

What this looks like in practice

  • Program design and planning

  • Community needs and asset assessments

  • Staff training and professional development

  • Implementation planning and workflows

  • Partnership and collaboration strategy

Program Evaluation

Collecting and using information to understand what’s working, what’s improving, and where to grow.

Reflection is key to the process

Evaluation should feel useful, not overwhelming. We design practical evaluation approaches that fit your team, your capacity, and your goals. 3 Looms will partner with you and serve as thought partner to help you understand what’s working and why, and generate meaningful, usable data.

If you are a school, non-profit, or for profit looking to better understand your programs - but not sure where to start in this process, 3 Looms can support that work.  

What this looks like in practice:

  • Evaluation planning and logic models

  • Data collection tools and surveys

  • Outcomes and indicator development

  • Staff training on evaluation practices

  • Turning data into insights for decision-making

Program Impact

Measuring and communicating the difference your programs make for the people and communities you serve

Your Work Matters

What this looks like in practice

  • Designing impact frameworks and measurement plans

  • Strengthening grant and funder-aligned language

  • Developing impact reports and storytelling

  • Supporting strategic planning and program growth

  • Aligning programs with long-term goals

It deserves to be clearly communicated. We help you measure, articulate, and share the impact of your programs with confidence. From impact frameworks to funder-ready language, we support you in telling your story with confidence.

Immersive Arts Integration

Transforming teaching and learning through creativity, collaboration, and meaningful student engagement.

Reimagine What's Possible in the Classroom

What this looks like in practice

  • Developing interdisciplinary, arts-integrated units of study

  • Providing professional development and coaching for educators

  • Supporting school leadership and strategic implementation

  • Building stronger relationships and a positive school climate

  • Creating sustainable staffing, scheduling, and implementation plans

Arts integration isn't about adding more to the curriculum. It's about transforming how students learn. Through a structured, four-year roadmap, we help K–8 schools integrate creative processes into everyday instruction, building deeper connections to content, more engaged learners, and a sustainable approach to teaching and learning.

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How To Get Started

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Book a Time

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Let’s Chat

I want to learn more about your work and how I can support you and the opportunities you’re looking to build.

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After we chat I will create a comprehensive proposal for you and your project that reflects your specific needs including time, budget and resources.

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What Partners Are Saying

  • ★★★★★

    “I am thrilled to share our outstanding experience with Jennifer Katona as our Education Consultant at the Sharon Playhouse. Over two half days, Jenn’s hands-on approach transformed our Education Department by helping us develop a comprehensive Strategic Plan.

    In just 8 hours, she expertly guided our staff in identifying strengths and weaknesses, resulting in a clear roadmap for our educational programming over the next five years. This strategic clarity has been invaluable, enabling us to successfully secure grants and donations from foundations, businesses, and private individuals.

    Jenn’s work has not only ensured funding for the next 20 years but has also significantly bolstered the health and sustainability of the Sharon Playhouse for decades to come. We cannot thank her enough for her exceptional contribution!”

    — Michael Baldwin -Education and Community Director Sharon Playhouse

  • ★★★★★

    Too often we see a revolving door of low-impact school partnerships by organizations and individuals who want to save the world without getting their hands dirty. When I first came to PS161, the school had 40+ cultural arts partnerships, and even had made the news with recent school celebrity appearances by Yo Yo Ma and Beyonce. And yet, we were struggling to get real arts programming off the ground - the kind where kids are really singing, acting, dancing, designing, and developing as artists. That's where Dr. Katona's vision was different. She did not impose a program but worked with us to learn what our community needed and helped us build something immersive and authentic,
    - Arts Education Liaison PS 161, NYC

  • ★★★★★

    “Dr. Jennifer Katona has worked with Starlight for years as a choreographer but in 2013 she joined our team as curriculum advisor. We had just completed the musical “Little Mermaid” with a cast of 46 ranging from second to twelfth grade. It was a great show but the question out there was, are we meeting every single children’s developmental needs and are the older students being challenged?

    That’s when Dr. Katona sat with us and helped us define our mission statement and articulate what our goals are for each student. This concluded with Dr. Katona laying out the lesson plans for two different age group shows. One for students 1-6th grade that was an hour junior production designed specifically for that age group and where the students who were 4-6th graders could take on lead roles. The second group would be for 7-12th graders, allowing them to present more challenging productions such as Les Miserable, Into the Woods, Newsies and Starlight Express on roller skates.

    Dr. Katona held workshops for the teens on audition monologues for college applications, explored with them all the different career opportunities for a theater major and defined the difference between a BFA and a BA. She also arranged for a meet and greet with cast members of “Come From Away” in NYC.

    Through the years, Jennifer’s guidance has been the rock we stand on especially now during Covid-19, as we learn how to do theater classes on Zoom. Today, because of Jennifer, we are holding 11 different Zoom theater classes and last spring our musical grew from a total of 46 students to 140, 78 in the younger group and 62 in the older group.

    These examples are just a small drop in the ocean of knowledge and guidance Dr. Katona has shared with us, for which we will forever be thankful.”

    -Starlight Community Theater

FAQs

  • 3 Looms partners with schools, school districts, nonprofits, and mission-driven organizations looking to design, strengthen, evaluate, or grow their programs. Whether you're launching something new or rethinking an existing initiative, I help turn big ideas into actionable plans and sustainable results.

  • Projects range from program design and strategic planning to curriculum development, research, program evaluation, and impact reporting. I also work with organizations to build staff capacity, strengthen partnerships, and identify opportunities for growth and funding. Every engagement is tailored to the organization's goals and needs.

  • Absolutely. I help organizations identify meaningful measures of success, develop tools to collect data, and analyze findings to understand what's working and where opportunities exist. That evidence can inform program improvements, strengthen grant applications, support fundraising, and help communicate your impact to stakeholders.

  • Both! Some organizations need support with a specific project, such as developing a strategic plan, designing a new program, or evaluating an existing initiative. Others benefit from an ongoing thought partner who can help navigate challenges, identify opportunities, and move priorities forward. I offer flexible engagements based on your organization's needs, capacity, and goals.

  • It starts with a conversation. I want to understand what you're trying to accomplish, what's getting in the way, and what resources and strengths you already have. From there, we develop a clear scope of work, timeline, and deliverables. Depending on your needs, I can serve as a strategic thought partner, lead a specific project, or work alongside your team to bring an initiative to life.