Toronto,
Canada
I
live in Toronto with my partner Ron.
I will start at OISE (University
of Toronto) in Developmental Psychology
in Education this fall and am a consultant
for the College of Early Childhood Educators,
Transitional Council. I also work with
the United
Workers in Baltimore and the Centre
for Learning and Democracy in Toronto.
About
Me
I have been a preschool teacher, storyteller and toy store owner. I've told
stories to thousands of children at school assemblies, science shows and
birthday parties. I've taught children ages two to twelve, young adults thirteen
to twenty and adults of all ages.
I love teaching because education opens up life's
possibilities - for both me and the students
I work with. Teaching is being part of liberation
lived daily. Teaching is opening up choice and
truth, generating power through knowledge, organizing
ideas into new meanings and expanding the lived
experience. Teaching is nurturing creative growth.
I have also been an organizer in the fight to
end poverty and to secure human rights for all.
Working with the United
Workers, a Maryland-based human rights organization
of over 800 low-wage workers, I have participated
in popular education workshops, countless home
visits and in protests against poverty. I helped
coordinate a planned living wages hunger strike,
which was called off when the demand for a living
wage at Camden Yards was finally met after a
three-year struggle.
I believe that the core human rights values
of respect and dignity extend to all persons
of all ages. I also believe that the core values
of education - love, truth, intentionality -
are the same no matter how young or old the learner.
At the intersection of human rights and early
education is love. Universal love requires respect
and dignity for all. Love enables human growth
and learning. Every child has a right to human
rights education, to be treated with respect
and to learn through joyful discovery. All children
have the right to be loved, without condition,
by those responsible for their care.
Recent
Media Highlights
Early
Education Experience
 |
| My
first "showcase" with students
and families at The Garden School. I am
reading a story in English while Satomi
reads it in Japanese. The theme of this
showcase was "changes" and brought
together our activities and projects over
the first two months of the school year
together. |
Science
Education Experience
 |
| Here
I am at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle
with students and families of The Garden
School. Later I worked at the centre performing
science shows and assemblies, teaching
hands-on summer classes and as Welcome
Coordinator of the overnight camp-in program. |
Educational
Children's Television Experience
 |
| This
is the set for Biz Kid$, a show on financial
literacy for young people. As production
coordinator I coordinated production operations.
I have also worked as an educational researcher
for NewStory Ventures and other production
projects. |
