Our primary role as educators is to create a literacy-rich, aesthetic environment and a warm, exciting atmosphere wherein children want to explore and learn, creativity and uniqueness are fostered, and in which expressing feelings and collaboration are modeled and supported.

TWENTY FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE

• Training educators by direct demonstration with children of all ages in music, drama, dance, yoga, and art; linking the arts to literacy, science, math, self esteem, and cultural diversity.
  
• Directing preschool and school age child care, arts programs, and performing arts studio, including large educational and arts facilities.
  
• Developing arts programs that use movement, music, and theatrical improvisation as tools for improving communication skills, clarifying feelings, and building confidence.
  
• Facilitating collaborative and creative adult and children’s groups in training and therapeutic settings.
  
• Extensive teaching and performing music, theatre, and dance.

CREDENTIALS

• Training consultant for Child Care Circuit, Massachusetts Trial Court Child Care Project, and Tufts University Center for Applied Child Development, MA.
• Arts/Curriculum Coordinator for Community Day Care of Lawrence, Inc., MA.
• Director of Gregg Neighborhood House, Inc. supportive school age program, Lynn, MA.
• Director and lead teacher certification from Office of Child Care Services, MA.
• Graduate study in Psychology and Health Administration. BS in Child Development and Educational Psychology; secondary focus in Fine Arts - Union College, N.Y.
• Professional training seminars over seventeen years covering Communication, Supervision, Management, Family Therapy, Behavior Management, Curriculum, Project Approach.
• Psychotherapy training with Gestalt Institute of Cleveland and Cambridge.