Experience

University of Maine at Farmington

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education

  • Sep 2014 - Present



The Biosophical Institute

• Education Director

  • Jun 2007 - Present

  Organize and develop peace education projects to connect peace, nature, and spirituality for young children. Coordinate grants for peace education projects and archive literature of the Biosophical Institute from the past 90 years. Present at conferences about Biosophical concepts of developing inner peace. Trustee of the National Peace Academy. Organize and develop peace education projects to connect peace, nature, and spirituality for young children. Coordinate grants for peace education projects and archive literature of the Biosophical Institute from the past 90 years. Present at conferences about Biosophical concepts of developing inner peace. Trustee of the National Peace Academy.



Nature Preschools and Early Childhood Environmental Education

• Consultant

  • Jun 2007 - Present

  Provide expertise in the area of early childhood environmental education and starting nature preschools. Clients include Sesame Street, National Audubon Society, Kalamazoo Nature Center, Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, Green Hearts Institute for Nature in Childhood, and Spiffy Productions. Member of advisory board for starting a new early childhood environmental education alliance under the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE). Provide expertise in the area of early childhood environmental education and starting nature preschools. Clients include Sesame Street, National Audubon Society, Kalamazoo Nature Center, Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, Green Hearts Institute for Nature in Childhood, and Spiffy Productions. Member of advisory board for starting a new early childhood environmental education alliance under the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE).



Antioch University New England

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Assistant Director, Nature-based Early Childhood Program and Adjunct Faculty

  • Oct 2013 - Jul 2014

  Provide administrative program development support for the Nature-based Early Childhood Program including coordination of conferences, developing recruitment materials, conducting guest presentations in early childhood classes, and supervising interns. Developed and teach a Nature-based Early Childhood Curriculum course for the new Nature-based Early Childhood Program. Provide administrative program development support for the Nature-based Early Childhood Program including coordination of conferences, developing recruitment materials, conducting guest presentations in early childhood classes, and supervising interns. Developed and teach a Nature-based Early Childhood Curriculum course for the new Nature-based Early Childhood Program.



Schlitz Audubon Nature Center

• Milwaukee, WI

• Preschool Director

  • Jun 2003 - Jul 2012

  Founding director of the nature preschool. Responsible for overall management and creative planning of the early childhood programming and the nature focused preschool Additional responsibilities included oversight of several grants for implementing nature programming for inner-city childcare centers and evaluation of these programs and the nature preschool. Presented teacher workshops, published articles, and presented at conferences on connecting nature and young children. Founding director of the nature preschool. Responsible for overall management and creative planning of the early childhood programming and the nature focused preschool Additional responsibilities included oversight of several grants for implementing nature programming for inner-city childcare centers and evaluation of these programs and the nature preschool. Presented teacher workshops, published articles, and presented at conferences on connecting nature and young children.



Metro Community College

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Adjunct Faculty

  • Sep 2002 - Jun 2003

  Taught early childhood education introduction and methods classes for degree-seeking students. Taught early childhood education introduction and methods classes for degree-seeking students.



Fontenelle Nature Association

• Co-Director Education and ECO Institute

  • Jun 1998 - Aug 2002

  Responsible for overall management of the education department and its programs including supervision of staff, serving as a member of the FNA management team, developing education department budget, assisting as an instructor, developed new educational initiatives. Responsible for planning, research, implementation, and evaluation of all educational components of the nationally-focused ECO Institute including teaching training, nature-focused preschool, parent/child classes, childcare and preschool field trips, and dissemination of information (workshop presentations and co-editor of internationally distributed Earthworm newsletter). Show less



Cuyahoga Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Faculty

  • Aug 1997 - Jun 1998

  Taught Science for Early Childhood classes for degree-seeking students. In addition to science, the course content included math, social science and cooking. Taught Science for Early Childhood classes for degree-seeking students. In addition to science, the course content included math, social science and cooking.



The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

• Early Childhood Educator/Naturalist

  • Sep 1992 - Jun 1998

  Responsible for managing, developing and implementing early childhood environmental education programming, preschool teacher workshops, programs with preschool children and their families, a nature-based curriculum used with local preschool including Head Start. Additional naturalist responsibilities included providing elementary school programs, family public programs, and special event programming. Responsible for managing, developing and implementing early childhood environmental education programming, preschool teacher workshops, programs with preschool children and their families, a nature-based curriculum used with local preschool including Head Start. Additional naturalist responsibilities included providing elementary school programs, family public programs, and special event programming.