WORK WITHIN EDUCATION TIME LINE: Environmental Educator, The Outdoor Lesson - June 2008 - June 2010 Co-led farm-based education program of the Pfeiffer Center for Biodynamics, Spring Valley, NY. Taught 450 public elementary school students a year from the East Ramapo School District. Kindergarten through 5th grade lessons on agriculture, history, nutrician and nature observation. Adjunct Professor, The Hoverter Arts Course, Messiah College - Spring 2008 Co-taught an introductory college course on the arts and the artistic process, Perry County, PA. Administrator, The Center for the Education of the Imagination - Oct. 2007 - June 2008 Collaborating founder of a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts’ regional arts education program. Coordinated and evaluated professional artist's long term residencies in public schools. Enrollment and Outreach Coordinator, Sunbridge College - June 2006 - July 2007 Administrator at Waldorf teacher training graduate school in Spring Valley, NY. Responsible for student recruitment, advertising, public events and website development. Special Education Teacher, Public School #771 - Sept. 2003- July 2005 Classroom teacher for 5, 6 and 7 year old children with Autism in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Received Masters of Education while teaching through the NYC Teaching Fellows Program. Campaign Staff, NYPIRG and GreenPeace USA - Oct. 2002- March 2003 Organized Global Warming citizen outreach campaign and trained new staffers, New York, NY Therapeutic Staff Support, Youth Advocate Programs - June - Oct. 2002 Accompanied at-risk and developmentally delayed adolescents in wrap around program. Providing one-on-one behavioral support for children and their families in York County, PA Counselor, Tressler Wilderness Center, Appalachian Trail - June-Aug. 2001 Co-led adjudicated youth on wilderness course and recovery program, Boiling Springs, PA. Teaching References: Carol Avery (The Outdoor Lesson of the Pfeiffer Center for Biodynamics) Carol (at) pfeiffercenter.org I (845) 356-0630 ext. 16 I www.peiffercenter.org/odl Barbara Vanacore (Area Coordinator for P.S. 771) P.S. 771 @ 225 I 1075 Oceanview Ave. I Brooklyn, NY 11235 I (718) 891.3600 |
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