| Date of Birth: December 11, 1951 | |
| Citizenship: American with permanent residency in Japan | |
| Address: Nishioka 4 jo 11-chome 13-21 Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido. |
| Email: [email protected] Phone: 011-583-3199 Fax: 080-4400-8688 |
Teaching Certification
| Lifetime New Jersey Certification in Elementary Education, May 1980 |
Education
| May 1974 | B.S. in Elementary Education 1974 Benedictine College, Atchison, KS |
| June 2000 | M.A. in Education 2000 Heidelberg University Tiffin, Ohio |
Employment
| Nov. 1980 – July 1984 Villa Victoria Academy Trenton, New Jersey USA | Elementary Classroom Teacher: Grade 4 |
| Aug. 1993 – July 2018 Hokkaido International School (HIS) Sapporo, Japan | Elementary Classroom Teacher: Kindergarten, Grade 3, Grade 4 and Grade2/3 multi-aged Sapporo, Japan Elementary Coordinator and Classroom Teacher From 2004 through 2007 IPC (International Primary Curriculum) Coordinator 2005 to 2016 and Classroom Teacher HIS Niseko Campus Set-up and Principal December 2011 to June 2012 |
| Oct. 2018 to Present Mary School (English Language School) Sapporo, Japan | Group Lesson teacher Private Student teacher |
Organization Affiliation
| April 2018 to Present | Hokkaido Multinational Support Community (HMSC) Vice Co-Chairperson and Membership Coordinator http://www.hokkaidomsc.org/about-us/ |
| 2005 to Present | The Virtues Project (Character Education) Virtues Project Facilitator Trainer Character Education Presenter |
Professional Development 2000 to Present
| 2000 | East Asian Writing Workshop Thailand |
| 2003 | ESL in the Classroom Presenter: Virginia Rojas Kobe, Japan |
| 2004 | EARCOS (East Asia Regional Council of Schools) Leadership Conference Vietnam |
| 2005 | IPC (International Primary Curriculum) Regional Conference Assessment and brain friendly learning Guangzhou, China |
| 2006 | EARCOS (East Asia Regional Council of Schools) Leadership Conference Presenter on Character Education Malaysia |
| 2006 | IPC Regional Conference Assessment of student learning Macau, China |
| 2006 | Character Education Virtues Facilitator Training Seattle, WA USA |
| 2006 | Curriculum Development in the International School Presenter: Director of Principals Training Center, Ms. Bambi Betts St. Maur’s (Toyko) 2006 |
| 2007 | IPC Regional Conference Leading the IPC Ho Chi Min, Vietnam |
| 2008 | Curriculum Development in the International School Assessment for Learning Presenter: Director of Principals Training Center, Ms. Bambi Betts Sapporo (HIS Hokkaido International School) |
| 2009 | Differentiation in the International School Presenters: Powells Sapporo (HIS) |
| 2010 | The 7 Keys to Comprehension Presenter: Susan Zimmermann Sapporo (HIS) |
| 2013 | Hong Kong Literacy Conference Writing Workshop Presenter: Carl Anderson Reading Workshop Presenter: ??? Hong Kong Metacognition Presenters: Powells Sapporo (HIS) |
| 2014 | Hong Kong Literacy Conference Writing Workshop Presenter: Carl Anderson Reading Workshop Presenter: Kathy Collins Hong Kong |
| 2014 | Virtues Project Presenter: Dara Feldman Sapporo (HIS) |
| 2016 | Singapore Math Presenter: Ban Yar Heap Sendai, Japan |
| 2018 | Rethinking Literacy and Numeracy Singapore |
Spoken Languages
| Native English Intermediate Japanese (I understand more than I can speak) |