Who's The Teacher?
Teaching Experience:
10 Years teaching 1st Grade at The Pingry School, NJ - Co-Ed
8 Years teaching 2nd Grade at Kent Place School, NJ - All Girls
4 Years teaching K-2 at Allen-Stevenson School, NYC - All Boys
2 Years teaching K-2 at The Brearley School, NYC - All Girls
1 Year teaching K at The Packer Collegiate School, Brooklyn Heights, NY - Co-Ed
10 Years at Packer Collegiate Summer Camp, Brooklyn Heights, NY - Co-Ed
Summer Children's Garden Work:
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
New York Botanical Gardens
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Calloway Gardens
Atlanta Botanical Garden
Birmingham Botanical Garden
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden (applied for 2013)
National Children & Youth Garden Symposium (Planning to attend in July 2013)
Conferences & Workshops:
8 years in attendance at the NAIS People of Color Conference - all over the country
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden - National Educator's Conference, Richmond, VA 2013
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden - Science in your Schoolyard, Richmond, VA 2013
Rutgers Continuing Education - iPads and Science in the garden, New Brunswick, NJ 2013
NC Botanical Gardens - Concrete Creations; Garden Ornaments, Chapel Hill, NC 2013
Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens - Landscape Design I: The Basics, Charlotte, NC 2013
Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens - Early Winter Owl Prowls, Charlotte, NC 2012
Atlanta Botanical Gardens - All Things Vanilla, Atlanta, GA 2012
Calloway Gardens - Learning about Ladybugs, LaGrange, GA 2012
North Carolina Botanical Garden - Growing a Pizza Garden, Chapel Hill, NC 2012
NY Botanical Garden - Digital SLR I : The Basics, Bronx NY 2012
NY Botanical Garden - Photographing Flowers, Bronx, NY 2012
NY Botanical Garden - Soil Basics: Get it Right, Bronx, NY 2011
NY Botanical Garden - Jump Start Your Garden for Spring, Bronx, NY 2011
NY Botanical Garden - Pruning 101: Shape up your Garden, Bronx NY 2011
Calloway Gardens - Fall Gardening School, LaGrange, GA, 2011
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens - Companion Planting; Flowers & Vegetables, Brooklyn, NY 2011
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens - Soil Spa Basics; Using Mulch, Leaves & Cover Crops, Brooklyn, NY 2011
Chicago Botanical Gardens - Math for Gardeners, Chicago, Ill, 2011
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens -Urban Garden Maintenance, Brooklyn, NY 2011
Chicago Botanical Gardens - Dig In! Hands on Soil Investigations, Chicago, Ill, 2011
Botanical Gardens of NC at Charlotte - Insects & Pests in the Garden, Charlotte, NC, 2011
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens - How to Build A School Garden, Brooklyn, NY 2011
Bank Street College Continuing Ed class - Hands on Science for Young Children, NY,NY 2011
Rutgers Continuing Ed Class - rain barrels and water catchments, Essex County, NJ 2011
New York Academy of Science - Randall's Island wetlands & urban gardening, NY,NY, 2010
Rutgers Continuing Education - Dirt & Soil Testing workshop, New Brunswick, NJ, 2010
Maplewood Goes Green! - Solar Kitchens, Eco Footprint workshop, Maplewood, NJ 2010
Essex County Environmental Center - Making soaps & lotion from nature, Roseland, NJ 2010
Fernbank Museum - Water! Cycles for Life workshop & Imax movie, Atlanta, GA 2010
Atlanta Botanical Gardens - From Garden to Table, Atlanta, GA 2010
Atlanta Botanical Gardens - Grow Your Own Pharmacy, Atlanta, GA 2010
Atlanta Botanical Gardens - Sustainable Southern Gardening, Atlanta, GA 2010
Atlanta Botanical Gardens - Planning & preparing your fall garden, Atlanta, GA 2010
Atlanta Botanical Gardens - Chocolate: From Seed to Sweet, Atlanta Ga, 2010
Atlanta Botanical Gardens - Growing & Using Herbs, Atlanta, GA 2010
NAIS Leadership & Sustainability Conference, Atlanta, GA 2009
Rutgers Annual Reading & Literacy Conference - New Brunswick, NJ 2009
State Botanical Gardens of GA Sustainability: Bring it Home! - Athens, GA 2009
Fernbank Science Center - Soil, Sand, Dirt; What grows in what? Atlanta, GA 2009
Chattahoochee Nature Center - Water systems & cycles, Roswell, GA, 2009
Calloway Gardens Butterfly & Birds of Prey Preview, La Grange, GA 2009
Calloway Gardens Seed & Garden Pollenators - La Grange, GA 2009
Calloway Garden Harvesting in Mr. Cason's Garden - La Grange, GA 2009
Learning and The Brain Conference - Boston, MA 2008
Liberty Science Center Regional Educators Day- Jersey City, NJ 2007
Liberty Science Center - Diversity Exhibit - Jersey City, NJ 2007
Teton Science School Outdoor Educators workshops- Jackson Hole, WY 2007
Bank Street College Alumni Workshop - Science for Every Child - Newark, NJ 2006
Maryland Hall of Science - Dinosaur Excavation Family workshop, Baltimore, MD 2006
NY Botanical Gardens Educators Master Gardners Program - Bronx, NY 2006-2008
NY Botanical Gardens Chocolate & Vanilla Adventure - Bronx, NY 2006
NY Botanical Gardens America's Botanist, Dr. George Washington Carver, Bronx, NY 2006
Psychological Effects of Bullying in Schools Workshop- Princeton, NJ 2004
Conflict Resolution Workshop at the Multicultural Institute - Washington DC 1995
Everyday Mathematics Workshop; Chicago Math - Rye, NY 1995
Numerous BER Workshops (on reading, math, technology, parent relationships)
NYC Interschool Fellows Program - NY Independent Schools 1990-92
Teaching Awards:
Recipient of the Woodruff J. English Excellence in Teaching Award 2006
Recipient of a Teaching Fellowship for Hands on Science Learning - 2009 (2010)
Recipient of The 2010 Sr. Class Faculty Chair - 2010-2011