​SHINE FROM WITHIN

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       My core beliefs resonate with the Nurtured Heart Approach® founded by Howard Glasser (Children’s Success Foundation). This philosophy for living propels my message to SHINE FROM WITHIN. Learning and living the NHA® compels us to create conditions that cultivate our own Inner Wealth™ and support all people in being their best selves. 
      My experience as a teacher, educational leader and thinker affirms my commitment to helping families, schools and organizations become more inspirational and energetically aligned. This involves fostering safety, recognition, clarity, communication and empowerment. We can do this by incorporating the The 3 Stands™ of Glasser’s Approach™:

1.   No to negativity 
​2.  Yes to positivity 
​3.  Absolutely clear

         I imagine a strong internal light of radiant energy within each of us. At our brightest, we reveal the person we were meant to be and serve a purpose we are meant to serve. SHINE FROM WITHIN promotes my long held belief: The heart’s energy must inform the head and all we do.​
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"Pause, Reflect, Reset your relationships through NHA." ~ DB, Student Service Coordinator

Credentials and Experience

Advanced Trainer, Nurtured Heart Approach 
Certification Training Intensive attendee:

• Madison, WI - July, 2017
• Tucson, AZ - January, 2017
• Fargo, ND - July, 2016
• Minneapolis, MN - July, 2015
• Sacramento, CA - July, 2014
• Tucson, AZ - January, 2014

National Board for Professional 
​Teaching Standards
Middle Childhood Generalist

• 2016      Recertified
• 2006     Initial Certification

Teaching
1997-2016     

• 4/5 Multiage Teacher,  Stoner Prairie Elementary, Verona Area School District, Verona, Wisconsin

​1992-1997    

• 1-3 Multiage Teacher Stoner Prairie Elementary, Verona Area School District

2002-2003     

• Elementary Social Studies Methods Instructor and Supervisor of Student Teachers, UW-Whitewater; Supervisor of Student Teachers, Concordia College, Substitute Teacher, Madison Metropolitan School District

1988-1992      

• Library Media Center Director, Stoner Prairie Elementary, Verona Area School
• District LMC Director and Learning Resource Coordinator split position ('90-'92)

1986-1988      

• Library Media Center Director, North Barrington Elementary School, Barrington School District, Barrington, Illinois

1982-1986      

• ​​5th Grade Teacher, Somonauk Unified School District, Somonauk, Illinois

Education
University of Wisconsin - Madison
1998

• PhD, Educational Administration

Dissertation Title - Transitioning from a Multiage Elementary Program to Middle School: Student and Institutional Responses Anchored in a Practitioner Researcher’s Program Assessment Model

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
1986

• MS Educational Technology, Library Media Certified

1982

• BS Elementary Education, Special Education Minor