Boston vs. Bullies
The Sports Museum, Boston, MA
Educational Consultant for The Sports Museum & The Boston Sports Community Anti-bullying initiative which includes an education video, a facilitator's guide for teachers of middle school students, and a website.
Bullying Prevention for the Boston Public Schools
Education Development Center, Newton, MA
Co-Director and Senior Scientist for a partnership between EDC’s Bullying Prevention and Research Institute (BPRI) and the Boston Public Schools (BPS) to enhance bullying prevention education and intervention efforts, with a focus on serving students with disabilities. Initiative includes bullying prevention trainings, materials, on-line modules, and programmatic strategies.
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
KQED, San Francisco, CA
Project Director of Educational Outreach for a new animated preschool series featuring the science adventures of Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat along with six-year-olds Sally and Nick. As Director and Creator of Educational Resources for the parent and teacher websites of The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, developed and designed materials that help children connect the science concepts in the series with their everyday science explorations. Worked closely with Random House Children’s Books (NYC), PBS (Washington, D.C.), and Big Bad Tomato (L.A.).
Website for kids: http://pbskids.org/catinthehat
Website for teachers: www.pbs.org/teachers/catinthehat
Website for parents: www.pbs.org/parents/catinthehat
Eco Rock
Eco Rock®, Los Angeles, CA
Educational Consultant for an animated music video series that teaches ecological values to children, including environmental and health issues such as climate change, conservation, recycling, nutrition, and exercise. www.ecorock.org
Safe Schools/Healthy Students
Newton Public Schools, Newton, MA
Interim Director responsible over a four-month period for managing an integrated, comprehensive community-wide project to foster safe, respectful, and drug-free school environments and promote prosocial skills and healthy childhood development for all children in Newton. Also developed project website. www.newton.k12.ma.us/safeschools/
Eyes on Bullying
Education Development Center,Newton, MA
Senior Project Designer and Co-Author of a national multimedia program featuring a Toolkit, Website, and Teleseminars designed to help parents and caregivers prevent bullying in children’s lives. www.eyesonbullying.org
Family Fiesta
Baby Abuelita Productions,Miami, FL
Educational Designer, Creative Consultant, and Script Reviewer for a bilingual television/DVD series designed to help preschoolers appreciate Hispanic culture, sing traditional and new Hispanic songs, acquire language skills in both Spanish and English, and engage in positive social-emotional growth. www.babyabuelita.com
Lunar Jim
Atlantic Alliance, Los Angeles, CA & Canada
Educational Consultant for a preschool television series designed to promote an inquiry-based approach to learning science.
Jack and the Beanstalk
Avalon Family Films,Los Angeles, CA
Script Reviewer for a family feature film.
Nick Jr.
Nickelodeon Preschool Television,NYC
Educational Reviewer of preschool programming concepts, objectives, scripts, and pilot DVDs.