Candidate for
Board Member; Cardiff Elementary School District

I have a broad background in understanding, enhancing, and assessing the educational experience.

I was a counselor at Boys Town, Nebraska, and a Psychologist at Glenwood State School, Iowa. While a doctoral student in Educational Psychology at UC Berkeley, I was also a Teaching Assistant. At Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development in San Francisco, I provided innovative materials, consultation, and in-service training to 14 school districts throughout the nation, and developed the Responsive Classroom Observation Schedule to help teachers, parents, administrators, and evaluators understand and assess the educational experience within the classroom.

I taught courses in general psychology at Chapman College in Alameda, and in holistic psychology at the California Naturopathic College in Del Mar. I have presented workshops and seminars, and published numerous articles, on practical aspects of education and psychology, and a book on holistic psychology, "Sing Your Own Song, Dance Your Own Dance. Holistic Psychology, the Art and Science of Personal Transformation and Healing."

I want to improve the educational experience of children in Cardiff schools. Let's tackle the problem of bullying and teasing, providing enlightened structure and training to both students and teachers. Let's improve below-grade performance, with homework-support facilities. Let's make proficiency in Spanish a goal for Anglos, rather than a problem for Hispanics.