About the Workshop |
About the Presenter |
Attuned Listening Skills for Professionals, Parents, Partners
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Kathy Simon, Ph.D, studied English and Hebrew Literature at Harvard, then earned a teaching credential through the Stanford Teacher Education Program and went to work as a high school English and drama teacher.
After five years of teaching, she returned to Stanford for a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Teacher Education. After writing a book called Moral Questions in the Classroom, she went on to direct the Coalition of Essential Schools (CES), a national non-profit school-reform organization focused on creating more equitable, flexible, personalized, and meaningful schools. In her family and professional life, she has tried to embody the ideas of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), and since 2006 has taught and coached communication in a wide variety of contexts. She has also been blessed to be a faculty member of the Mandel Teacher Educator Institute (MTEI) since 2006, where one of the core principles is "how we talk matters." When not teaching or working with clients, she loves to hike in the redwood forests in the hills of Oakland, California and to camp and hike in the wilderness. |