Guest Blogger – Richard Selznick
Dr. Richard Selznick is a psychologist, nationally certified school psychologist, graduate school professor and university professor of pediatrics. He is author of the book The Shut-Down Learner: Helping Your Academically Discouraged Child. Included in the book are numerous case studies drawn from his vast professional experiences.
As Director of the Cooper Learning Center, Dr. Selznick oversees [...]
Guest Blogger – Toni Tabora-Roberts
Toni Tabora-Roberts is the Outreach Coordinator of Young Audiences Oregon & SW Washington. She also manages Young Audiences’ Arts for Learning Literacy Lessons Program, a supplementary curriculum that integrates the arts into literacy learning. Young Audiences connects artists with classroom teachers and school communities to make learning come alive.
Toni brings [...]
Guest Blogger – Joan Weber
Joan Weber, Director of the Education Division, was raised in rural Carroll County, Maryland where she served as the student representative to the county Board of Education. After college at American University in D.C. and Western Maryland College, Joan settled in Baltimore City.
She has spent the 20 years since working in arts [...]
Guest Blogger – Rachel Evans
Rachel Evans is Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre at NJ’s Kean University, where she teaches theatre education courses, mentors pre-service theatre teachers, and directs theatre for young audiences. Currently, Rachel is VP/President-Elect of the Board of the Educational Theatre Association, for whom she regularly presents at conferences and state Thespian festivals. She was [...]
Guest Blogger – Michelle Baldwin
Michelle Baldwin is a learner, an educator, a self-proclaimed “techie,” presenter, and an advocate for teaching and learning WITH students!
Michelle returned to the classroom in 2010, after coordinating technology professional/staff development for eight years in a suburban school district. Although she continues to assist teachers in the effective use of [...]
Guest Blogger – Cindy Marie Jenkins
CINDY MARIE JENKINS is a Storyteller & Coach based in Los Angeles. Her stories take the form of fiction, poetry, teaching, theatre, editorials, PR and marketing, advocacy, plays….Cindy now explores interactive guerrilla/street theatre to engage and activate her community and dreams of art integration in education.
Previous community art installations/interactions [...]
Guest Blogger – Darrell Garrett
Darrell Garrett is the Communication intern for Arts @ Large Inc. He is a 4th year communications major, writing minor at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, WI and is also writer for the university’s online newspaper, Wolfprint Online (wolfprint.stritch.edu). Darrell a big fan of all music genres and is a hip-hop artist in addition to [...]
Guest Blogger Kristina Peterson
Kristina A. Peterson is a high school English teacher at Exeter High School in Exeter, New Hampshire.
Like many teachers, I was inspired by my own high school English teacher to seek a career in education. After graduating from York High School in 2001, I pursued a degree in English Literature, with a minor in Philosophy, [...]
Guest Blogger Cathy Brophy
Cathy Brophy is a District Technology Integrator for the Rollinsford and Somersworth school districts in New Hampshire, responsible for infusing technology into the lives of k-12 children, their teachers and their families. In her past life she has taught fifth grade, middle school language arts and middle school computer education. She is also an adjunct [...]
Guest Blogger Yoon Soo Lim
Yoon Soo Lim is a music teacher and department chair at an independent school in Pennsylvania. She received undergraduate and graduate degrees in piano performance, music history and choral conducting. She found a love for teaching young children and pursued studying Kodály methodology, receiving certification in levels I-IV. She loves instilling love of music [...]




