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Our Staff:
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Beth Shammas, teacher and director of curriculum and instruction for communication. Beth has worked as a teacher, advisor and course developer for fourteen years in the area of adult and high school education. She holds a California multiple subject teaching credential and has completed training in "Effective Communication Skills and Relationship Building Seminars" by Selwa Said as well as "Affective Skills for Adolescents" by Connie Dembrowski.
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Dan Malone,
teacher,
project
coordinator
and
curriculum
developer
for
communication.
Dan is
an
instructor
of
"Effective
Communication
Skills"
as
developed
by Selwa
Said. He
facilitates
monthly
group
meetings
on
communication
skills.
Dan
participates
with the
Business
and
Education
Alliance
of
Monterey
(BEAM)
which
helps to
prepare
high
school
students
for
employment.
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Lily Kotler, occupational therapist and teacher of art and wilderness appreciation. Lily is a Registered Occupational Therapist. She received her training through the University of Illinois in Champaign and the affiliated Medical Center in Chicago. She has worked in the field of Psychiatry at Riveredge Hospital, the University of Chicago Hospital and the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. While serving the local community over the last twenty-five years, she has been employed by the Carmel Adult School and Monterey Peninsula College, offering classes in homemaking, arts and crafts, exercise and personal development. She has been teaching at Rippling River, an independent living center for physically and psychosocially challenged adults, at Hastings Reservation with rural families and at Carmel Valley Manor with convalescent adults.
She is
currently
working
with
teens at
the
Silver
Star
Youth
Program
at
Rancho
Cielo
sponsored
by the
Monterey
County
Probation
Department.
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Pat Esterline, educational specialist.
Pat has been an educational specialist/consultant for the past eight years, at elementary and secondary levels,and at Monterey Peninsula College. She has worked primarily in small groups and with individuals to strengthen their abilities in auditory processing, phonemic awareness, and visual memory, as well as, training in concept imagery, comprehension, and written expression. Pat's goal is to help her students develop learning strategies through a multi-sensory approach that is tailored to meet the needs of each individual's learning style.
She is
currently
working
at the
Monterey
county
Probation
Department
Youth
Center
in
collaboration
with
Monterey
County
Office
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Pippa
Arend,
Program
Director.
Pippa
has a
B.A. in
Art
History
and
Design
from
Marlboro
College
in
Vermont.
She
apprenticed
with a
Portland
metal
sculptor
and
attended
Pacific
Northwest
College
of Art
to study
a
variety
of 2D
and 3D
art
forms.
In
addition
to her
extensive
artistic
background,
Pippa is
an avid
rock
climber
and
enjoys
hiking
in the
Cascades.
She has
been
leading
outdoor
trips
with
homeless
youth
since
2002.
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Joy
Cartier,
Assistant
Director.
Joy has
worked
with
homeless
youth
for over
fifteen
years.
She had
eight
years
experience
with the
Greenhouse
Alternative
Learning
Center
instructing
the GED
program
and
continues
to work
in an
educational
capacity
as
Assistant
Director
of P;ear.
Joy
spent
several
years as
a
community
organizer
and
volunteer
both in
Portland
and San
Francisco.
For
several
years
she
organized
a
project
to
provide
a
monthly
hot meal
for
80-100
homeless
youth,
as well
as
founded
the
award-winning
“Produce
for
People”,
a
community
garden
system
that
provided
fresh
produce
for a
adult
and
family
shelters.
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Justin
Oswald,
Northwest
Program
Director.
Justin
has a
B.A. in
Studio
Art and
Hispanic
Studies
from
Lewis
and
Clark
College
in
Portland,
Oregon.
He came
to
Portland
in 1998
and
stayed
to
pursue
his
career
as an
Art
Dealer.
After
successfully
running
a
gallery
for four
years,
he moved
on to
the
design
world.
Justin
now
works
with
P;ear
through
the
Foundation
for
Honey’s
Children
to
develop
new
programs
in
creative
mentorship
for
youth
and
educational
programs
focusing
on GED
and
higher
level
learning.
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Other staff:
Yoga
teachers, highly
trained and
experienced
Massage team,
certified and
licensed
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