Professor Alan Saunders with a group of educators at a character education and life skills workshop in St. Vincent, the Caribbean.

"Doing" character education can seem like an extra burden on the already over-burdened educator. This is where we can help. We are Alan and June Saunders, a husband and wife team. Our work over the last decade has brought us into contact with some of the finest minds in the character education field. Dr. Thomas Lickona, author of the seminal work on character education, Educating for Character, wrote the Foreword to a book June co-authored and Alan helped produce on character education. Cultivating Heart and Character: Educating for Life's Most Essential Goals was published by the Character Development Group, one of the premier character education groups in the country.

We have also presented on relationships education at the annual Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples Education conference and the Academy for Character Education at Hudson Valley Community College, as well as at The Consortium for Social Responsibility and Character in Education at University of Central Florida.

Alan Saunders talking with teachers at the Committee for Teaching about The United Nations annual Conference at the United Nations in NYC in February, 2007. The title of The conference was "Responding to children and youth in crisis: Educators in Partnership with the United Nations.

Alan has presented programs at public middle schools and high schools in urban and suburban areas in central New Jersey. He has also given teacher-training seminars in Africa, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, New Zealand and Australia. In April 2004, Alan made a presentation highlighting character education, HIV/AIDS prevention, and relationship skills to the African ambassadors at the United Nations African Union headquarters in New York City.Alan has presented several times at the United Nations on themes dealing with conflict resolution andHIV/AIDS. Most recently, he spoke on a panel with several African Ambassadors to the UN, including Dr. Desmond Johns, the Director for UNAIDS. The title of the session was "The Challenges of HIV/AIDS in Conflict and Post Conflict Societies, which was given on June 1st 2005 during the UNAIDS international meetings.

Alan is the Director of Education of Free Teens, U.S.A. where he deals with students, teacher, and parents. He is also a consultant and is certified to teach relationship skills education courses such as "Don't Laugh at Me" from Operation Respect, Compassionate Parenting, PAIRS, and Relationship Enhancement. Alan has a B.S. in Sociology, a Masters Degree in the discipline of education and is currently pursuing Doctoral certification in educational leadership.

June is a writer, researcher and presenter. She is a published authoress on issues of character education, conflict resolution, and marriage and family relationships. She is currently working on a project funded by the Department of Health and Human Services --a character education curriculum for schools in Latin and North America designed and promoted by Alliance for the Family. She has also done writing and editing projects for the United Nations Development Programme.

Professor Alan Saunders, Michael Treacy, Iso Iriate, the traditional chief for Micronesia, and the acting Director of Education for Pohnpei, Micronesia. The group has just completed a meeting to plan for the summer camp character education program for this year.

With her husband, she has worked with researchers in Uganda, Ethiopia, Lesotho and Nepal to attain informationconcerning capacity erosion due to HIV/AIDS in least developed countries. The couple assisted with the production of a publication that was co-directed by UNDP and UN-OHRLLS entitled "Hoping and Coping, A Call to Action: The Capacity Challenge of HIV/AIDS in Least Developed Countries." June is also working on another publication for UNDP dealing with the mainstreaming of HIV/AIDS prevention into development activities in countries around the world. She has taught language arts at the middle school level and has a B.A. in English. She is trained in relationship skills courses such as PEERS, PAIRS, and Relationship Enhancement.We are also the parents of two teen-aged boys. This is perhaps our most important qualification as people concerned with character education!

We are offering our services as character education and relationship education consultants, presenters, and curriculum developers and as liaisons to the wealth of materials, programs, and professionals we have knowledge of and experience
with.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Alan and June Saunders
Saunders Consultancy, LLC
Phone: (973) 754-0890
Cell: (917) 822-8524
Fax: (973) 754-7069

E-mail- Alan Saunders: saunders2000@optonline.net
E-mail- June Saunders: jsaundersotis@optonline.net
Web site: www.charactereducation.org

Address: 6 Emerson Street, Clifton, New Jersey 07013-1302