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| 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 been privileged to present on character education and conflict
resolution at numerous conferences: the U.S. Air Force Academy's
National Character Education Symposium, held at the U.S. Air
Force Academy, the National Middle School Association's Urban
Conference,the annual Queens High Schools Conflict Resolution
conference, and the Association of
Teacher Educators annual conference, among others.
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.
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| 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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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