OUR TEACHERS
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Jamae - Director
Favorite teaching tools: Listening - I'd much rather get things out of kids than put things in. Listening to their ideas, their worries, their fears, their questions lets me know them in a deep way. And then it's easier to meet their needs. Playlistening - The big body movements and laughter that often come during Playlistening helps build connection, ease tensions and dissolve power struggles. The best part is that Playlistening can be used with one child or multiple children at once. Plus, it's fun. It's a Sunset favorite. 3 words to describe why you are here at Sunset: Laughter, Tears, Connection How many years have you been a part of the Sunset Coop community? 15 years. Started as a parent in 2005. Served on the board for 10 years. Became a teacher in 2015. Director in 2016. |
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Jackie
Favorite teaching tools: My favorite thing is to make a child feel seen. Seeing their eyes light up when we make a connection and they realize that I understand or that I get them. 3 words to describe why you are here at Sunset: Best Place on Earth (had to use 4!) How many years have you been a part of the Sunset Coop community? 26 years- 7 as a parent, the rest as a teacher |
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Johanna
Favorite teaching tools: I just love a good giant group digging and building project in the yard, involving lots of kids, over multiple days with hideouts, secret entrances, traps, pulley systems and contraptions of all sorts. I love tinkering and doing 3D art. Playlistening where you playfully reverse the power dynamics in the adult child relationship by playing the "don't you even think about kicking my tree or don't steal my favorite toy" game. Of course the kid gets to break the rule and while I feign shock and horror, they squeal of laughter. 3 words to describe why you are here at Sunset: Community, fun, creativity. How many years have you been a part of the Sunset Coop community? I have been part of the sunset community for 20 years now !!! exactly half my life, I turn 40 this year :) I worked as a teacher when I was 20, when my dad's youngest children also went to sunset. I often came to Sf from Ireland during the summer and would sub at sunset. I started working again as a teacher when my oldest daughter (who is now 10) was three years old. |
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April
Favorite teaching tools: Telling stories - whether it be from a book or one that we make up and create on our own! Letting the imagination run wild is my favorite type of play and has no boundaries. They say that all the world’s a stage so lets dance and sing everywhere! 3 words to describe why you are here at Sunset Community, Joy, Adventure How many years have you been a part of the Sunset Coop community? New as a teacher! But have been in the community for several years now, including as a circus performer at a past fundraiser! |
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Tine
Favorite teaching tools: Singing limits and/or throwing silly fits. 3 words to describe why you are here at Sunset? Teachers, Tree (in the yard) and Community How many years have you been a part of the Sunset Coop community? Part of Sunset for 14 years since my daughter started as a two year old and I never really left again. |
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Danielle
Favorite teaching tools: Absurdity! Young children can roll with the absurd with such ease. And when we meet in the realm of the absurd as teacher and child, the world of play is endless. 3 words to describe why you are here at Sunset Connection. Change. Love. How many years have you been a part of the Sunset Coop community? Since 2012. I taught my first year while pregnant with my June and came back as a teacher as soon as she had graduated in 2018. |