This document provides a summary of Carol Simpson's education and experience in publishing, editing, teaching, and non-profit work. She has over 30 years of experience teaching French, English, ESL, art, dance, and other subjects at both the high school and college levels. Carol holds multiple degrees including a forthcoming PhD in Transformative Studies. She has authored books, published articles, and held leadership roles in education non-profits focused on peace studies and humanistic pedagogy.
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C A R O L S G I @ A O L . C O M
OBJECTIVE AUTHOR/EDITOR/INNOVATIVE KNOWLEDGE SVCS./ EDUCATOR
EDUCATION
1974 UC Berkeley, California BA French/Art
1973 UC Bordeaux, France French / Art History
1980 Cal State University Northridge Ca Secondary Ed Credentials French / Art / Dance / ESL
1980 Cal State University Northridge MA Equivalent French, minor ESL & Chicano Studies
1982 San Francisco State University MA Creative Arts Interdisciplinary Studies/Creative Arts Education
1985, 1999 Pepperdine University, California Teaching Special Ed, Public Policy
1990 San Diego State University Educational Partnerships
1990 UCLA, California Global Ed., Intl Relations
2017 California Institute of Integral Studies Ph D Candidate in Thesis Completion in Transformative Studies
(Integral Studies: Global Citizenship/International Relations, Ethnomusicology & Theology)
EXPERIENCE
Publishing/Editing/Marketing 2 years publishing, editing & marketing @Dialogue House Publications 2014-2017
Elementary/Middle School Teaching________________________________________________________________________
2 years K-5 after-school in home Arts/Humanities Program: French, Music, Fine Arts (Painting, Sculpture, Design), Dance
(Ballet), Drum Circle Workshop (10 wk courses, 10 students) 2009-2011
Middle/High School Teaching
30+ years private tutoring Math, Science, French, History, English and 25+ years free lance editor
3 year substitute Las Virgenes Unified School District 2001-2003
10 years Los Angeles Unified School District: 1985-1995
4 years Fairfax High: French, Dance
1 semester Wilmington Jr. High: Art
1 year San Fernando High: ESL/American Heritage/Reading
1 semester Hamilton High: Dance, Music
1 semester Gardena High: French
3 years John Marshall High: French/ESL/English Composition
1 year Culver City Unified School District: 1983-1984 1 year C.C. High: French/ESL/Chorus/Dance/Career Counseling
3 years Beverly Hills Unified School District: French/ESL: 1980-1983
College Instruction
Conference Workshop Facilitator: Arts/Humanities held at SGI-USA Florida Nature Culture Center for Culture Department
Academic Division: Professors, Scientists, Researchers – July, 2011
Makiguchi Pedagogy Seminar leader and co-organizer SGI-USA Humanistic Education Exhibition and Symposium – 1991,
SGI-USA L.A. Culture Dept Educators Leader – 1992-95, 2010-current
2 summers USC/UCLA: Educator’s Workshop Seminars - 1989, 1990
1 yr American Language Institute teaching English as a Foreign Language. Lisbon, Portugal - 1980
1 year Intl. School of Languages, Beverly Hills, CA.: ESL – 1977
30+ years private/individual tutoring/instruction in French, English, Writing Proficiency, ESL, Math, History, Music, Dance
ACHIEVEMENTS
2016 article published in Peace Studies Journal, Volume 8, Issue 2, December 2015, “Toward a Peaceful and Creative Coexistence
through Empathic Recognition of Our Inner Universality”
2015 Self-published author of None of Us Are Getting out of Here Alive: Death: Stepping outside Traditional Frameworks and Limitations
(A sociological analysis of knowledge and change pertaining to life/death perceptions.
2015 President of Dialogue House Publications Publishing Company
2014 President of Non-Profit NEWPEACE, Inc.
2008 recipient of Malibu Music Award
1991 recipient of Southern California Global Teaching Award based on student exhibitions & multicultural presentations &
L.A.U.S.D. Superintendants award & high school & university scholarships awarded by city councilmen
1990 LAEP Grant Recipient 5 yr. Anniversary (project published)
1989 ESL LAEP Grant recipient for LAUSD ESL monthly student newsletter (Project Selected for USC workshops)
1986 nominated “Best Teacher” by LAUSD Marshall High students
1970-74 University of California Dean’s Honor Society
1993 Director/Choreographer for entire student body multicultural presentation in Fairfax High Amphitheatre
1992 Director/Art Teacher Environmental Exhibits throughout greater Los Angeles