About Joan S.
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Substitute Teacher
Apr, 2016 - PresentDavis Unified School District
I really enjoy spending the day with a group of young children. They are so eager to show a new person all of the new things that they are learning. I just love recognizing each student for what is special and unique in them. I feel that my job for the day is to uplift each student and the group as a whole.
Substitute Teacher
Apr, 2016 - PresentWinters Unified Schoold District
I really enjoy spending the day with a group of young children. They are so eager to show a new person all of the new things that they are learning. I just love recognizing each student for what is special and unique in them. I feel that my job for the day is to uplift each student and the group as a whole.
Substitute Teacher
Jan, 2016 - PresentWoodland Joint Unified School District
I really enjoy spending the day with a group of young children. They are so eager to show a new person all of the new things that they are learning. I just love recognizing each student for what is special and unique in them. I feel that my job for the day is to uplift each student and the group as a whole.
Substitute Teacher
Jan, 2015 - Apr, 2016Washington Unified School District
I really enjoy spending the day with a group of young children. They are so eager to show a new person all of the new things that they are learning. I just love recognizing each student for what is special and unique in them. I feel that my job for the day is to uplift each student and the group as a whole.
Substitute Instructional Aide
Jun, 1975 - Jun, 1978Oakland Unified School District
I worked as an Instructional Aide for three years while I was attending college. I homeschooled my son in fourth and sixth grades. I taught costuming to children who were putting on school plays. I taught beginning sewing at New York Fabrics. I trained clients in the use of software that I developed. I host international students and I work with them on their conversational skills as well as academic English. I am currently working as a Substitute Teacher. I work with preschool through second grade.
Education
B.S. Business Administration - Accounting and Management Information Systems
Sep, 1978 - Mar, 1983CSU East Bay
Certifications
Emergency Substitute Teaching Credential
Apr, 2014Commission on Teacher Credentialing
Vitality and Stress - Level 2
Mar, 2016Kundalini Reseach Institution
•Explore Your Vitality and Recognize Consciousness as the Core of Vitality •Identify Your Stress Personality •Heal Depression and Emotional Fatigue •Relieve, Relax, Recharge through Meditation and Kriyas •Realize the Victory of the Spiritual Warrior •We will build our core vitality, mental endurance and spiritual clarity. •We will explore the process, effects and downsides of too much stress. •We will identify strategies to cope with stress and mitigate its ill effects. •What is a positive and negative emotion? •What is the difference between an emotion and a commotion? •Can we call on positive emotions to handle stress better? •What characteristics and attitudes protect us from the effects of stress? •How does our personality and subconscious react in dysfunctional ways when we are stressed?
KundaliniYoga Teacher - Level 1
Dec, 2014International Kundalini Teachers Yoga Association
•Completion of the standards for the 220 hour Yoga Alliance Teacher Certification set by the Yoga Alliance. - Yogic and Western anatomy - Yogic philosophy & the origin of Kundalini Yoga - Developing a Meditative Mind - Kundalini Yoga Kriyas - Asana, Mudra and Meditation - Pranayam - Awakening the Breath - Mantra and sacred sound - Developing and maintaining a daily yogic practice - Yogic lifestyle, vegetarian diet and Humanology, the Yogic technology of relationships - Structured teaching practice - The Code of Ethics and role of a Kundalini Yoga teacher
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Spanish
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English
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