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CURRICULUM VITAE
Linda Lantieri
The Inner Resilience Program - a project of the Tides Center
40 Exchange Place, Suite 1111
New York, NY 10005
(phone) 212-509-0022 ext. 226, (fax) 212-509-1095
llantieri@att.net
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M.A. Hunter College, New York, Elementary Education, Curriculum Development (1975).
B.A. Hunter College, New York, Psychology/Education (1968).
Board certified expert in Traumatic Stress, The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress (2000).
Staff Development Specialist, Level II (1989).
Certificate of Competency, New York City Board of Education, Curriculum Specialist (1972).
Permanent New York State Teacher’s Certification, Common Branches (1968). |
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Founding Director, The Inner
Resilience Program (IRP) (2001-present). |
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The Inner Resilience Program was established in the spring of 2002 in response to the effects that the events of September 11, 2001 had on New York City teachers, guidance counselors, administrators, students, and parents. The Inner Resilience Program’s (IRP) mission is to cultivate the inner lives of students, teachers and schools by integrating social and emotional learning with contemplative practice. Several schools in NYC, Youngstown & Warren, Ohio, South Burlington, Vermont and Madrid, Spain are implementing The Inner Resilience Program. IRP has served over 5,000 educators, 1,500 parents and 70,000 students since it began in 2002.
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Founding Board Member, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) (2001–2009); Senior Program Advisor (present). |
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CASEL’s mission is to establish social and emotional learning as an essential part of education from preschool through high school.
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National Director, Resolving
Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP) for Educators for Social
Responsibility (ESR) (1993–2001). |
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RCCP is one of the country’s largest K-8 research-based school programs that systematically and comprehensively makes social and emotional learning an integral part of the curriculum. It serves over 175,000 students and 6,000 teachers in 400 schools in fifteen school districts including the New York City Public Schools. It has also been implemented in pilot sites in Brazil, Puerto Rico and Madrid Spain.
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Cofounder, RCCP, New York City
Public Schools (1985–1992) |
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RCCP began
in 1985 as a collaboration between the New York City
Board of Education, where I served as a curriculum specialist,
and Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility.
Today, the RCCP model is institutionalized in the NYC
Public Schools with more than 100 schools participating. |
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Independent educational consultant
in the areas of holistic health, death and dying, conflict
resolution, school reform, crisis intervention, and curriculum
development (1980–1985). |
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Served
as adjunct faculty at Mount Sinai School of Medicine;
the Institute of Thanatology at Columbia Presbyterian
Medical Center; the Department of Curriculum and Teaching
at Hunter College; and the College of Mount St. Vincent.
Contracted with the
following organizations and institutions: New York City
Central Board of Education; New York State Department
of Health; March of Dimes; UNICEF; The American Red
Cross; and Boys and Girls Clubs of America. |
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Director of the East Harlem
School of Communications and Health (1978–1980). |
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The East
Harlem School of Communications and Health was an alternative
public middle school of 400 students that incorporated
alternative approaches to health education into the
basic school curriculum. |
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Health Education Coordinator,
New York City Central Board of Education (1976–1978). |
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Full-time Instructor, Department
of Curriculum and Teaching, Hunter College, New York City
(1972–1976). |
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Elementary Teacher and Acting
Assistant Principal, P.S. 171, East Harlem, New York City
(1968–1972). |
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| Publications: |
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Author
of Building Emotional Intelligence: Techniques to
Cultivate Inner Strength in Children, SoundsTrue,
(2008).
“Building
Inner Preparedness," in Forever After: New
York City Teachers on 9/11. Teachers College Press,
(2006).
“The
Resolving Conflict Creatively Program,” in Social
and Emotional Learning: Connections to Academic and
School Success, edited by Joseph Zinns. Teachers
College Press (2002).
“The Resolving
Conflict Creatively Program,” and “A Vision
of Schools with Heart and Spirit,” in SEL
and School Success, edited by Maurice Elias. Corwin
Press, (September 2002).
Editor of Schools
with Spirit: Nurturing the Inner Lives of Children and
Teachers, Beacon Press (2001).
“Waging
Peace in Our Schools: Social and Emotional Learning
through Conflict Resolution,” in Educating
Minds and Hearts: Social Emotional Learning and the
Passage into Adolescence, edited by Jonathan Cohen.
Teachers College Press (1999).
“The Resolving
Conflict Creatively Program,” in Encyclopedia
of Violence, Peace and Conflict, edited by Lester
R. Kurtz and Jennifer E. Turpin. Academic Press (1999).
Coauthor of An
Education of the Heart: A Curriculum Guide in Social
and Emotional Learning, published in Portuguese
by Brazil’s Department of Education (1998).
Coauthor of From
Conflict to Cooperation: Conflict Resolution in the
High School, Educators for Social Responsibility
(1998).
Coauthor of Waging
Peace in Our Schools, Beacon Press (1996).
“Waging
Peace in Our Schools,” in Schools, Violence,
and Society, edited by Allan M. Hoffman. Praeger
Press (1996).
Coauthor of Resolving
Conflict Creatively: A Teaching Guide for Grades Kindergarten
Through Six, New York City Board of Education (1987).
Author of over
40 articles in journals including Reclaiming Children
and Youth (PRO-ED), Journal of Negro Education (Howard University Press), Reaching Today’s
Youth (National Educational Service), Parent
Guide (PG Media Network Corp.), Educational
Leadership (Association of Supervision and Curriculum
Development), Phi Delta Kappan (Phi Delta Kappa), Principal Magazine (National Association of
Elementary School Principals), Our Children (National Parent Teacher Association), and Paths
of Learning Magazine (Psychology Press/Holistic
Education Press).
RCCP has
been featured in the New York Times, Christian Science
Monitor, U.S. News and World Report, Time Magazine,
Hope Magazine, and the membership newspapers of
the American Federation of Teachers and the National
Education Association. |
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In-depth interview on Building Emotional Intelligence: Techniques to Cultivate Inner Strength in Children on the following radio shows (2008-2009):Conversations with Michael Stone,TODAY with Beverley Anderson Manley Hot 102 FM, Inspired Parenting Online Magazine, Mindful Living with Henry Grayson. The Dr. Pat Show, Abstract Illusion Radio.
Peace and Nonviolence—WISDOM Radio/Internet. Radio discussion on shifting the culture of public schools and communities post 9-11 to exploring matters of the soul (2002).
Cityscape—WFUV-FM 90.7— interview regarding educators’ responses to the events of 9-11 and hopes for how textbooks will account for them (2002).
Waging Peace in Our Schools and Schools with Spirit—two-part series for Radio for Peace International (2001).
The Power of Nonviolence—documentary on the Wisdom Channel TV. The Dalai Lama and Yolanda King were also featured (2001).
Peaceful Solutions—two-part PBS Special featuring RCCP (1998).
Solutions to Violence—in-depth interview for three-part series on the MacNeil Lehrer Newshour (1995).
Kids Killing Kids, Kids Saving Kids—one-hour national prime time special aired simultaneously on WCBS, WNBC, FOX, and PBS TV. RCCP was one of three violence-prevention programs highlighted. Received the national Emmy Award for Best Children’s Program (1994).
Names Can Really Hurt Us—half-hour WCBS-TV Special highlighted my work with young people in prejudice reduction. Aired in 20 US cities; nominated for a local Emmy Award for Best Children’s Program (1992).
RCCP was featured on the American Agenda segment of ABC World News, Peter Jennings (1991), and All Things Considered, NPR Radio (1994) and a four-part Bill Moyers’ Special, Act Against Violence (1995).
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Making a Difference
Award, International Education and Research Network
(2002).
Fellow, George Lucas Educational Foundation
(2001).
Nominated for the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize
in Education 2000
Fetzer Senior Scholar, Fetzer Institute,
for “depth of commitment to the inner life of
one’s work in the world” (1998–2001).
Educational Innovator, National Education
Association (1998).
One of four Everyday Heroes in Education,
Prudential Foundation (1995).
Spirit of Crazy Horse Award for “creating
courage in discouraged youth,” Black Hills Seminars
- Reclaiming Youth at Risk (1995).
Thirteenth Annual Peace Award, “for
outstanding contributions to peace,” Ethical
Culture Society (1995).
Richard R. Green Distinguished Educator Award
for Fostering Intergroup Relations, “for
dedication to the education of youth leadership and
outstanding service to the community,” Anti-Defamation
League (1993).
Fulbright Scholarship to India, to provide
curriculum expertise to the Indian Department of Education
and to conduct an independent study in cross-cultural
approaches to death and dying and health and healing
(1977).
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Lead Trainer and Coordinator of Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom, Madrid, Spain (2010-present)
Member of Mind and Life Summer Research Institute (2009-present)
Keynote Speaker at Mind and Life XIX Educating World Citizens for the 21st Century with the Dalai Lama (2009).
Member of Mind and Life Education and Research Network (2006—present).
US Representative on the International Think Tank on Social and Emotional Learning in Santander, Spain (2007—2008).
Keynote Speaker at Seeds of Compassion Conference with the Dalai Lama (2008).
Senior Educational Advisor for the Don’t Laugh at Me (DLAM) Program of Operation Respect (2001–present). Operation Respect was founded by Peter Yarrow of the folk group Peter, Paul & Mary.
Lead Trainer and Coordinator of Educating the Heart and Mind: Social and Emotional Learning Project, Puerto Rico (1999–2007).
Lead Trainer and Coordinator of Educating the Heart and Mind: Social and Emotional Learning Project, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (1997–1999).
Co-founder and Leadership Team member of first-of-its-kind Masters of Education with a Specialty in Conflict Resolution and Peaceable Schools in collaboration with Lesley University and Educators for Social Responsibility (1995–2001).
Founding Leadership Team Member of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) (1994–2007).
Speaker at State of the World Forum (1996).
Adjunct Faculty at the Harvard Principal’s Center 1992–1995 and 2001-2003.
Member of Editorial Board of Reclaiming Children and Youth, (1996–present).
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| Professional Affiliations |
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American Education and Research Association (AERA), Member
Alliance for Childhood, Advisory Board Member
American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, Member
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Member
DREAM Charter School, Senior Program Advisor
Garrison Institute, Advisory Board Member
Hague Appeal for Peace, Advisory Board Member
Mind & Life Institute – Education and Research Network, Fellow
National Association of Elementary School Principals, Member
Reclaiming Youth International, Member of the Board of Directors
Sunbridge Institute, Member of the Board of Directors
The George Lucas Foundation, Fellow
The September 11th Memorial Museum, National Advisory Board Member |
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