year
elementary & secondary schools
year
universities and museums
1969
Los Angeles, CA.Unified School District. Taught in grades 3-6, Venice
1969
USC. Taught to architecture students
1970
Smithsonian Institution. Taught in grades 2-10, summer program
1971
Los Angeles, CA. Unified School District. Taught in three schools grades 4-6
1971
Smithsonian Institution. First teacher training seminar, 6 weeks
1972-81
Sulphur Springs, CA. Union School District. 3-year district-wide program
1972
Cal State Univ. Northridge . Taught in a course for teachers
1972

Alhambra, CA Unified School District. Taught in grades 3-5

Glendale, CA. Unified School District. Taught in grade 4

1973
Baltimore Museum of Art. Taught in a summer program for children
1974
University of North Carolina. Taught in a workshop for teachers
1973-78
Compton, CA. Unified School District. 5-year research project adding dance, theater, and architecture
1975

Fort Worth Museum of Art. Taught in workshops for students in grades 6-12

UCLA Extension. Taught in courses for teacher

1974
Montebello, CA. Unified School District. Taught in grades 4-5
1975
Aspen, Colo. Community School. Taught in grades 4-6
1976-81

Stanford. Taught in courses for University teachers and applied to live- in summer programs for migrant students in grades 8-12 at Stanford

Long Beach & Los Angeles. interdisciplinary research project

1976

Inglewood, CA. Unified School District. Taught in grades 2-4

Pasadena, CA. Unified School District. Taught in grades K-3

North Monterey, CA County Unified School District. Taught in grades K-8, to migrant students

1978
New Jersey Institute of Technology. Taught in design courses
1978-79
UCLA, Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Planning. Taught in architecture courses and design
year
elementary & secondary schools
year
universities and museums
1976-80
Oakwood School, Los Angeles, CA. Taught in grades 1-2
1979-81
City University of New York. Taught in Urban Geography courses
1977-80

Long Beach, CA., Unified School District. Taught in an entire experimental school grades K-6

Santa Monica, CA. Unified School District. Taught in grades 1-6, gifted program

1980
Cal State Long Beach Dept. of Marine Biology. Taught in a joint project with the ABC Unified School District
1982
Los Angeles Children's Museum. Taught in workshops for staff development
1978-85

ABC Unified School District, Norwalk- La Mirada, CA. Taught in grades K-12 and special education, district-wide including courses for training trainers

Sulphur Springs Union School District, Canyon Country, CA. 3-year research project with the American Bar Association adding law and humanities in grades 2,5 and 6

1983
UC Santa Cruz. Taught in a Migrant Education program
1984

Royal College of London, U.K.Taught in seminars

Otis Art Inst. Parsons School of Design. Proposed as a certificate program in Curriculum Design

1979-81
New York City Unified School District. Taught in High School Urban Studies classes
1986-cont
California Polytechnic University Pomona, College of Env. Design/School of Ed. Founding of The Center for Environmental Design Education based on City Building. Taught in courses for students before, during and after they became elementary school teachers
1980-81
Santa Maria , CA. Joint Union High School. 2-year migrant student program
1989
Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena. Taught in courses for teachers
1984-86
Norwalk-La Mirada, CA. Unified School District.District-wide program
1991
Hamline University, Minnesota. Taught in a course for elementary teachers
year
elementary & secondary schools
year
universities and museums
1986-cont

Los Angeles, CA Unified School District LA Open Magnet School. Taught in and used as the basis for directed research in the Apple Computer VivariumProject

Pomona, CA Unified School District, Kellogg Polytechnic Elementary Cal Poly University Laboratory School. Taught in a research project with the College of Environmental Design for students who are educationally handicapped and grade 6

1995-cont
California Polytechnic University Pomona, School of Educ & Integrative Studies. Master of Arts Degree focusing on Design & Creativity based on City Building Education
1990-cont
Middle school & high school. Cohort group from Cal Poly's MA program
1996
Sendai Science Museum, Japan. Exhibited April - June to an audience of 19,000 per month.
1993-cont
Utah Street School LAUSD. Is the basis for curriculum in a two year sequence class (3rd & 4th grade) of low income at-risk students
1997
Council for a Beautiful Israel Center for Environmental Studies in TelAviv - Consultant to Aura Herzog, widow of ex-president of Israel Chaim Herzog and founder of the Council
1996-cont

Walnut Valley USD.Cohort group from Cal Poly's MA program

1997
Cooper Hewitt - Teacher workshop for 4th Annusal Design Institute forthe best of design in education
1997
Evergreen State College, Washington. Used in a teacher preparation course
1998-cont
East San Gabriel Valley Regional Occupation Program - Consultations, workshops followed by residency for teachers of students expelled from high schools
Continuing with fellowships to teachers in adjacent ditricts
1998
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan
Used in 3-day teacher professional development
1998-cont
Hacienda La Puente USD - Cohort group from Cal Poly's MA program
1999
Fredrick Weisman Art Museum, Minnesota - Teacher Workshop
1998-cont
New York City Partnership for Arts & Education - 3 year residency through Annenberg Grant to PS 156 (Waverly Arts School
1999
Cooper Hewitt - Teacher workshop in conjunction with the Eames exhibition at Smithsonian Institution

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