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After having been trained to teach secondary Math and German and sent on
to her first job with the advice – “Don’t smile until Christmas”, Elaine
found herself teaching Math and German, yes, but also advising
cheerleaders (an ill fit for those
of you who know Elaine!) and coaching girls basketball.
It
took all of one practice session to realize that while
Iowa
girls basketball played half court,
girls basketball in
Washington
was full court. So began a
long history in Christian education.
Elaine’s work in
Christian education, be that in the classroom or teaching teachers, can
be strung together with one persistent question – “What would Christian
schooling look like if it were radically biblical?”
That question took her down many paths including earning a
Masters of Education Degree at
Seattle
Pacific
University,
which included 5 Alta Vista courses organized by Dr. Al Greene, and the
founding of
Covenant
Christian
School,
a small “alternative” school that served many young people over a 10
year period.
Peace, justice and
creation
care, passions that shape her work in Christian education, are also
passions in her daily life leading to organic gardening, food composting
with wormbins, rain water catchment, volunteerism, and film and
food-fueled discussion groups.
When asked to
introduce her self, Elaine minimizes other descriptors in favor of ‘a
grandmother of eight wonderful grandchildren’.
Elaine's CV
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