A New Approach to Education
 
Terry Damlos has been involved in education for twenty years as a high school counselor, teacher, and a mother of four children who have each had their individual experiences in the public school system. Terry has a BA in Social Work and a Masters in Education and Curriculum. As an educator in the public school system she witnessed an increasing need to teach/guide children in a new way. As the number of "out of the box" children increased Terry experienced the dichotomy of allowing children to learn in individual ways and nurturing all aspects of the child as the public system stressed uniformity and testing.
 
So incorporating different teaching methodologies Terry created an approach which allows the child to guide their own learning and grow into their full potential, and is now working on opening a private school in the Phoenix area which will offer a new approach to education.
http://www.opendoorscenter.org

Topics include:

• The challenges and joys of starting a new kind of school
   
  
• How our children are really guiding today's education system
   
  
• How do we nurture the spirit of the child...And why this is such a priority?
   
  
• Why the arts are such an essential element of education
   
  
• Why it's vital that education allows room for spiritual growth