Tina Dawson

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Core faculty, Member at Large
Core faculty, Center for Programs in Education

Summary of Education and Relevant Experience

B.S., M.S., Ed.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Tina Dawson also served Antioch University Seattle as Interim Chair of the Graduate Teacher Preparation program and as Director of the Center for Programs in Education. Dawson served on the faculty of Virginia Tech’s College of Human Resources and Education for four years and taught in and directed various PK–12 programs in Virginia, mostly independent alternative community schools, for more than 20 years. She is an advisory board member for the National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools and has participated in numerous educational collaborations between the public and private sectors. Her interests include lifelong learning, community, experiential education, change, curriculum integration and viewing all education as environmental education.

Affiliations

• Advisory board, National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools
• Associate, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Professional Interests

• Lifelong learning
• Community
• Experiential education
• Change, curriculum integration and educational collaborations between the public and private sectors

On Interest Area

"All education is environmental education. For too many people, for too many other living things, and for the planet, the world as it is now is not working. New voices must be heard, and part of being an alternative is providing these new voices."

On Teaching at Antioch

"The students are fantastic. They are why we do what we do."

Contact Information

Tina Dawson
206-268-4608
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