Companies who do the Earth a solid in my book. Please let me know of others out there.
Grove Collaborative: from their websute: "We craft and curate earth-changing products for your home.
Thrive Market
From their website: "Organic without overpaying. Everyday savings on high-quality products, delivered right to your door."
Mighty Nest
From their website: "Discover the delightfully simple way to a greener, healthier life.
I enjoy the Mighty Fix, which is a subscription service for unique, green products.
Promote current deals
Running a holiday sale or weekly special? Definitely promote it here to get customers excited about getting a sweet deal.
Share the big news
Have you opened a new location, redesigned your shop, or added a new product or service? Don't keep it to yourself, let folks know.
Display their FAQs
Customers have questions, you have answers. Display the most frequently asked questions, so everybody benefits.
About our facilitator: Teresa ReGina McGrath, M.Ed.
Purpose: Become a grateful global regenerative learner and encourage others to do the same: happily!
My years of teaching in the US in a Florida public school system prepared me well to then teach abroad in China as well as Mexico. The two year stints in each country were interrupted by an English Summer Camp experience in Karlovy Vari, the Czech Republic during 2019. My daughter and I are both so grateful we chose the global path less traveled.
Personal statement: My sense of adventure has led me to flourish as a mother, teacher and person.
I have held the job-of-a-lifetime several times, fostering in me a need to give back. Having recently returned to the US from teaching abroad, I look forward to bringing entertaining lessons in regenerative or sustainable lifestyles to small groups of people all around the world.
My many jobs of a lifetime, and other Groovy Life Gigs
Launching "Do the Earth a Solid" campaign to instigate ecoBricking!
Summer 2021: Homecoming tour of the United States by rail as a green alternative
08/20/2019 – 06/18/2021: American School of Tampico, Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico Middle School English and Language Arts teacher
Summer 2019: Carlsbad International School, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic Summer English Teacher
2018/19 Schoolyear: Changsha WES Academy, Changsha, China Third Grade Teacher .
07/2017 – 07/2018: International Institute of Education, Changsha, China English Teacher for Second Language Learners
10/2003 – 10/2016 Lake County Schools (LCS), Leesburg, Florida, US Classroom or Learning Support Teacher, specializing in learning differences and coping strategies for students with academic challenges as well as children on the Autistic spectrum.
I also worked outside of the classroom. These extra responsibilities, relevant to learning, included: • TV Studio Teacher- guided student crew at 3 different schools for 11 years to produce daily news show, including using green screen, audio and visual mixers, pitch ideas, edit movies, pantomiming, episode reevaluations, walla groups,
• Technology Contact – Troubleshot operator issues, performed minor repairs and created work orders for more involved issues. I held this position at three of the four schools I worked at LCS for 8 years.
• Techno Team Creator/Advisor - trained 5th or 8th graders to maintain computers, troubleshoot simple issues and set-up workstations on their own and call in reinforcements for other troubles.
Scholarly Qualifications
● Master of Education degree (summa cum laude), 1999 - Florida Gulf Coast University
● Baccalaureate (magna cum laude), 1997, University of South Florida
● Graduate Certificate: Web Design for Educators. 2001, University of South Florida
Certs:
● State of Florida Professional Educator, 2003 to 2018
Pre-K through 6th grade Gen. Ed.
K-12 Computer Science
K-12 Exceptional Student Education
Endorsements: 1. Reading 2. English for Speakers of Other Languages
● Enjoy TEFL, 2017: 120 & 180 hours TEFL (Teach English as a Foreign Language)
Core Strengths and Accomplishments
● Raised an extraordinary young woman as a single parent and American teacher.
● Navigated the bureaucracy of garnering People’s Republic of China Foreign Expert Status, 2017.
● Resigned from tenured position to pursue happiness, and caught it.
● Attended Life Mastery Institute, March 2017 – DreamBuilder Life Coach
● Certified by Time to Teach, July 2016 – Guided educators to use strategies aimed at enhancing the quality of student involvement, excitement and curiosity in the classroom.
● Garnered nearly $12,000 from Lake County Schools Foundation by writing optional grants to enhance student reading choices and engagement, including fieldtrips to Books-A-Million.
● Created the Techno Team (students to help teachers in the classroom with computer issues)
● Held office on the Unity (New Age Church) Leesburg Board of Trustees for four years
● Presented breakout sessions to several learning conferences (attendances in the tens of thousands of people) while working at the Community College and again at Lake County Schools.