Work with Virginia:
GIFTS FROM THE PLANET:
Below are diverse services Virginia can provide to individuals, families, schools, organizations, and communities. She has learned to honor the many gifts Mother Earth has bestowed on humanity, aligning her services with the limitlessness of the elements~ earth, air, fire, water, and ether. She sees the power in collaboration, developing organic projects, that solidify in form as she partners with those she serves. The projects below are frameworks to guide her services, as she dialogues with clients about the best strategies to support their values and needs on the planet.
Consulting:
F.L.A.M.E.S.~~Fostering Liberation And Manifesting Equitable Systems
Virginia provides Strategic Planning & System Design for Nonprofits, Daycares, Companies, and Schools in creating Partnership Models of leading and serving.
Long Term and Short Term Projects are co-created with agencies to best support them in transforming their systems towards equity and belonging.
Projects include, but not limited to:
Professional Development
Strategic Visioning and Planning
Policy Development and Implementation
Curriculum Design
Program Design and Management
Programs/Organizations Virginia has consulted with include, but not limited to:
Opportunity Alliance, Head Start, Portland, ME
Youth & Family Outreach, Portland, ME
Heidi’s House Daycare
Auburn School District
Maine Families Program of Maine Children’s Trust
Curriculum Designer:
Roots & Fruits Early Childhood Model:
A Culturally Responsive ECE Program Model that embodies diversity, equity, inclusivity and belonging (DEIB) at all levels of the program. This toolbox is for ECE programs/classrooms to use as a model of teaching, learning, and leading.
S.T.R.E.A.M.S. ~~~~Social Studies; Technology; Reading/wRiting; Existentialism; Arts; Mathematics; Science
A project based curriculum framework that extends beyond the STEAM model of teaching & learning. This framework incorporates Social Studies and Existential (Higher Conscious) Thinking into curriculum designs to enhance students wholistic learning in Mind, Body, Heart, and Soul. This framework is for classrooms, schools, and districts to use as an interdisciplinary roadmap in creating innovative experiential projects for students Pre-K - 8th grade.
S.O.I.L. ~ Sowing Our Inner Light
A curriculum framework for children and families to explore the limitlessness of our own beings, gathering social, emotional, and peace leader tools to raise our vibrations on the planet. Accessing creative arts, meditation, movement, nature, ritual, etc. children and families will come together to see our potential to be agents of light and love on the planet.
L.A.N.D. ~ Literacy And Navigating Diversity
A curriculum framework for educators and parents to explore the power of language through books, musical lyrics, media literacy, and theater in examining topics of diverse identities and the power of dialogue to bridge our differences. Participants learn how to “read” words, illustrations, songs, and media to see hidden, dominating messages of bias and dualistic thinking of “us versus them;” and learn to transform this language towards messages of “both/and,” fostering belonging, shared power, and inclusiveness.
Coaching.
Teachers:
Parents:
Case Managers:
Workshops & Trainings:
for PARENTS: RADICAL LOVE in Parenting Workshop; Exploring Family Ancestry as a tool to deepen Identity; Creating Family Rituals and Sacred Space
for CHILDREN: “I Am” Project; Exploring our “Roots” & “Fruits” we have to be Peace Ambassadors in the World;
for ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS/SCHOOL STAFF: Exploring Our Identity Tree and the Role it Plays in Teaching; Using Art as a Doorway towards Healing; Organically Co-Create workshops with specific audiences to meet particular goals.
for EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS: Exploring Our Identity Tree and the Role it Plays in Teaching; Organically Co-Create workshops with specific audiences to meet particular goals
for SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS: Exploring Our Identity Tree and the Role it Plays in Serving Families and Children; Organically Co-Create workshops with specific audiences to meet particular goals.
Some Audiences Virginia has presented workshops include, but not limited to:
Maine Families of Maine Children’s Trust
Children’s Nursery School, Portland, ME
Edward Little High School, Auburn, ME
Connors Elementary School, Lewiston, ME
Collaborative Projects.
A.I.R. ~~ Art In Response….
A collaborative project with husband, Justin Moriarty, an interdisciplinary artist, teacher, and technical director at Bates College. This project was designed in response to the growing demands of our planet ~ climate change, social injustices, and growing divisions amongst humanity. The project uses the arts as a vehicle towards self reflection & healing, courageous dialogues, and community building. The project is presented in a variety of ways ~workshop for professionals, curriculum framework for educators, and a program at a community event.
Some Agencies Virginia has offered A.I.R. include, but not limited to:
Portland Museum of Art ~ Teachers’ Workshop
Portland Museum of Art ~ Docent Workshops
Best Practices for Using Diverse Books in the Pre-K-8 Classrooms
Workshop(s) in partnership with Andrea Breau and Annie Sibley O’Brien from Bates College Diverse Book Finder ~ www.diversebookfinder.org
This is one or a series of workshops, for schools and communities to explore the power of books as a doorway into discussing topics of race, class, gender, and other aspects of one’s identity. Participants will be challenged to review the research, self-reflect on one’s own identity, and learn the tools of literacy intersecting with social and emotional intelligence and social studies, to have courageous conversations with children and youth.
Some Schools Virginia, Andrea, & Annie have worked with include:
South Portland Schools, Maine
Village Elementary, York, Maine
Cumberland Schools, Maine
Acadia Academy, Lewiston, ME
Waynflete Academy, Portland, ME
