Tom Kertes

Current

• Leadership Organizer at United Workers Association
• Consultant at Imagine Tree Consulting

Past

• Policy and Communications Advisor at College of Early Childhood Educators
• Professor, Early Childhood Education at Seneca College
• Production Coordinator at Biz Kids Productions

• Learning Specialist / Director of Education Programs at Puget Sound Learning
• Preschool Teacher at The Garden School
• Managing Partner at Children's Garden

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Education

• University of Washington
• Universidad de Guadalajara
• Olympic College

• The Evergreen State College
• Langara College

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Connections

75 connections

Industry

Individual & Family Services

Websites

• Tom Kertes Consulting Site

Tom Kertes’s Summary

My work is at the intersection of human rights and education. I've fought for worker and other economic human rights, quality child care, educational access for low-income children and for economic justice in some of North America's poorest communities.

My experience ranges from public television production to organizing street-level protests against poverty. I have taught preschool-aged to grade 12 students, organized poverty-wage stadium cleaners and owned and operated a children's book and toy store. I have extensive experience as a labour and human rights organizer.

Tom Kertes’s Specialties:

Early childhood education, policy, adult education, community organizing

Tom Kertes’s Experience

• Leadership Organizer

  United Workers Association

  (Public Policy industry)

  September 2002 — Present (7 years 4 months)

  The United Workers is a non-partisan poor people's multiracial and bilingual human rights organization fighting to secure the human rights of everyone, everywhere.
  
  Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Consultant

  Imagine Tree Consulting

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  January 1999 — Present (11 years )

  Imagine Tree Consulting provides consulting services for educational television production, economic human rights organizations and other worthwhile projects.

• Policy and Communications Advisor

  College of Early Childhood Educators

  (Public Policy industry)

  April 2008 — April 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  The College of Early Childhood Educators is a professional self-regulatory organization for early childhood educators formed to protect the public interest and focused on quality and standards in the practice of early childhood education. It is the first self-regulatory college for early childhood educators in North America.
  
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Professor, Early Childhood Education

  Seneca College

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 2008 — April 2008 (4 months)

  The Early Childhood Education program at Seneca College teaches students to design learning environments that promote healthy development for young children.
  
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Production Coordinator

  Biz Kids Productions

  (Media Production industry)

  October 2006 — April 2007 (7 months)

  Biz Kids is a public television series on financial literacy for young people, produced by the Emmy award winning creators, writers and producers of Disney's Bill Nye the Science Guy. Currently 90% of the US public television market broadcasts the series, reaching over 115 million homes.
  
  Seattle, Washington, United States

• Learning Specialist / Director of Education Programs

  Puget Sound Learning

  (Education Management industry)

  September 1998 — August 2001 (3 years )

  Puget Sound Learning provided tutoring services in reading, math and writing for students in grades K-12 and offered summer reading programs for early readers in grades K-2.
  
  Silverdale, Washington, United States

• Preschool Teacher

  The Garden School

  (Education Management industry)

  September 1998 — May 2001 (2 years 9 months)

  The Garden School was a preschool and kindergarten.
  
  Silverdale, Washington, United States

• Managing Partner

  Children's Garden

  (Retail industry)

  September 1994 — September 1998 (4 years 1 month)

  Children's Garden was an 8,000 square foot children's book, toy and teacher supply store that later housed The Garden School and Puget Sound Learning.
  
  Silverdale, Washington, United States

Tom Kertes’s Education

• University of Washington

  BA , Psychology , 2001 — 2003

• Universidad de Guadalajara

  Spanish 2002 — 2002

• Olympic College

  AAS , Liberal Arts and Sciences , 2000 — 2001

• The Evergreen State College

  Search for Justice 1992 — 1992

• Langara College

Additional Information

Tom Kertes’s Websites:

• Tom Kertes Consulting Site

Tom Kertes’s Interests:

Psychology of Learning, Human Development, Narrative, Literacy, Branding, Public Relations, Politics, Faith and Justice,, Linguistics

Tom Kertes’s Groups:

College of Early Childhood Educators, Liberation Learning, United Workers Association, Poverty Initiative, University of the Poor, Friends and Residents

•    University of Washington Alumni Group
•    The Evergreen State College Alumni
•    Social Innovation Generation

Tom Kertes’s Honors:

Zesbaugh Scholar, Psi Chi, Puget Sound Parent "Golden Bootie Award" Best Speciality Children's Bookstore, Kitsap County Family Friendly and Drug-free Workplace Award

Tom Kertes’s Contact Settings

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