Pauline Evans

Writer

Pauline is a highly motivated educational professional with diverse experiences in education and a drive for excellence. She is committed to professional and personal development as well as cultural diversity.

Pauline hails from the beautiful island of Jamaica. She has been a teacher since September 1994. A graduate of the University of the West Indies with a Bachelor Degree in Education (1999), and, Andrews University with a Masters in Educational Administration and Leadership (2003). Presently, she serves as the Assistant Principal of the Brooklyn Temple SDA Elementary School, Brooklyn, New York. She also teaches  third and fourth grades. Her deepest desire is to positively impact the lives of the students who are entrusted to her care each year.

Kim Kaiser

Writer

Kim Kaiser has taught a variety of grades in church schools as well as students with special needs in public middle and high schools. Currently she is serving as the associate superintendent for the New York Conference, responsible for elementary education. Kim enjoys writing multi-grade curricular materials for small schools, finding creative solutions to meet individual student needs and supporting teachers. In her spare time she enjoys knitting socks and loves to read children’s literature.

Carolyn Kearbey

Writer

Carolyn S. Kearbey has taught at nearly every grade level possible throughout her nearly 30 years of teaching. As a preservice teacher still in college, she worked as a substitute teacher during every vacation, allowing her to experience kindergarten through sixth grade before even starting her first job. As an elementary teacher, she taught fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. After receiving her doctorate in education from Loma Linda University, she became the associate director of the Reading Center at Atlantic Union College. There she conducted classes in study skills and speed reading for 7th, 8th, and 12th graders as well as individual tutoring for kindergarten through college students. As a professor in the Education Department, she taught study skills to college freshmen, education classes to undergraduate students, and graduate classes to teachers. Since leaving college teaching and moving to Napa Christian Campus of Education in 2005, Dr. Kearbey has taught 6th, 7th, 8th, and 10th grades as well as serving as the resource teacher for the entire campus.

Rebecca F. Kinley Fraker

Writer

Rebecca K. Fraker lives at Union Springs Academy in NY with her husband Steven Fraker.  She has three children and one grandchild. Most of her career has been spent with multi-grade education and she has taught every age through 12th grade.  She is greatly interested in everything and is always eager to learn new things.  This past year she has explored the world of bones and has started a collection of animal skulls, bones, and teeth to examine with her eager, enthusiastic students.

Jan Leigh

Writer

Jan Leigh has been teaching for 14 years in the Adventist system in both lower and upper grades. Her true passion is teachiing Language and Reading which she is currently doing in Napa, California for 6-8 grades

Ulises Poyser

Writer

Ulises Poyser is one of those rare people who loves math. Teaching high school-level to college-level math, in both private and public schools, has been a passion of his for over 15 years. Currently he is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Atlantic Union College. A special interest of his is to teach math using simple, easy-to-understand terms, that takes the fear and anxiety out of learning math at any level.

Ulises grew up in a military home, having to move frequently from state to state. He has lived in Maryland, Massachusetts, Virginia, Indiana, Michigan, and Maine. Most of his years have been spent in Massachusetts, which is where he met his wife, Wendy. The two have been married for 15 years and have two young children, Lucas (age 7) and Jessica (age 4). Both of whom Ulises has taught to memorize some Calculus derivatives. (Starting 'em young!)

Dale Slongwhite

Writer

Dale Slongwhite holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Atlantic Union College in South Lancaster, Massachusetts. She is also a certified workshop leader with Amherst Writers and Artists, the co-author of Gathering: A Search for Balance and Fulfillment and the author of numerous published articles. Most importantly, she is a great motivator with a warm demeanor who encourages writers to a level of creativity they did not see in themselves.