About Me
Background
After graduating with an undergraduate degree in Philosophy, I spent the
first 15 years of my career working in the outdoor education field.
The first program I directed, the Adam Kreiger Adventure Program, is a memorial for an inspiring student who passed away after a long battle with cancer. As Hopkins School faculty I spent much of the academic year with the Middle and High School students of Hopkins and with area public schools. My summers were filled with urban education programs including Summerbridge and L.E.A.P.
As part of Adam Kreiger’s original vision we worked very closely with Yale-New Haven Children’s hospital child life department, founded the first siblings program for the Special Olympic World games, and served the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp and other local camps for children with cancer or other terminal illnesses.
Currently
I am on faculty at the Yokohama International School in Yokohama, Japan. I have been in this country since 2001. The first 5 years, I worked in educational reform with Project Adventure Japan, helping bring adventure based counseling and experiential learning strategies to the Japanese Public Schools.
While I loved working in a consulting capacity, I missed the daily interaction with students. I was happy to return to a school setting and work as a counselor to provide a combination of responsive services and guidance oriented curriculum for middle and high school students. I am also a graduate student at the Graduate Center for Applied Psychology out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is a heap of work but very enjoyable learning. The combination of work and graduate school enables me to operate in that wonderful space of study and immediate application.
My wife, Asako, is also a teacher. We have two terrific kids and a fantastic dog. Find me on Twitter @AdamClark71. 