About Robin
Gymnastics
Robin has been an avid enthusiast of gymnastics since her days as a competitive gymnast. She began coaching at 15 riding to meets with the athletes’ parents – oh, the good ole days! Gymnastics is The Superior Sport and has evolved to a level of high standards and a drive for shared safety and expertise.
The diversity of her background brings rich ideals and a unique perspective to her delivery of information. You may be wondering what experiences has created Robin, to highlight a few... She has coached in Illinois, Florida, Texas, New Mexico, but currently lives in California. Why did she move so much? She likes change which yields growth! She has never owned a program because it ties her down. If the system is not working, FIX IT! She lived in Illinois and realized she hates cold weather, so she packed bags with no job and no place to live and moved to Florida. Gymnastics enabled her to land a job and sublet the leaving coach’s apartment. This deep-rooted and lived belief generates a vision of seeing the big picture but addressing the details to generate change.
Her tool box has been filled through honing skills in management, recreational / competitive coaching, high school gymnastics, after school programs, camps, Mom’s day out, preschool classes, special needs, curriculum development, and program consulting.
Outside of gymnastics she has been a special education teacher for 10 years. Currently she evaluates children ages 0-3 with developmental delays for intervention services and provides direct services to children with special needs. Furthermore, she is entering the research phase of her dissertation to attain her Doctorate in Interdisciplinary Educational Leadership from Creighton University.
Education
Since college, Robin has been drawn to helping adults and children with special needs in recreation programs, camping, Special Olympics, and gymnastics. After many years managing gymnastics programs she made the leap to become a special education teacher in self-contained, and inclusive settings for children in in pre-K, primary, and secondary settings. Her unique educational talents stem from experiences developed in the classroom, writing and delivering professional development, and assisting teachers to comprehend diverse learning styles.
Her expertise is in the areas of brain-based learning, movement education, and social emotional aptitude presented through practical solutions that can be easily implemented to see results using dynamic professional development founded in research-based techniques. Her desire is to empower educators to understand personal and student learning processes key to problem solving student needs and solutions.
Robin is married to a really cool dude named Kevin and they have produced two wonderful children, Scarlett and Indigo.