Jim Connor has been working with children for over ten years. He is a certified elementary school teacher, but has worked with and run programs for children of all ages, from infants through high school. He also taught at The Evergreen State College in Washington State. He has led several trainings in holistic and sustainable learning and sustainable living skills in Thailand, Burma and China. He has traveled extensively through Western Europe on his bicycle and has also traveled to Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Thailand, Bali and India for educational purposes. He is an avid believer in learning through play and is dedicated to incorporating principles of non-violence into his work with children. He has been a board member of the NCACS for seven years and has helped to organize several international conferences on alternative education. Jim is able to speak basic Thai and Burmese and can read and write at a basic level in Thai, Burmese and Hindi.