Margaret Baker
"This year at Montera Middle School we are beginning an International Baccalaureate program of study. I plan to interweave California Physical Education and Health standards, Common Core standards, and International Baccalaureate standards in my curriculum. I will bring in Rock Your World activism for my students, tying personal and global pursuits together. I will know more about how I will incorporate human rights, interest focus, information gathering, and creative campaigns - writing, filmmaking, songwriting, etc. into our consciousness and work as the year progresses. I believe the personal is the political, and in the power of one, at any age, to encourage positive growth for everyone on Earth. My personal and global goal will be to weave these many strands together in my life and at my school."
Shantee Baker grew up in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the US. She is the mother of three children. Shantee is a performing artist and a writer, and a dancer and swimmer. She makes her living teaching Physical Education and Health in Oakland public schools. As an OUSD Wellness Champion, Shantee has worked in garden education, recycling, staff wellness, and youth leadership, spearheading projects such as The Edible Schoolyard, The Peace Garden, The Garden of Compassion, the CreatePeace Mural Project, and The Wellness Center. Shantee believes that, “Healthy people are happier people, and happier people make a happier world."
