LBCC Parenting Education Names Educator of the Year

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Joanne Hunter, left, named Parenting Educator of the Year.
Cyrel Gable, Parenting Education, presented the award.
The Parenting Success Network and Linn-Benton Community College has named Joanne Hunter as Parenting Educator of the Year.

Hunter, from Corvallis, received the award during LBCC’s annual Parenting Educator Celebration held Thursday at the college.

Hunter teaches Live and Learn with Your Preschooler classes at LBCC’s Benton Center, and has provided parenting education for more than twenty years. She is known for using a wide variety of techniques to create an environment that meets the needs of diverse families.

Hunter says that she works to “awaken a sense of awe and wonder in both parents and children, whereby families can simply ‘be’ and ‘enjoy’ the moment together, and for parents to know that they will always be their primary educator.”

There is little formal training available to learn the skills and abilities that make parenting easier and more successful, so the work of parenting educators frequently goes unrecognized, said Cyrel Gable, LBCC Parenting Education faculty.

The Parenting Educator of the Year Award was established to honor educators during Oregon Parenting Education Week, which runs May 19-25 this year.

Parenting educators are professionally trained in child development, family relationships, individual coaching and group facilitation. They work with families in home visits and in classroom settings, guiding parents in developing positive ways to nurture and discipline their children, with a goal to work in partnership with parents to help them be the best they can be.

LBCC has operated parenting education classes throughout Linn and Benton counties for almost 40 years. For the past three years, LBCC’s Parenting Education Department has facilitated a multi-agency collaborative, the Parenting Success Network, intended to expand and coordinate services and make them more accessible to families. The partnership operates a website that includes parenting tips, resources and a calendar of classes.

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