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'''Barbara Gilles''', an educational innovator, was honored in 1999 as a Teacher of the Year by President Clinton<ref>[http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsID=48825&cat=1 Teacher of the Year]</ref>, and in 2004 as a Teacher of the World by the World Network of Religious Futurists and the Stuart C. Dodd Institute for Social Innovation. She is presently the Director of Educational Innovation with the Stuart C. Dodd Institute in Seattle, WA.

'''Barbara Gilles''', an educational innovator, was honored in 1999 as a Teacher of the Year by President Clinton,<ref>[http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsID=48825&cat=1 Teacher of the Year]</ref> and in 2004 as a Teacher of the World by the World Network of Religious Futurists and the Stuart C. Dodd Institute for Social Innovation. She is presently the Director of Educational Innovation with the Stuart C. Dodd Institute in Seattle, WA.

==Early Days==

==Early Days==

==Teaching Career==

==Teaching Career==

She began her teaching career in an outdoor school near Istanbul, Turkey when she was a teenager. Barbara joined the Peace Corps after graduating from college in education and taught 6th grade in Kolahun, Liberia. Her life passions were clear: children, earth and civilization building. She loved teaching all ages and subjects, especially outdoor education.

She began her teaching career in an outdoor school near Istanbul, Turkey when she was a teenager. Barbara joined the Peace Corps after graduating from college with a degree in education and taught 6th grade in Kolahun, Liberia. Her life passions were clear: children, earth and civilization building. She loved teaching all ages and subjects, especially outdoor education.

==Personal Life==

==Personal Life==

n l964 she married her Peace Corps sweetheart Lee. They had a wonderful adventuresome life and family--two boys and a girl--and today they also enjoy five grandchildren.

In l964 she married her Peace Corps sweetheart Lee. They had a wonderful adventuresome life and family--two boys and a girl--and today they also enjoy five grandchildren.

==Publications==

==Publications==

Most recently she co-authored her first book with Dr. Richard Kirby, Nurturing Civilization Builders: Birthing the Best Schools in the World<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0974470805/sr=8-1/qid=1154460643/ref=sr_1_1/103-3102949-4850232?ie=UTF8 Nurturing Civilization Builders: Birthing the Best Schools in the World]</ref>.

Most recently she co-authored her first book with Dr. Richard Kirby, Nurturing Civilization Builders: Birthing the Best Schools in the World.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0974470805/sr=8-1/qid=1154460643/ref=sr_1_1/103-3102949-4850232?ie=UTF8 Nurturing Civilization Builders: Birthing the Best Schools in the World]</ref>

==References==

==References==