Oakley

Oakley is a teacher at Seedlings Playschool Dekum, bringing a background in early childhood development and research on social‑emotional learning. Born in Michigan and educated at Hampshire College, Oakley has worked in Reggio‑Emilia‑inspired early learning centers and with Portland Public Schools Head Start, and now contributes to Seedlings’ play‑based curr...

Oakley is a Teacher at Seedlings Playschool Dekum. They were born in Michigan and grew up on the beaches of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Oakley earned a bachelor’s degree from Hampshire College, completing a mixed‑methods comparative study on social‑emotional learning in preschool classrooms, and worked at a Reggio Emilia‑inspired early‑learning c...