Cathryn Berger Kaye

Cathryn Berger Kaye, M.A., president of CBK Associates, is a former classroom teacher and International Service Learning Consultant. She works with state departments of education, university faculty and students, school districts, and classroom teachers both in the United States and abroad on a variety of education issues such as service learning, civic responsibility, student leadership, literacy, and respectful, safe school communities. She is the author of The Complete Guide to Service Learning: Proven, Practical Ways to Engage Students in Civic Responsibility, Academic Curriculum, & Social Action and a new interactive workbook series, Free Spirit’s Service Learning for Kids: How to Take Action. Her new curriculum, Strategies for Success with Literacy: A Learning Curriculum that Serves, is an innovative research-based approach to addressing literacy, social-emotional development, and civic engagement through highly engaging teaching methods and has been implemented with over 50,000 students. As part of her global service learning initiative, Kaye founded the In Our Global Village project to develop local knowledge with international outreach that builds student to student intercultural connections. Kaye lives in Los Angeles.