Wendy Ostroff has been developing curriculum on children's learning for the past 15 years in the Hutchins School of Liberal Studies at Sonoma State University; in the Department of Education and Child Study at Smith College; and most recently, as Associate Professor in the Program for the Advancement of Learning at Curry College. Dr. Ostroff has taught over 30 distinct university-level courses and has been granted three university Excellence in Teaching awards. She is deeply committed to the design and implementation of state of the art education.