jeffrey Peyton
Founder, Play Tectonics
playtectonics.org
Milestones
My road in life has taken me all over.
As early as high school, I could feel that I wanted to make a mark, but I didn't know how or what.
After my freshman year at NYU, I studied in Vienna, Austria--which changed my life forever.
When I got out of the Army in 1969 I moved to New Haven, CT. took a room at the YMCA, began substitute teaching.
Got my 1st car, my 1st apartment, got my teaching cert. and worked in the inner city high school
I left teaching and started doing puppet shows with my fiance--way out of my comfort zone but in step with a desire to be
doing something different--building a life. Started doing workshops and we were awarded 3 consecutive grants to bring my work into every city elementary school. Learning how puppets turned on kids.
In 1977 I co-authored an article in a big education magazine and 10,000 teachers from all over the world responded. I was not ready, but I knew that I had struck a chord in the marketplace of ideas.
We embarked on a 3-year detour and life-crash--moved far away, failed partnership, stress and we divorced. Moved from NC to Virginia where I began working for a college friend who asked me to publish
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Education
High School
Career
Founder, Play Tectonics
I am leading a movement to transform the learning culture
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Education
Entrepreneurship
Upholding a Cause and Belief
Day to Day
I'm older and wiser now. I am also late blooming. I work with a team of individuals who have embraced my vision and work with them--we are an organic unit, moving, sharing, building. We are developing a pathway locally, but that path will be scaled outward as the project evolves. I write. Use project management software, and I am using skills and mustering the courage to overcome comfort zones that I also built over the years on this journey. It's never too late to push yourself outward.
Advice for Getting Started
Here's the first step for everyone
Build relationships. Write your life goals down. Declare your intention, so that when you meet people who take you seriously you will be clear about who you are and what you are looking for.
Recommended Education
My career is not related to what I studied. I'd recommend this path instead:
Bachelor
Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship
Hurdles
The Noise I Shed
From Society in General:
"If you have a dream, and the dream appears misguided or a flight of fancy, be prepared to spend a lot of time in your interior--it can be lonely. After a while, people avoid asking questions. "
Challenges I Overcame
Learning Issues
