Mentors and Guides
DIANE BODE , Executive Director
Founder and Visionary ~ Master Mentor and Teacher
Founder and Visionary ~ Master Mentor and Teacher
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Diane Bode brings the past and future together in the present at Another Way School. A teacher, author and illustrator, Diane grew up on a working ranch in Northern California during the twilight of Norman Rockwell’s America. Born in 1942, she knew a time when people were more connected to nature and had learned from “Old Ones” who knew the West before the buffalo were gone.
Diane has been working for over 30 years to create bridges between the untamed, natural world and the modern, technological world creating patterns of healing and creative expression vital to the developing child. Diane has dedicated her life to creating environments, curriculum and instructional development materials designed to bring each child’s unique magic to full expression within a true community of children and adults. She brings a wealth of knowledge to the classroom from her unique combination of studies in child development. |
· B.S. in General Elementary Education with a minor in Sociology
· M.A. in Early Childhood Education
· American Montessori Society Certification
· Specialists Credential in Early Childhood Education
· Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming
· Certified Professional Ski Instructor of America
· Graphic art and life drawing
· Feldenkrais
· Animal training (husbandry/partnership)
· Frontier history/Native American Traditions
Diane’s credentials include:
· Child-Centered Skiing: The American Teaching System for Children
· Skiing is for Kids (and those who believe in magic)
· Faery Glimpses
· Co-authored and illustrated articles for Ski Magazine
. CPR and 1st Aid Certified
MISTI SEPPI
Advisor, Consultant and Private Horse Lessons
Advisor, Consultant and Private Horse Lessons
B.S. Animal Technology
University of Denver MBA University of Utah. With both formal education and practical experience, she brings a vast knowledge of horses and a love of learning and teaching to her students. |
Misti studied Parelli Natural Horsemanship for 10 years and segued to Classical Riding. She continues her own rider education with annual trips to Portugal to train under Master Luis Valenca, Sofia Valenca, and Francisco Bessa Carvalho. Her own goals are to train and ride at a level of Equestrian Art.
She owns 8 horses - 5 Tennessee Walking Horses and 3 Lusitanos and has a particular affinity for both breeds. She refers to the TWH as her SUVs and the Lusitanos as her Ferraris. She has been teaching horsemanship for the past 5 years, combining natural horsemanship with classical riding principles. Her teaching emphasis is on knowledge of the horse, understanding the horse, and how the horse experiences life with humans, and above all, the importance of partnership with the horse in respectful, reciprocal working relationship. She believes once the student of the horse understands why they will find how. It is important to her that both horses and humans are safe, confident and having fun. With those elements in place, learning and understanding can take place. She encourages horses and riders to their limit but not over their limit. Ultimately it is about the horse and the rider being able to express their own unique selves and artistry with confidence, grace, and dignity. |
LESLIE BARRY
Horse Program and Mentor
Horse Program and Mentor
Elementary Teaching Certificate in New Jersey since 1971.
Leslie has Directed several high performing pre-schools, developing curriculum as well as administration and teaching. Her wealth of experience includes horses and skiing. |
Leslie was the Director of the New Vernon Presbyterian Nursery School in New Vernon, New Jersey, and was a Teacher/Mentor/Director for the preschool Program at Gila Crossing Community School on the Gila River Reservation in Arizona. She initiated and managed the Raindrop Riding Academy, a therapeutic riding program maintained in association with the Pediatric Therapy Department at Morristown Memorial Hospital which continued for twenty years.
For the past seven years she has worked as a Teaching Assistant at Madison Junior School, in Madison, NJ. I have been working primarily with 6th and 7th grade adolescents on the autism spectrum, as well as students with learning disabilities. Leslie has extensive experience working with preschool and Kindergarten students in gifted programs. She has also had significant experience over the years with special needs children on the autism spectrum, children with learning disabilities and children with emotional and social challenges. In all situations the children were developing communication, math and reading skills spanning the range of individual differences. She worked with children with physical challenges in swimming programs and early intervention follow-up therapies, infants to 6 years old. |
TOM CAMMERMEYER
Outdoor Program Friluftsliv Mentor and Property Manager
Outdoor Program Friluftsliv Mentor and Property Manager
B.S. Florida University
M.S. University of Utah Norwegian Friluftsliv Mentor |
Originally from Oslo, Norway, Tom has been mentoring youth and University of Utah students since 1980. He is the founder of the Norwegian Outdoor center that he managed for 32 years.
Tom is deeply committed the Deep Ecology movement and the philosophy of Friluftsliv (open-air-life). His goal is to help children connect to Nature and themselves in an attitude of deep respect and appreciation. All the arts and sciences have been inspired by Nature. All patterns connect. We are all related. Tom keeps the horses and property cared for each morning as Property Manager. Students explore the Uintas and the outdoors with Tom's guidance - discovering how we are all a part of the Nature we experience. |
SAUSHA SEUS
Wild Wolves Mentor
Wild Wolves Mentor
Sausha and Tom take Another Way students into the wild to explore Nature and our relationship to all life.
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Sausha Seus is a wolf trainer with Wasatch Rocky Mountain Wildlife, an animal training service based in Heber City, Utah best known for its star ursine thespian: Bart the Bear. Sausha handled the wolves that played Lobo and Blanca in NATURE’s The Wolf That Changed America. She has been working with wolves for 17 years. Wild wolves can be dangerous, and the wolves Sausha works with are trained, so — as always when it comes to wild animals — don’t try this at home.
Sausha first became interested in wolves because her parents own Wasatch Rocky Mountain Wildlife. WRMW trains and tames wild animals for the film industry. Her parents, Doug and Lynne Seus, introduced Sausha to the wild kingdom at the age of three. She was part of a wolf pack by the time she was five. Her passion for animals – wolves, in particular – has been heightened by being able to work with them on a daily basis. "Communication with wolves is verbal and non verbal. Wolves are masters of body language and respond to it immediately. We use the positive reward method of training. The wolves are never forced to do anything. Wolves love to learn and revel in praise, reward and affection. Ear scratches or belly scratches are the best! Wolves souls are wild and free. You can only ask, you can never tell a wolf to do anything; they do it because they want to." Sausha in a PBS.org interview |
McKensee Harris
Preschool Teacher Specializing in Riding Instruction for 3-6-year-olds
Preschool Teacher Specializing in Riding Instruction for 3-6-year-olds
B.S. Parks, Recreation, and Tourism
American Association of Snowboard Instructors Certified Kidding Around Yoga Certified |
McKensee is a Graduate from the University of Utah with a Bachelor of Science degree in Parks, Recreation, and Tourism with an emphasis in Outdoor Recreation. She has spent her professional career creating transformational experiences in our natural world and guiding outdoor recreation activities.
McKensee grew up in Southern Utah spending as much time as possible in the wilderness with her family. She is passionate about experiential education, child development, respecting and protecting our natural world as well as the people and animals we share that with. McKensee has experience teaching children in natural settings with an emphasis on movement, curiosity, and fun. She has created immersive outdoor educational experiences for children of all ages. These include daily adventure programs, ski and snowboard coaching, kids’ yoga, horsemanship, and swim lessons. |
LARRY PETITT
Equestrian Program Coordinator
Equestrian Program Coordinator
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Larry has a B.S. in Agriculture/Animal Husbandry from Cal Poly, Pomona, CA.
Larry comes to Another Way School with a rich history of Equestrian training, management, and practical knowledge. His work experiences began with operating an outfitting company for the Disney corporation. He has extensive experience as the agent for the W.K. Kellog Arabian Horse Registry, as well as being a California state representative for the Avalon horse registry. Larry was recruited by ARMCO to be the general consultant for Saudi Arabian horse performance events. |
Larry has experienced managing, owning, and operating his own full service equestrian center. His equestrian center provided a full range of performance events; lessons, training, breeding, sales, and general consulting for any horse related issues. Larry has worked directly with Pat and Monty Roberts on their thoroughbred operation. His duties included training, breeding and the sale of horses for the race track. Having worked closely with the American Horse Show Association for drug testing and abuse prevention for high performance horses; he also has a business background managing a full service equestrian retail store.
GLENN PRICE
Ski Program Technical Director and Outdoor Program Mentor
Ski Program Technical Director and Outdoor Program Mentor
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Glenn was an early graduate of Playhouse Nursery School in 1958, a program directed by Jeannie Ginsberg PhD, a Montessori Certified teacher. The school was among the very first Montessori curriculum based schools in the East. He grew up in Princeton, N.J. and received a grant from the American Chemical Society to study at Princeton University at 14 years old. Graduating from New College in Environmental Science and Biology in 1975, he began his research career at Squib’s Institute for Medical Research. |
As a rider/coach for CRC of A, he coached athletes to the Junior World Cycling championships, helped to re-establish collegiate bicycle racing in the NE, and coached many successful Jr. National level competitors. Glenn worked for RMR, endurance racing SAABs, in pro rally with Fitzgerald racing, and did timing and scoring for CART. Canadian certified as a ski instructor, he traveled and taught internationally for Club Four Seasons. In ski race coaching, Glenn has directed development programs at Belleayre Mt., Ski Windham, and Alta. Additionally, as a ski/board tuner he was involved in high-level competition equipment preparation, and managed several tuning/rental operations.
As a component of graduate work in exercise physiology and the neurological development of athletes, Glenn met Diane Bode at the National Children’s ski symposium at Snowbird around 1986. It has been a long collaboration with the foundations of Another Way School. Glenn is an ATC, rehabbed under John Feig PT, studied ski boot mechanics and motion analysis systems. He recently completed his initial nursing studies earning a LPN. He has been involved in return to competition athletic training for many years, and was helpful in Diane’s recent recovery from bilateral knee replacement surgery. In joining Another Way as a board member and Administrator, Glenn brings a wide range of skills to the outdoor and skiing program, as well as applying his financial management back ground to refine operations procedures at Another Way.
As a component of graduate work in exercise physiology and the neurological development of athletes, Glenn met Diane Bode at the National Children’s ski symposium at Snowbird around 1986. It has been a long collaboration with the foundations of Another Way School. Glenn is an ATC, rehabbed under John Feig PT, studied ski boot mechanics and motion analysis systems. He recently completed his initial nursing studies earning a LPN. He has been involved in return to competition athletic training for many years, and was helpful in Diane’s recent recovery from bilateral knee replacement surgery. In joining Another Way as a board member and Administrator, Glenn brings a wide range of skills to the outdoor and skiing program, as well as applying his financial management back ground to refine operations procedures at Another Way.
JAMIE GIORDANO
Native American and Cultural Anthropology
Native American and Cultural Anthropology
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Jamie Giordano has a passion for nature in all of its infinite variety. She spends much of her time with her family in the wildest of parts that she can access, learning and exploring with wonder the beauty this earth has to offer.
Earlier in life, Jamie offered her services in the forms of hair artistry and art. She owned a vintage style barber shop/beauty salon called the Pink Flamingo in downtown SLC. Seeing the plight of local youth and the homeless, she focused much of her space on fundraising for them as she saw such a powerful need in the area. She also created space in her shop for dance, yoga, and local artists to display their art. Jamie apprenticed with a world-renowned muralist to help create many of the murals you may see in shops and on walls in the downtown area. |
Studying Humanities, Sociology and Cultural Anthropology at UVU, this later led to her travels and time with Indigenous medicine people in many countries such as Jamaica, Mexico, Central and South America, Canada and Europe studying their ways of life and participating in their ceremonial traditions.
In particular, Jamie committed to learning about Native American Ceremonial and Spiritual ways immersing herself in the Lakota Sundance way of life and the Native American Church (NAC). She helped raise funds for the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana to hold a Sundance praying for the release of the People living in poverty and addiction.
She traveled all throughout Mexico with her family studying plant medicine with tribes such as the Huichol, Seri & Yaqui. Whenever Jamie came home to Utah, she returned to the Native plants she knew well and their medicinal properties - wild crafting and foraging to her heart's content.
Regenerative agriculture & permaculture came into her life around the time she returned to Utah. From Utah, she then traveled to the Pacific Northwest working extensively in gardens and family farms. Jamie wandered the mountains learning the medicinal properties of the native plants in that area, wild crafting, foraging and creating medicine for her family and others.
Now, Jamie is taking that knowledge to the children and into the Early Childhood Development realm, working collaboratively with Another Way School and with a Nature and Garden Montessori school in Heber, as well as assisting in planting and growing food at a family farm and CSA.
In particular, Jamie committed to learning about Native American Ceremonial and Spiritual ways immersing herself in the Lakota Sundance way of life and the Native American Church (NAC). She helped raise funds for the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana to hold a Sundance praying for the release of the People living in poverty and addiction.
She traveled all throughout Mexico with her family studying plant medicine with tribes such as the Huichol, Seri & Yaqui. Whenever Jamie came home to Utah, she returned to the Native plants she knew well and their medicinal properties - wild crafting and foraging to her heart's content.
Regenerative agriculture & permaculture came into her life around the time she returned to Utah. From Utah, she then traveled to the Pacific Northwest working extensively in gardens and family farms. Jamie wandered the mountains learning the medicinal properties of the native plants in that area, wild crafting, foraging and creating medicine for her family and others.
Now, Jamie is taking that knowledge to the children and into the Early Childhood Development realm, working collaboratively with Another Way School and with a Nature and Garden Montessori school in Heber, as well as assisting in planting and growing food at a family farm and CSA.
TIM JARRELL
Awareness of Native American Arts, Dance, Ceremonies, and Traditions
Awareness of Native American Arts, Dance, Ceremonies, and Traditions
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Tim Jarrell, Living History mentor with Kris Swanson has an extraordinary skills background in traditional Native American Arts, Dance, Ceremonies and Traditions.
His father is Chief Shellbone Williams of the Southern Ute Tribe. At age nine, Tim was adopted into the Lakota traditional way of life living with and educated by the Elders of the Crow Dog family on the Lakota (Sioux) Reservation in South Dakota. At age 10, Tim started Powwow dancing. He not only danced but also learned the language, music and songs of the people. Working side by side with intertribal Elders who were masters of their traditional crafts, he learned how to make the regalia used in Powwow dancing and ceremony. |
Tim graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts in Dallas, Texas. While attending school there, he taught Master Classes in Native American Arts and Dance.
He worked with the Boy Scouts of America in Indian lore to help kids learn Native culture without stereotypes.
After graduating from high school, he continued to live with the Elders in a traditional way learning their skills, language, lore and stories. He attended Powwows and ceremonies to ensure that he absorbed all that he could of the old knowledge in to order to pass it on through the generations.
Tim continues to live in a traditional way and has joined Another Way working with Kris Swanson to pass on the extraordinary history and knowledge of the Indigenous Plains Indian Peoples to our children.
What Tim has learned from living directly with the Elders cannot be learned out of a textbook in university classrooms. It can only be learned through direct interaction over time working directly with the last of the traditional Elders who hold the Plains Indian culture and traditions.
We are blessed to have Tim as part of our team passing on the amazing dances, songs, music, lore, stories, earth-based wisdom, and traditional skills to our children.
Tim embodies the love of the Plains Indian Peoples for the earth and their kinship with all life. Through his work, Tim is dedicated to ensuring that the traditions and cultural gifts of the last of the Elders are not lost. His life is committed to passing on these ancient, beautiful traditions and skills through generations to come.
He worked with the Boy Scouts of America in Indian lore to help kids learn Native culture without stereotypes.
After graduating from high school, he continued to live with the Elders in a traditional way learning their skills, language, lore and stories. He attended Powwows and ceremonies to ensure that he absorbed all that he could of the old knowledge in to order to pass it on through the generations.
Tim continues to live in a traditional way and has joined Another Way working with Kris Swanson to pass on the extraordinary history and knowledge of the Indigenous Plains Indian Peoples to our children.
What Tim has learned from living directly with the Elders cannot be learned out of a textbook in university classrooms. It can only be learned through direct interaction over time working directly with the last of the traditional Elders who hold the Plains Indian culture and traditions.
We are blessed to have Tim as part of our team passing on the amazing dances, songs, music, lore, stories, earth-based wisdom, and traditional skills to our children.
Tim embodies the love of the Plains Indian Peoples for the earth and their kinship with all life. Through his work, Tim is dedicated to ensuring that the traditions and cultural gifts of the last of the Elders are not lost. His life is committed to passing on these ancient, beautiful traditions and skills through generations to come.
"Take time to soak in the wisdom of Nature.
Surround children with Nature.
Go back to natural abilities and concentrate on what you really love.
Let go. Be Curious. Stand up.
Be open to more possibilities.
Things will come together.
There are no limits.
Heaven is everywhere.
It is the way we perceive that makes it real"
- Akiane Kramarik
Surround children with Nature.
Go back to natural abilities and concentrate on what you really love.
Let go. Be Curious. Stand up.
Be open to more possibilities.
Things will come together.
There are no limits.
Heaven is everywhere.
It is the way we perceive that makes it real"
- Akiane Kramarik
