Facilitators
Peggy
Shibuya
PeggyShibuya@virtuesinasia.com
Margaret (Peggy) Shibuya of Sapporo, Japan has a MA in Education and is a
certified elementary teacher with 20 years of teaching experience. She was
introduced to the Virtues Project character education program in 1996 and
has been implementing its strategies in her classroom since 1997. In 2004,
she trained as a Virtues Project facilitator under Master Facilitator Ruth
Suzuki in Sapporo, Japan and took further training in 2006 from Master Facilitator
Betsy Lydle Smith in Seattle, WA (USA). She gives presentations and workshops
about the Virtue Project to educators and educational groups in the Sapporo
area and is interested in bringing the Virtues Project character education
program to international schools throughout Asia. She has served on the Board
of Councilors for Hokkaido International School from 1994 to the present.
She was the Elementary Coordinator for three years, from 2004 to 2007. Presently
she is the IPC Coordinator at Hokkaido International School and continues
to teach at the elementary level.
Kathleen Riggins
KathleenRiggins@virtuesinasia.com
Kathleen Riggins was first introduced to the Virtues Project in 1996. She has been a facilitator of The Virtues Project since 2004. She trained under Master Facilitator Ruth Suzuki, and gives presentations and workshops on The Virtues Project. She is interested in bringing the Virtues Project character education program to international schools throughout Asia.
Kathleen received a MA degree in Library Science from the University of Iowa. She worked in the same university library as a reference librarian for two years. She has lived in Sapporo, Japan, since 1971. She has taught English as a second language for several years. She has been the librarian at Hokkaido International School since 1996. Before that, she served on the Executive Board of Hokkaido International School 1990 to 1996. While she was Chairperson, 1992-1996, the school moved to its present campus.