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About Dr. Tinsley

  • Founder and CEO of Tinsley Institute for Multicultural Empowerment, LLC. ​
  • Experienced in conducting solutions-oriented, cultural competence workshops​ to address areas of implicit bias, stereotypes and deficit thinking

  • Extensive background working in: ​
    • urban and suburban educational settings
    • state government, federal & non-profit programs, public, private & faith-based schools 
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  • Developed the S.M.I.L.E -
    Survey of Multicultural Interactions & Linguistic Engagement (cultural competence assessment tool)
 
  • ​Ed.D: Rowan University. 
    Education Leadership, NJ
  • Ed.M & M.S.E.d: Bank Street College of Education, NYC
  • B.A. Rowan University
  • ​​Published Author
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Former positions:
  • NJ Department of Education: Early Childhood Program Specialist, Reading First Coordinator, ​District Liaison 
  • William Paterson University: Adjunct Faculty
  • School Administrator
  • Literacy Specialist
  • Early Childhood & Elementary School Teacher
                                         Focus on DEI:
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
via
Dialogue, Interaction & Engagement
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Speaking & Presentations

Previous Speaking Engagements & Workshops
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  • 2023: Orange, NJ Public Schools
  • 2022: FSW: Family Services of Westchester-  The Lanza Family Center for All Ages, White Plains, NY
  • 2022: Week of the Young Child 50th Anniversary Panel Discussion. Panelist- Champions for Children, Orange, NJ Public Schools​
  • 2022: New York Avenue School. Atlantic City, NJ 
  • 2022: Orange, NJ Public Schools
  • 2021: Mullica, NJ Public Schools
  • 2021: New York Avenue School. Atlantic City, NJ   
  • 2021: FSW: Family Services of Westchester-  The Lanza Family Center for All Ages, White Plains, NY
  • 2021: Township of Union, NJ Public Schools
  • 2021: Family Services of Westchester, White Plains NY
  • 2021: Mullica, NJ Public Schools
  • 2020: Family Services of Westchester County, White Plains, NY
  • 2020: Janis Dismus Middle School, Englewood, NJ 
  • 2020: New York Avenue School. Atlantic City, NJ 
  • 2020: Mount Holly, NJ Public Schools
  • 2020: Union, NJ Public Schools
  • 2019:  Teatro Paraguas, Santa Fe, N.M. 
  • 2018: Statewide NJ Public School districts  
  • 2017:  Newark, NJ Public Library
  • 2017: Author's Pavillion, Harlem Book Fair.  New York, NY
  •  2017: Deptford, NJ Public Schools 
  • 2016: NJ Department of Education: Identifying and Serving McKinney-Vento Eligible Children and Youth Conference;  Princeton, NJ
  • 2016: NJ Department of Education: Career & Technical Education Conference, Princeton University, NJ
  • ​2016: Keynote Speaker.  Camden City, NJ Early Childhood Conference
  • 2015: N.J. Head Start Conference – Atlantic City, NJ
  • 2015: Keynote Speaker.  City of Englewood NJ, Annual Juneteenth Commemoration 
  • 2014: Englewood, NJ Public Library
  • 2013 - 2014: NJ Public School districts
  • 2013-2015: NJ statewide training 
  • 2012: Young Readers Pavillion. Harlem Book Fair, New York, NY
  • 2012: Head Start Regional Training, Lawrenceville, NJ
  • 2012: Englewood, NJ Public Library​
Advancing the equity agenda through DEI: Dialogue, Interaction and Engagement