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Jayneen Sanders (aka Jay Dale) is an experienced Australian early years educator, children’s book author, and publisher.

She began her teaching career in the 1980s as a primary school teacher in rural Queensland, Australia, before moving to Melbourne, Victoria, to teach at several inner-city schools. In 1985, Jayneen changed her career path and became an educational editor and publisher.

In the early 90s, Jayneen and her partner moved to Japan to work as English teachers, where they lived for over three and a half years. Jayneen’s first daughter was born in Japan.

Upon returning to Australia, Jayneen worked as an educational author/packager, authoring and producing numerous award-winning titles for the educational publishing industry. She is also an accomplished children’s book author, contributing to literacy series like ZigZags, Totally Kidz, Deadly and Incredible, and a children’s picture book series for Penguin.

Jayneen is currently the lead author of the literacy series ‘Engage Literacy’, published by Capstone, for which she has written over 150 titles.

A mother of three daughters and a former school councillor, Jayneen’s experience as both a teacher and a parent inspired her to address child protection in schools. Realizing the limited focus on this area, she used her authoring and publishing skills to write ‘Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept’, aiming to help parents, carers, and teachers discuss inappropriate touch and encourage children to speak up.

Following the positive reception of ‘Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept’, Jayneen recognized a need for further prevention education. She pursued professional development in Protective Behaviours and attended numerous conferences to deepen her understanding of child safety and age-appropriate body safety and consent education.

Jayneen went on to develop and publish a comprehensive Body Safety and Respectful Relationship Teacher’s Resource Kit and has written numerous children’s books on topics including body safety, consent, respect, gender equality, social and emotional intelligence, and diversity and inclusion.

Currently, Jayneen works with her partner, Mark Sanders, running Educate2Empower Publishing. Her dedication to the safety and empowerment of children remains a driving force, with new manuscripts and free resources continually in development.

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