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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, where she taught at several inner-city schools. In 1985, Jayneen transitioned to a career as an educational editor and publisher.

In the early 1990s, Jayneen and her partner moved to Japan to work as English teachers. They lived and worked in Japan for over three and a half years, during which time Jayneen’s first daughter was born.

Upon returning to Australia, Jayneen began working as an educational author and packager. Since then, she has authored and produced numerous award-winning titles for the educational publishing industry. Jayneen is also an accomplished children’s book author, contributing to literacy series such as ZigZags, Totally Kidz, and Deadly and Incredible, as well as a children’s picture book series for Penguin.

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

A mother of three daughters, Jayneen also served as a school councillor at her local school for over seven years. This experience, both as a teacher and a parent, inspired her to question the practices within schools regarding the protection of children from inappropriate touch. Realizing that little was being done, she used her authoring and publishing skills to write ‘Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept,’ aiming to help parents, carers, and teachers discuss this subject with children and encourage them to speak up.

Following the positive reception of ‘Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept,’ Jayneen recognized a need to expand upon preventative education. She participated in Protective Behaviours professional development and attended numerous conferences on child safety to further educate herself on providing age-appropriate and empowering body safety and consent education for children.

Jayneen subsequently developed and published a comprehensive Body Safety and Respectful Relationship Teacher’s Resource Kit, alongside writing numerous children’s books on topics including body safety, consent, respect, gender equality, social and emotional intelligence, and diversity and inclusion.

Jayneen currently works with her partner, Mark Sanders, to run Educate2Empower Publishing. Her commitment to the safety and empowerment of children continues today, with new manuscripts and free downloadable resources in development.

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