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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, and later taught at several inner-city schools in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1985, Jayneen transitioned to a career as an educational editor and publisher.

In the early 1990s, Jayneen and her partner lived and worked in Japan for over three and a half years as English teachers. Her first daughter was born in Japan.

Upon returning to Australia, Jayneen worked as an educational author and packager, authoring and producing numerous award-winning titles for the educational publishing industry. She is also an accomplished children’s book author, with works featured in literacy series such as ZigZags, Totally Kidz, Deadly and Incredible, and 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 and a former school councillor of over seven years, Jayneen’s experiences as a teacher and parent inspired her to address child protection. Realizing the limited measures in place to protect children from inappropriate touch, she utilized her authoring and publishing skills to write ‘Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept’. This book aims to assist parents, carers, and teachers in discussing the topic with children and encouraging them to speak up.

Following the positive reception of ‘Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept’, Jayneen recognized the need for further preventative education. She pursued professional development in Protective Behaviours and attended conferences on child safety, focusing on providing age-appropriate and empowering body safety and consent education.

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

Currently, Jayneen co-manages Educate2Empower Publishing with her partner, Mark Sanders. Her dedication to child safety and empowerment continues, with ongoing work on new manuscripts and the development of free downloadable resources.

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