Our Staff

GLSA's staff are a group of professional, caring, dynamic individuals who bring diverse experience, perspective, and talent to their work with the children of GLSA. GLSA has an unusually low turn over and this continuity in staffing helps the children to build long term caring relationships with our staff. The staff use natural consequences to teach children to develop inner control, take responsibility for their own choices, and learn basic human values and problem solving skills.

GLSA's staff are required upon hiring to complete a 20-hour class covering training in child development, health, safety, and cultural & special needs sensitivity. After this training staff are required to take a minimum of 10 hours a year of continuing education as well as participate in periodic in-service trainings. In addition all staff keep current CPR/ 1st Aid certification for adults and children and take a HIV/AIDS & blood borne pathogens training upon hiring.