The Talking Drum: A Beat for Peace Curriculum
Michael C. Kane, M.S, EdS, NBCT is a graduate of the Florida State University and is in his 19TH year as a School Counselor at Starlight Cove Title I Elementary.  When asked, he’ll say that he has a great job.  In addition to school counseling, Mike is a school district trainer for the conflict resolution action research, resiliency, mediation, and verbal abuse components.  As the co-founder of the Beat for Peace Drum Ensemble intervention, he has worked with over 300 students using school counseling and world music drumming.  The success of the intervention has led to its use in schools from Florida to Alaska.  When he isn’t drumming with students, Mike is working to stop bullying and mistreatment by implementing one of the first Safe Schools Ambassadors programs in the elementary school setting.   Outside of school, Mike hangs out on the water or in the backyard with his wife, teenage son, fourth grade daughter and Lela, his yellow lab with a bad back.