Education & Experience:
I studied Environmental Education at Warren Wilson College, graduating in 1999. After college, I designed a garden-based environmental education program for Hall Fletcher Elementary School in Asheville and taught there for 5 years. That program was focused on matching garden lessons with the NC Standard curriculum in science, math, language arts, and social studies. That program is still running 17 years later. At Woodson Branch I find it liberating to work toward the goal of teaching children how to successfully grow food as both an educational end and mean.
Teaching Philosophy:
Salience is key to learning. Finding out what is personally meaningful to each child and nourishing that passion is something that I am so glad we have the capacity to do at Woodson Branch.
Favorite thing about kids:
Their sense of wonder and discovery
Favorite thing about working at WBNS:
Being a part of an educational community that shares the values of holistic education and living, respect of different learning styles, and respect for all of nature.