Sarah works with school folks, students, and community members to use sustainability as an integrating concept for curriculum, community connections, collaboration, campus ecology and school change.  Her time between working with adults and working with children, and she is particularly fond of the children.

She also has the privilege of working closely with the Burlington School Food Project, Shelburne Farm’s on-site education programs and many of the schools and partnerships within the Sustainable Schools Project’s network. 

Before coming to Shelburne Farms and SSP Sarah worked in a variety of non-profits, almost always with children and youth. 

Teaching Experience:  Sarah has taught in museums, community gardens, homeless shelters, nature centers, public schools, and public health centers.  She has a particular passion for transformational learning, urban education, and diversity and inclusion.  She has been teaching at Shelburne Farms since 2006.

Education: Sarah holds a dual B.A. in Sociology and Religion from Mount Holyoke College, an M.A.R in Ethics from Yale University, and has done extensive graduate work in Elementary Education and Education for Sustainability at Southern Connecticut State University and Prescott College.

Guiding perspective:  Sarah knows that all kids possess incredible abilities, and she likes to think of those abilities as super powers.  She believes that her job, and the job of all educators, is to create and support the optimum conditions for children to emerge as super heros.  She thinks some ideal ingredients are:  rigorous and relevant experiential learning, adults who listen, institutional and personal commitments to diversity and equity, professional reflection and adaptation, and joy.   She has a feeling that these super heros will one day soon save the world.