Sarah is Fieldwork Coordinator and Place-Based Education Specialist for The Cottonwood School of Civics and Science, so for more about Professional Development for Place-Based Education, please visit The Cottonwood School of Civics ans Science Professional Development page.
Consulting Work:
- McKenzie River School District
- Mosier Community Charter School
Professional Development Workshops:
- The Cottonwood School of Civics and Science (for teachers from around the region)
- Lewis and Clark College
- Portland Art Museum
- Oregon Historical Society
- Classroom Law Project
- World Oregon
- Oregon Education Association
- Center for Geography Education in Oregon
Speaking Engagements:
May 2022:
Policy and practice of outdoor learning in The Americas Conference
April 2022:
Keynote speaker, Teton Science School, education network conference
October 2021:
Panel following a keynote by David Sobel entitled “Making School More Like a Farmer’s Market”
August 2020
“Fostering Civic Action through Local History,” OER Project
October 2020
Keynote Speaker, Inside/Outside Conference, Antioch New England Graduate School
April, 2020
Keynote Speaker, Hawaii Association of School Librarians Conference
March, 2020
Center for Geography in Oregon Conference
Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs and Experience Oregon curriculums
December, 2019
Oregon Civics Conference:
“Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs: Teaching Portland’s Black History through Primary Sources
Sept, 2019
Oregon Council of the Social Studies:
Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs and Experience Oregon curriculums
December, 2018
Oregon Civics Conference:
“Place-based Civic Education”
September, 2018
Environmental Education Association of Oregon Conference:
“Connecting Place-based Education and Culturally Responsive Teaching”
March 9, 2018:
“Place-based Social Studies: Connecting Students to their Communities” Presentation
Washington State Council for the Social Studies and Oregon Council for the Social Studies Spring Conference, Skamania Lodge, WA
February 24, 2018: “As We Grow, So Do Our Maps” Presentation
Center for Geography Education in Oregon GeoFest, Portland State University, 8am-3pm
January 17, 2018: Book Launch Event
The Cottonwood School of Civics and Science, 7-9pm
December 3, 2017: Holiday Cheer Book Sale
Oregon Historical Society, 12-4pm
November 17, 2017: “Bringing the Civil Rights Movement Home” Presentation
2017 National Council for Social Studies Conference, San Francisco
October 2017:
Keynote Speaker at Place-based Jamboree, Oregon
October 2017:
Oregon Science Teachers Association conference
“Place-based Education: Bringing Science to Life”
Bringing School to Life: Place-based Education Across the Curriculum 