Meet Our Teacher
Kat grew up in Connecticut, and credits her parents with instilling a love of nature in her from an early age by prioritizing outdoor family adventures. By the age of 11, Kat began babysitting and helping out on local farms- the beginnings of her place-based career. She realized at an early age that she loved working with children and forming connections with the local environment, and that she learned best by ‘doing’. From then on, Kat sought out experiential education opportunities for herself, including attending both a high school and college with farm programs.
Kat has 25 years of experience teaching students from pre-K to high school, and has worked in the field of education as a teacher, head of school, academic dean, and curriculum consultant. Wearing these different hats has provided her with a unique perspective on the student experience as a whole. In addition, Kat has designed and published farm-based curricula, started school gardens and grown food for large communities, led hiking, paddling, and nordic ski trips for children, and managed a diversified educational farm.
Kat’s goal as a teacher is to make learning challenging, fun, and applicable- and to build a strong community together where students feel they belong and can succeed. She loves getting to know every child she meets, and challenging and supporting them to be their best selves each and every day. Kat sees every landscape, whether urban or rural, as an incredible resource for children to become place-based analysts and learn about the physical, cultural, and ecological characteristics of place.
Kat is a licensed K-8 Maine teacher, with a BA in Liberal Arts with a Major in Experiential Education from Hampshire College and a MEd in Elementary/Early Childhood Education from Antioch University. She holds a Certificate in School Management and Leadership from Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard Business School.
In her spare time Kat loves to spend time with her two daughters, Ada and Maeve. She enjoys playing the ukulele, painting, writing poetry, hiking, baking gluten free treats, and jumping in the ocean every chance she gets.
Kat grew up in Connecticut, and credits her parents with instilling a love of nature in her from an early age by prioritizing outdoor family adventures. By the age of 11, Kat began babysitting and helping out on local farms- the beginnings of her place-based career. She realized at an early age that she loved working with children and forming connections with the local environment, and that she learned best by ‘doing’. From then on, Kat sought out experiential education opportunities for herself, including attending both a high school and college with farm programs.
Kat has 25 years of experience teaching students from pre-K to high school, and has worked in the field of education as a teacher, head of school, academic dean, and curriculum consultant. Wearing these different hats has provided her with a unique perspective on the student experience as a whole. In addition, Kat has designed and published farm-based curricula, started school gardens and grown food for large communities, led hiking, paddling, and nordic ski trips for children, and managed a diversified educational farm.
Kat’s goal as a teacher is to make learning challenging, fun, and applicable- and to build a strong community together where students feel they belong and can succeed. She loves getting to know every child she meets, and challenging and supporting them to be their best selves each and every day. Kat sees every landscape, whether urban or rural, as an incredible resource for children to become place-based analysts and learn about the physical, cultural, and ecological characteristics of place.
Kat is a licensed K-8 Maine teacher, with a BA in Liberal Arts with a Major in Experiential Education from Hampshire College and a MEd in Elementary/Early Childhood Education from Antioch University. She holds a Certificate in School Management and Leadership from Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard Business School.
In her spare time Kat loves to spend time with her two daughters, Ada and Maeve. She enjoys playing the ukulele, painting, writing poetry, hiking, baking gluten free treats, and jumping in the ocean every chance she gets.
