The next generation must grasp complex ideas, synthesize large amounts of information, use rapidly evolving tools, think critically, empathize, and innovate. My goal is to help all students become informed, engaged citizens and leaders.

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Mr. Sclafani's Class - Using Microsoft Publisher to create reports, March 2010.
Champlain Elementary School, Burlington, VT

"...you put Publisher into plain words...you were an excellent listener which is a wonderful quality. Some of the questions were complicated and your ability to listen and understand was more valuable than you may know." (excerpt from a student thank you letter)

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Mrs. DiGrande's Class - Student Teaching, Fall 2009
Malletts Bay School, Colchester, VT

As a student teacher in Suki DiGrande's fifth grade class, I helped start a class blog. The following links are blog entries that chronicled some of our learning activities.
I Am From Poems
Seed Stories
Plant Cells
Eggshells Away
It Happened by Osmosis
Social bookmarking

I created a unit on the Age of Exploration aimed at examining multiple perspectives. The unit culminated with a character role play in which Native Americans and Europeans weighed in on whether Columbus Day should be a national holiday.  Age of Exploration Unit Plan Overview (pdf)

Math Arts

Mrs. Button's Class, 2007
Founders Memorial School, Essex, VT

I helped Mrs. Button's third graders photograph and interview staff members in their school. Then we published their work online. See the Meet the Staff Home Page featuring Culinary Gurus.

Senior Portraits Project, 2007
Edmunds Middle School, Burlington, VT

Photography project with Dov Stucker, Edmunds Middle School. "Although a good portrait can be taken by a stranger, it takes a friend to take a truly great portrait—one in which the relationship between artist and subject is apparent in the image." From an article entitled "Bridging Generations Through Photography" p. 17, Community Works Journal, 2007