For two decades, Sara has been committed to cultivating learning environments that foster joy and independence for all, especially our youngest learners. As a long-time early childhood educator, she has worked as a classroom teacher, teacher-leader and instructional coach in a variety of school settings (TK-12), and from Day One, she has found that the heart of these powerful learning environments is Project Based Learning. PBL empowers young children to think critically and direct their own learning, and to build meaningful connections, skills and relationships within diverse communities.
Sara earned a Bachelors degree from the University of Rochester and a Masters in early childhood education from Bank Street College, and is a member of the National Faculty of
PBLWorks. She is passionate about the integration of Project Based Learning and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), and in addition to her work with PBL, she often facilitates workshops and trainings on the topics of Yoga, mindfulness, restorative practices, culturally responsive teaching and SEL with a variety of organizations such as Yoga Ed.,
Circle Ways,
Breathe for Change,
AdaptiveX and
A Thousand Joys.Sara is the co-author of
Implementing Project Based Learning in Early Childhood: Overcoming Misconceptions and Reaching Success (Routledge, 2020)
and a contributing author to
Making Mathematics Come Alive in the Elementary Classroom with Project-Based Learning (NCTM, 2021). She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.
