OUR PARTNERS
& AFFILIATIONS
INCLUDE:
Orion Grassroots Network
Shelburne Farms
Sustainable Schools Project
Forest for Every Classroom
Delta State University
CO-SEED, Antioch University, NE
Education for Sustainability Network
Vermont Rural Partnership
Vermont Community Garden Network
Thetford Academy
National Gardening Association
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
National Service-Learning Partnership
A Special Thanks to Mary Azarian
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Staff and Associates
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Joe Brooks
President/Founder, CEO
Institute Core Faculty Member
Joe has worked with students at every level, from the elementary grades through graduate level. He has also provided technical support for schools and initiatives on the regional and national level for many years—including through a long term series of graduate level institutes on service-learning. He previously taught middle school students in Vermont for twelve years, initiating and nurturing a nationally recognized service-learning program. During his time as a middle school teacher Joe was instrumental in founding and developing the student published community newspaper The Guilford Gazette as a curriculum project over a ten year period.
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Patricia Haggerty
National Outreach Director
Institute Core Faculty Member
Pat brings a wealth of experience and knowledge as a classroom practitioner of service-learning and place-based education. She has spent a decade closley involved with Community Works as an Institute Core Faculty member. Pat has a long background as a veteran school administrator, assistent superintendent, and classroom teacher of many grade levels. and as an energetic supporter of service-learning at the regional and national level. Pat is a founding member of the Massachusetts Service-Learning Partnership and a former Christa McAuliffe Fellow who used service-learning as the platform for her fellowship.
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Susan Bonthron
Senior Editor
Documentation and Reflection Specialist
Institute Core Faculty Member
Susan has provided technical assistance and support for service-learning to schools throughout New England. She has co-designed and taught graduate level institutes on service-learning. Susan has also worked extensively with the National Study Group on Service-Learning and Assessment, Vermont Rural Partnership, and others. She volunteered for many years as a founder and advisor for the widely acclaimed Guilford Gazette, a community newspaper published by middle school students.
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Marita Prandoni
Development Associate
Marita is a freelance writer living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has worked for a string of environmental, arts and educational nonprofits including Bioneers, SITE Santa Fe and the Santa Fe Institute. Her dream is to embrace both the beauty and tragedy of all species on this diverse, flowering planet. A fanatic idealist, she endeavors to infect others with a desire to take action for greater social justice and environmental healing. Marita authors the popular EcoHearth blog, Small Earth, as well as contributing occasional Eco Op-Ed commentaries, Eco Hero interviews and articles.
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Susan Hessey
Education Consultant
Institute Core Faculty Member
Susan is Librarian/Media Specialist at Guilford Central School in southern Vermont. Susan has been working in public school libraries for more than twenty years. In her work at Guilford she has provided curriculum development support for service-learning projects K-8, and helped to document the outcomes. Susan has an M.Ed from Antioch New England Graduate School, is active in literacy initiatives and information literacy curriculum development at the state and district level and is a past contributor to Community Works Journal and a long time veteran of Community Works Institute.
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Beverly Maddox Moon
Southeast Regional Representative
Institute Core Faculty Member
Beverly is Associate Dean for Assessment & Planning at Delta State University in Mississippi, and Associate Professor of English. She was an inaugural winner of the University’s Foundation Faculty Prize in Service, and also served as DSU's Faculty Liaison for Service-Learning. She directed the Honors Program, coordinated the Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies degree program, and currently directs the university’s accreditation and strategic planning efforts through the Office of Institutional Research and Planning. In her various incarnations, she has organized faculty development sessions, training, and grants and is particularly interested in accreditation efforts, particularly with a view towards improving the documentation of learning outcomes. Beverly’s passion for service-learning is driven by the desire to provide multicultural, cross-disciplinary experiences for students that will enhance their learning: the diversity of the Mississippi Delta provides many such opportunities.
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Jen Cirillo
Institute Core Faculty Member
Contributing Editor, Community Works Journal
Jen is the Professional Development Director at Shelburne Farms, and past Coordinator of Shelburne Farms' Sustainable Schools Project (SSP) Jen provides hands-on support and professional development to classroom teachers at SSP's pilot schools. During her graduate studies she focused on community sustainability and education and experienced the power of service-learning first hand. As a former coordinator for a city wide sustainability project in Burlington, VT Jen brings a strong background in organizing community improvement projects to her work with schools. She has worked with many local schools and non-profit education programs in Vermont to enhance school-community partnerships and service-learning opportunities. Jen is a contributing editor for Community Works Journal.
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David Sobel
Contributing Editor, Community Works Journal
David is the Director of Teacher Certification at Antioch University, New England. He is also the co-director of CoSeed, the place based environmental initiative based at Antioch. David was co-founder of the Harrisville Children’s Center in Harrisville, New Hampshire, and has served as a publicly elected school board member in New Hampshire. He has served as a staff development and science curriculum consultant to schools in New Hampshire and Vermont and has been a guest speaker and workshop leader for a variety of school and environmental organizations. He is the author of Children’s Special Places and many articles on children and nature. He is currently at work on two books on developmental psychology and ecoliteracy.
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Martha Jane Rich
Education Consultant
Institute Faculty Member
Head of School at Thetford Academy in Vermont for the past twelve years. Thetford is a National Service-Learning Leader School with a long history of service-learning that is still evolving and growing. Martha’s collaborative leadership style has enabled Thetford’s staff to develop a rich and diverse approach to service-learning within a shared framework. She has fostered local study groups, summer institutes and other innovative means for staff and student development in the Thetford community.
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Jean Berthiaume
Institute Faculty Member
Social science teacher at Harwood Union High School in Vermont. Over the years Jean has developed, and taught a number of service-learning and sustainability related courses. He is also active in promoting institutional development of service-learning at his school—through the use of study groups and other means. He is a network member of Vermont Education for Sustainability and past participant at Community Works Summer Institute. Jean recently partnered with Vince Franke of the Duxbury Land Trust to create a video about the history of six towns along Vermont’s scenic Route 100—one of the oldest north/south routes through the state. The result of this multilayered community-based service-learning project was not only a successful video, but a powerful learning experience for more than one high school class.
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Marc Chabot
Institute Faculty Member
Marc is the science teacher at Thetford Academy in Vermont and has taught high school chemistry and/or physics for twenty years. His curriculum includes several excellent examples of service-learning, among them the Physics Problem-Solving Unit. He was a Christa McAuliffe fellow based on his project “Reaching Mainstreamed Students in Chemistry using Computers.” Marc was awarded the Radioshack National Teacher Award in 2004 and was a state finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching in 2002. He has trained as a National Facilitator for the National School Reform Faculty.
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Corey Dolgon
Institute Faculty Member
Corey is Chair of Sociology and Director of the Center for Service Learning and Civic Engagement at Worcester State College. He is an award winning author and singer/songwriter who has performed a singing-lecture on folksongs and the U.S. Labor Movement both nationally and internationally. Dolgon's research and teaching focuses on social movements and urban politics, and the ways in which community organizing relates to cultural identities, activities and networks.
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Jim Flint
Institute Faculty Member
Jim is founder and executive director of Friends of Burlington Gardens, a grassroots nonprofit organization in Burlington, Vermont. As a community gardening advocate and activist, he has helped to establish 20 new community, school, and neighborhood gardens in the Burlington area. Jim taught in public and private schools for 10 years, later working for many years with the National Gardening Association to expand the GrowLab and Youth Garden Grants programs. Jim has traveled extensively throughout the United States visiting and documenting community and school garden projects and has presented workshops at several national conferences. He is the editor of Patchwork: Stories of Gardens and Community. |
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