Facilitating educational networks
Via Terra is a collection of veteran educators, scientists and industry experts working to bring open-ended inquiry and exploration back into the classroom. The educational coaches serve as mentors and facilitators to help educational programs embrace the inner scientists, artists, and designers in their classrooms.
Working with teacher teams, coaches work to provide concrete structures for placing student inquiry at the center of the educational experience and inspire teachers to extend this model to all aspects of their classrooms. |
Education Coaches
Dorea Kleker, Ph.D., is a teacher educator with more than 25 years of experience working with students and teachers across a wide variety of educational contexts in both the U.S. and Latin America. Her work focuses on global and multicultural children’s literature, the use of play to develop intercultural understanding, and engaging children as inquirers across all content areas.
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Sean Vezino is a veteran teacher of more than 20 years with experience teaching courses in Biology, Engineering, Chemistry and Earth Sciences. He draws upon his training in project and design-based education including models from the Stanford D. School, Project Lead the Way, and The Right Question Institute in creating curriculum that integrates educational collaborations with STEM industry partners. He is currently the program coordinator for the Axis STEM Academy at Windsor High School where he specializes in Project Based Curriculum and educational extensions beyond the classroom that integrate science and humanities courses.
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