My philosophy of education starts with the understanding that all students have both unique needs for learning and inherent abilities that are worth cultivating. I have an enthusiastically Deweyan belief that students’ greatest learning will take place at the intersection of authentic experience, interest, and relationships that foster respect and mutual trust.

I believe that educators must renew and instill a sense of creative agency in the context of the broader world as much as the classroom. I believe that classrooms should be a safe space for students to explore content, process, and ability, but must never become insular.

I believe that learning is defined more by quality and flexibility of understanding and connection than by discrete skills or bits of information.