Kaci Rae Christopher Email & Phone Number

I virtually coach and empower high school and college students with ADHD and low executive functioning skills in academic and life skills development. I am trained to cultivate student-led change through facilitating powerful conversations and supportive accountability with students.

I teach gardening-based summer camps for youth and host adult-level gardening workshops through COCC's Continuing Education Program.

I support 9th-12th grade students in academic support and life skills and collaborate with social studies, science, ELA, and math teachers to modify their curriculum for varied student needs. I also have taught a summer credit recovery class, called Math in the Garden, and spring Greenhouse Science class.

I managed a 9th-12th grade greenhouse education program focused on differentiated learning andwrote a place-based curriculum for a 12-week course.

Bend, Oregon, United States

I taught K-3rd grade gardening enrichment courses, as well as animal tracking, plant identification, and physical activity.

In April 2019, my book of 270+ weekly garden lessons for K-8th grade students was published as The School Garden Curriculum: An Integrated K-8 Guide to Discovering Science, Ecology, and Whole Systems Thinking.I regularly host workshops and professional development courses for educators on how to utilize this curriculum and build gardening programs in their schools.

I developed multiple large-scale gardens at a public charter school and created a unique permaculture-science curriculum for weekly K-8th grade classes. I collaborated with educators to incorporate place-based, garden education into state standards and science units for every grade. I also acquired grants and donations, coordinated volunteers, taught seasonal adult workshops, and presented at state wide conferences on Place-Based and Garden Education.

I taught archery, fly-fishing, hiking, environmental restoration, and outdoor skills for youth, adults, and diverse local programs, such as Girl Scouts Beyond Bars, the Muslim Education Trust, and Girls, Inc.

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Creative Writing

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Language And Literature/Letters

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