Kat Deaner Email & Phone Number

Forestville, Ca, Us

Project management with NASA's Office of STEM Engagement Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP), supporting activities to broaden access to careers in the STEM field.

Manage projects through project development lifecycle from design phase to implementation.Lead and facilitate the development of strategic plans to design innovative educational and workforce development programs.

Provide leadership to teams nationwide to facilitate STEM professional learning for educators; design workforce development programs; facilitate leadership and strategic planning workshops for district leaders as they design innovative educational programs; and build partnerships between k-12 and higher education institutions.

Columbus, Ohio Area

Provided professional learning and implementation support to k-12 educators and districts nationwide in the areas of STEM curriculum development, problem-based learning, environmental education, and assessments.

Columbus, Ohio

Developed and coordinated a hands-on education program that connects university and urban high school students with sustainable food production, marketing and environmental awareness.

Design and education of landscapes that use sustainable management practices, includinglow water use, edible landscapes and native plants. Conducted site surveys and created site layout and planting plans. Oversaw landscape installations.

Reynoldsburg, Ohio

Coordinated statewide programing for national Farm to School program, bringing local food and agriculture education into the school systems. Provided technical assistance to schools through direct communication, outreach materials, and annual conference. Conducted program evaluation and needs assessment of programs statewide to capture the voice of stakeholders.

Santa Cruz, Ca

Taught 6th grade science and social studies and 9th grade health through a project based learning approach. Utilized the garden as the learning laboratory.

San Pedro Columbia, Belize

Managed 150-acre agroforestry education and field station in the remote forest of southern Belize. The field station produces and processes coffee and cocoa. As a field educator, I taught natural history and tropical ecology to a diverse student population from numerous US universities while backpacking in the back country. A true authentic and immersive learning experience!

Master’S Degree, Agricultural Education And Leadership

Master’S Degree, Horticulture And Crop Science

Activities and Societies: The Ohio State Student Farm

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Environmental Science

Activities and Societies: Sierra Institute Field Studies, UCSC Farm and Garden, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems