The NH Listens mission is to help New Hampshire residents talk, listen, and act together so communities can work for everyone. NH Listens engages small-group facilitated conversations to engage participants in intensive, informed discussions of problems or challenges identified by community members. We work at the community, regional, and state level when we are invited by multi-partisan coalitions. We strive to function as trusted and impartial conveners. The core elements of our work are: Bring people together from all walks of life Provide time for in-depth, informed conversations Respect differences as well as seek common ground Achieve outcomes that lead to informed community solutionsNH Listens is a national partner of Everyday Democracy. We are part of a learning network that shares lessons across geographic regions and issue areas. We have the opportunity to contribute to a larger movement of regional and national organizations dedicated to strengthening democratic capacity for community voice and change.

English teacher at public 9 - 12 high school in southern New Hampshire. Ms. Philibotte is a partnering teacher with the NH Community College Running Start program, teaching College Composition. This program allows students to gain college credits while still in high school. Ms. Philibotte has worked with students in English classes in all grades, but focuses mostly on upper level literature and rhetorical writing courses. She follows a student-centered, constructivist teacher philosophy grounded in high standards for all children. Director of the GHS Movement & Dance Company, Ms. Philibotte has developed a standards based public high school concert dance program. Also teaching an Intro to Dance class, this course work introduces beginning movers to basic dance vocabulary, the joy of movement, as well as flexibility and strength training and injury prevention.

Director of the Goffstown High School Movement & Dance Company, Ms. Philibotte has developed a standards based public high school concert dance program. Also teaching an Intro to Dance class, this course work introduces beginning movers to basic dance vocabulary, the joy of movement, as well as flexibility and strength training and injury prevention.Her work developing a thriving dance program in a suburban/rural public high school was featured in Dance Teacher Magazine (August 2017 and October 2017). Inside of a five year span, Ms. Philibotte was able to triple participation, break stereotypes around men in dance to engage active male participation, nurture strong social/emotional connections and lifelong friendships among participants, provide a safe space to express oneself; addition to creating multiple opportunities for performance, student choreography, leadership and service. Her paper "Work Hard. Be Fierce. Stay Humble: Dance Can Happen in Public Schools" was selected for presentation at the National Dance Education Organization's 2016 conference in Washington, D.C.In addition to her work at the secondary level, Ms. Philibotte has taught master classes and choreographed for schools and companies throughout New England. Ms. Philibotte works extensively with high school musical theatre companies. Most recently, this work has included Goffstown High School Music Department's musical productions: "Grease," "Little Shop of Horrors," "Aida," "Into the Woods," and the upcoming production of the "Phantom of the Opera." Previous choreography experiences also include Wellesley College, Dimensions in Dance (NH), New Hampton School, Holderness School, Terminal Hip Dance Theatre, Plymouth Regional High School, and the Goffstown Theatre Company.

Write food column "Full Plate" for the Nashua Telegraph (NH).

Adjunct instructor in the English Department, teaching Composition and Writing and the Creative Process.Adjunct instructor teaching one section of Advanced Jazz and PSU's repertory group the Contemporary Dance Ensemble (Fall 2010).

As a Returning Fellow with the National Writing Project's 5-Week Summer Institute, my research and service revolved around developing as a collaborative teacher-leader in the field of teaching writing.

Accepted into the five week NWP Summer Institute held at the Plymouth, NH site. Participated in exploration, research, and practice sessions; created and crafted a research study focusing on the relationship between narrative writing and other "academic" genres; and continued in writing my own, while responding to the work of others.