Sarah Meyer

• Diversified teaching techniques and learning tools help students with differing ability levels and varied learning modalities, including adapting curriculum to work for students ages 6-11 simultaneously, and empowering older students to cultivate leadership skills.
• Assisted students with designing and completing place-based environmental science investigations using Learning in Places curriculum.
• Demonstrated positive and effective outdoor group management skills and team-building.
• Facilitated anti-racism activities and discussions, tailored to small groups of students aged 6-11.
• Implemented COVID-19 safety protocols for all participants and their guardians.

• Instructed trail groups of 8-12 fifth graders from public schools in Skagit and Whatcom counties for a three-day Mountain School student-centered environmental education program, including facilitating dynamic exploratory activities, encouraging critical observations using the Beetles Learning Cycle, and team-building.
• Facilitated large-group activities with 50-80 fifth graders, including delivering crucial program information succinctly and with style.
• Coordinated with parent chaperones and teachers.
• Leveraged program curriculum and materials to create and implement explorations that aligned with program goals.
• Developed Foodshed curriculum to engage students as well as visitors in other NCI programs about seasonal produce and the small farmers of the Skagit and Methow valleys. Published blog posts along these themes when COVID-19 pushed our program online.

• Full-time placement at Seahurst Elementary (K-6) in Burien, WA.
• Developed curriculum and visited classrooms of all grade levels to teach sequences of MyPlate nutrition lessons, including making healthy snacks together and exploring new foods.
• Planned, advertised for, and executed two Family Market Night events that provided free hot dinner, games, and fresh produce to 200 guests.
• Built a mobile vegetable garden for Seahurst and used as teaching tool for “Where Food Comes From” and “Gardening as Food Justice” lessons.
• Developed and executed school-wide Eat A Rainbow campaign, motivating 450 students to choose a range of fresh fruits and vegetables from the veggie bar to go with their daily school lunches.
• Executed food drive to create Seahurst’s mobile food pantry, helping dozens of families bridge no-school days when school meals are not available.

• Instructed a culinary skills course of 20-30 students three days per week at Dimmitt Middle School during after-school programming, as part of AmeriCorps service term.
• Developed lesson plans, recipes, and a cumulative final project.
• Supported individuals within program ranging in age from 11 to 13 by cultivating knife skills & safety, measuring, recipe-following, creativity, building culinary instincts, multi-tasking, teamwork, and trust-building.

• Synthesized research and site records into project-based cultural resource technical reports for both pre-contact and historic archaeological sites.
• Collected data in the field using shovel tests, GIS, and soil science.

• Advanced fieldwork efforts over the course of the final design phase by maintaining property database Excel spreadsheet for design corridor and managing evolving fieldwork coordination schedule for multidisciplinary design fieldwork efforts.
• Coordinated parcel access for regional transportation department design-build engineers.
• Facilitated and scribed weekly meeting with senior project managers and numerous contractors to discuss upcoming design fieldwork and parcel access.

• Organized and instructed classes of 3-5 year old beginner skiers; developed basic skills such as athletic stance, gliding in balance, making large and small turns, and teamwork.

• Prepared for curation at the Burke Museum a large collection of over 8,000 artifacts. Coordinated with high-ranking and remote project managers, supervised assistants, extensively revised artifact catalog.
• SR 530 Site Restabilization following the Oso Mudslide in Oso, Wa: Monitored construction activities to recover significant personal items and human remains. Responsible for identification of pre-contact artifacts, processing recovered items in the laboratory, and recordation of the pre-slide landform.
• Archaeological monitoring of various construction sites included water- and dry-screening of sample sediment, coordinating with tribal monitors, and recording pre-contact and historical resources.

Sorted and labeled extensive faunal assemblages from Iron Age archaeological sites in Senegal and Burkina Faso as part of research for university professors.

• Tracked learning progress in order to identify opportunities to enhance tutoring methods and help students achieve fluency and TOEFL goals.
• Scheduled one-on-one meetings with international students from Saudi Arabia, China, and Japan twice weekly to help students of various skill levels engage with the English language.
• Administered feedback to students using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage and build confidence.

• Supervised camper activities to address behavioral issues and promote fun, safety and inclusivity.