What Chris Brings to the Work

Chris’s work is influenced by her own transformation as an educator. Her approach is inquiry-based and constructivist, recognizing that embodying practitioner and researcher are both critical roles in one’s growth. She finds joy in learning, serving educators, and being a partner in the work. 

Chris strives to ensure that her engagement with colleagues and clients is always human-centered. She focuses on the work of education transformation through instilling the importance of the cycle of inquiry, data to drive instruction, critical reflection, collaborative dialogue and relational trust.

Experience

Chris identifies deeply as a teacher first and foremost. Her diverse experiences include: teaching in preschool to post-secondary classrooms; coaching teachers; developing instructional coaches at all levels, instructional leadership teams, and school leaders; executive coaching; guiding district strategic planning; and facilitating professional learning for educators across the country. The desire to understand the art and science of teaching and learning motivated Chris to transition from classroom teacher to a coach and facilitator of adult learning. Years of intensive development and critical examination of the relationship of teaching and learning fostered her deep belief in the transformational power of education for students and adults. 

In her role as Abeo’s Executive Director, Chris leads the technical aspects of the organization and guides the adaptive work of designing and facilitating powerful learning experiences for adults.

Quote

In Chris’s words, “This quote lives with me daily. In my early stages of development as an educator, a mentor regularly reminded me that in the work of growth and transformation…”

“There is no there, there.” Marilyn Duncan