Instructional Team

Bill Rich

Director, Vermont Bread Loaf Teacher Network; Co-Director & Instructor, WTS
MA, Middlebury College; Former English & Social Studies Teacher, Colchester High School; Education Consultant and Founder of Red House Learning, redhouselearning@gmail.com

Tim O'Leary

Co-Director & Instructor, WTS
MA, Middlebury College; Digital Learning Leader, Shelburne Community School; tim.oleary.vt@gmail.com

Alexandra Biron

Teacher-Mentor & Team Coach, WTS
Current MA student, Middlebury College; BA, St. Michael’s College; Former ELA teacher, Milton Middle School

Hannah Mangham

Teacher-Mentor & Team Coach, WTS
Current MLitt student, Middlebury College; MA, Middlebury College; BA, Williams College; English Teacher, Bellows Free Academy, St. Albans

Erik Remsen

Teacher-Mentor & Team Coach, WTS
BA, Bates College; Former Social Studies Teacher, Rutland High School

Bob Uhl

Teacher-Mentor & Team Coach, WTS
MA, Middlebury College; English Teacher, Fredrick H. Tuttle Middle School

Legacy Mentors:

What’s the Story? has a dynamic group of past mentors who have been integral to our evolution.

Fallon Abel

Project Coach & Team Building Coach, WTS
MA, Middlebury College; BA, Bard College at Simon’s Rock; Social Studies Teacher, The Sharon Academy

Nate Archambault

Project Coach, WTS
MA, Middlebury College; English Teacher, BFA St. Albans

Abigail Bartell

Project Coach, WTS
BAAE, Johnson State College/Northern Vermont University; MAADE, Vermont College of Fine Arts; 7-12 Visual Arts Educator, Danville School

Annie Bellerose

Project-Based Learning Mentor, WTS
MAT, University of Vermont; MFA, UNC Wilmington; English Teacher, Champlain Valley Union High School

Brad Blanchette

Project-Based Learning Mentor, WTS
MA, Middlebury College; Former English & Social Studies Teacher, Colchester High School

Kate Carroll

Project-Based Learning Mentor, WTS
Current MLitt Student, MA & BA, Middlebury College; English Teacher, Middlebury Union High School

Moira Donovan

Project-Based Learning Mentor, WTS
MA, Middlebury College; English Teacher, Peoples Academy High School

Michelle Fountain

Project Coach, WTS
Current MA student Middlebury College; M.E.d, Plymouth State University; BA, University of California at Davis; English Teacher, Woodstock Union High School

Geoff Gevalt

Storytelling Coach, WTS
Award-Winning Journalist; Former Managing Editor of the Burlington Free Press; Founder of the Young Writers’ Project

Colleen Kiley

Project-Based Learning Mentor, WTS
MA, Middlebury College; English Teacher, Mount Abraham Union High School

Ben Krahn

Project-Based Learning Mentor, WTS
MA, Middlebury College; English Teacher, Middlebury Union High School

Courtney Krahn

Project-Based Learning Mentor, WTS
MA, Middlebury College; Former English Teacher, Middlebury Union Middle School; Middle Years Program Coordinator, Addison Central School District

Casey O'Meara

Project-Based Learning Mentor, WTS
EdD, Northeastern University; CAS & MEd, University of Vermont; Director of Curriculum, Addison-Rutland Supervisory Union

Emma Reynolds

Project Coach, WTS
MA Student, Middlebury College, VT; BA, Hamilton College; English Teacher, Burr and Burton Academy; Former English Apprentice, High Mountain Institute

Emily Rinkema

Project-Based Learning Mentor, WTS
MA, Middlebury College; Former English Teacher, Champlain Valley Union High School; Instructional Coach, Champlain Valley School District

Eva Rocheleau

Media Creation Coach, WTS
What’s the Story? alumnus, current undergraduate at Hampshire College

Kate Youngdahl-Stauss

Project Coach, WTS
Current MLitt Student, Middlebury College, VT; MA, Middlebury College, VT; BA, Trinity College, Hartford, CT; English Teacher, Harwood Union High School

Our Team Includes Vermont educators deeply committed to middle and high school learners and inspired by our studies at Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English. This team is part of a network of educators across the country and beyond, who contribute to our learners’ success.

What’s the Story? The Vermont Young People Social Action Team