For Middle and High School Teachers and Curriculum Coordinators

Susan Santone - New York and Boston

Ms. Santone is the founder and Executive Director of Creative Change Educational Solutions. She has developed comprehensive curricula for all grade levels on sustainability, and partnered with universities and non-profit organizations to lead sustainability education initiatives at the state and national levels. Ms. Santone has advised local school districts, and consulted to the United Nations, Purdue University and the Center for Sustainable Community Development at the University of Minnesota, among others. She also advised public television station WGBH Boston on the creation of children's media on sustainability.

She has developed curricula/units on human rights and anti-discrimination; land use, the environment, and sustainability; brownfield redevelopment and renewable energy. She created "Designed by Nature," an interdisciplinary curriculum on the science and economics of green design. All programs have been piloted and evaluated in classrooms across the country, with evaluations demonstrating positive impact on students and teachers.

Ms. Santone leads workshops on teaching sustainability and ecological economics at national conferences, including the North American Association of Environmental Education, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Bioneers, and state-level associations for science and social studies educators. Her writing and work has appeared in numerous professional journals.

Scott Beall - New York

Mr. Beall is a teacher, lecturer, author and international education consultant. He received his master’s degree in mathematics education from Stanford University with an emphasis in interdisciplinary curriculum and education reform. His first book, Functional Melodies-Finding Mathematical Relationships in Music (Key Curriculum Press, 2000) integrates the teaching of mathematics and music and is used by teachers and students worldwide.

Mr. Beall's curricular focus is in project-based interdisciplinary designs that utilize systems thinking and community-based learning in themes of sustainable development, entrepreneurialism and social responsibility. He has consulted and lectured in school districts and universities from Central America to Kazakhstan, and has taught extensively and developed programs for secondary, middle, and elementary school levels. Mr. Beall is also an adjunct professor at the College of New Rochelle Graduate School of Education, the enrichment teacher for the Brewster Central Schools in Brewster, New York, and has co-designed and taught the CELF Summer Institute for Sustainability Education for the past three years.

For Elementary Grades

Tiffany Tillman - New York

Tiffany is coordinator of the Healthy Neighborhoods/Healthy Kids Project (HN/HK) and Sustainable  Schools Project (SSP) Educator at Shelburne Farms. As the coordinator of the HN/HK Tiffany manages the development and implementation of the program. She works with teachers to develop the model, implement curriculum, and plan service-learning opportunities. Tiffany wrote and compiled the Healthy Neighborhoods/Healthy Kids Guide for educators and community partners and holds trainings in VT and at National conferences. 

Tiffany also works with the SSP at their pilot school, The Sustainability Academy (SA). At the SA she works to use the lens of Sustainability to engage parents and community members in the school’s sustainability work. 

Before joining the SSP staff in 2003, Tiffany explored the world of environmental education, wilderness therapy, and service-learning. After working for KidsPeace in Allentown, PA, Tiffany was Pocono  Environmental Education Center’s Summer Camp Coordinator and Environmental Educator. She then participated as an AmeriCorps Member through SCA’s NH Parks AmeriCorps program in Bear Brook State Park and was SSP’s first AmeriCorps Vista where she developed sustainability curriculum for traditional and non-traditional educational settings.