Sarah Flotten, Director
Sarah Flotten, EdM
Sarah is the Director for the Peter Clark Center. Sarah began teaching at Breck in 1990 and has worked in the Center since its opening in 2016. Sarah is a Breck Master Teacher, an honor bestowed on select faculty who have demonstrated outstanding pedagogy and teacher leadership. A graduate of Breck, Sarah has taught 6th- and 8th-grade history, Project Adventure, coached girls soccer and basketball, led the Washington, D.C. trip, and has been the Dean of Students for 5th & 6th Grades; she currently teaches 6th grade history. Sarah earned a Bush Leadership Fellowship to complete her Master’s degree in Teaching and Learning. She enjoys helping faculty implement research-informed practices into their classrooms. In the summers, Sarah co-directs a summer camp in Northern Ontario and feels equally at home in a canoe and her classroom.
Contact Sarah email: sarah.flotten@breckschool.org
phone: 763-381-8347
Dr. Julie Kallio, Lead Researcher
Dr. Julie Kallio, PhD
Julie supports educators through research to practice translation, curriculum and instruction, and process improvement. Julie graduated with her PhD in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, studying how Networked Improvement Communities can build educational systems for innovation and improvement. Her research interests include research-practice partnerships, systems design, innovation and improvement, social networks, and physical learning spaces. Julie previously taught in outdoor education and has experience in independent schools leading technology integration, teaching science, and dorm parenting.
Contact Julie email: julie.kallio@breckschool.org
Jessica Wanless, Project Manager
Jessica Wanless, EdM
Jessica is the Project Manager of the Center’s Dynamic Learner platform. She began teaching at Breck in 2012 after several years in various public schools. She has taught Spanish in all three divisions, served as a learning coach in the middle and upper school, and is the former Director of Student Support Services before moving into her current role as a grade-level dean in the upper school. She has also been a faculty fellow in the Peter Clark Center where she helped facilitate the early initiatives of the center. She is passionate about the power of demystifying the learning process for students and supporting teachers in implementing the promising principles of mind, brain, and education research.
Contact Jessica email: jessica.wanless@breckschool.org
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Sally Blanks, Former Parent & Trustee
Cathy Cavanaugh, Current Parent
Alex Clark 'O2
Susan Corridoni, Current Parent
Andrew Dayton, ‘02 and Trustee
Susan Demaris, Trustee
Frank Eustis, Former Breck Teacher, Emeritus Adivsory Board Member
Sky Fauver, MS Director
Sarah Flotten '85, PCC Director
Michelle Pohlad, Former Parent, Trustee
Kim Schafer, 4th-Grade Teacher
Faculty Fellows
Faculty Research Fellow
Mary Gentry (2024-25)
Lisa Hunninghake (2023-24)
Matt Mendes (2022-23)
Focus on MBE/TAKOM
Lower School: Stacy Moore, Lisa Hunninghake, Kim Schafer, Ty Thayer
Middle School: Matt Mendes
Upper School: Jessica Wanless, Stacy Tepp, Carolina Olaya, Fred Schmidt
Original Faculty Fellows
Laura Burrows, Sarah Strong, Sebastien Saunoi, Marcy Wegner, Katie Scherer, AJ Colianni, Katy Pearson, Jenny Bennett, Alexis Kent