Katy Farber Assistant Professor of Education, Assistant Director of Teaching & Learning for the Institute for the Environment, Co-Director of Middle Grades Collaborative

Katy Farber

Programs

Bio

Ed.D. Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
Master of Science in Teaching, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, New York
Bachelor of Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

Courses I Teach

  • ED 231: Education in the 21st Century
  • ED 325: Teaching Elementary Mathematics
  • ED 361: Curriculum in Middle/High
  • ED 327: Teaching Science & Engineering PK-6
  • GED 542: Pre-K-12 Curriculum & Assessment
  • GED 635: Creating and Sustaining Equitable Communities

Areas of Expertise

  • STEAM Based Learning
  • Service-Learning
  • Project-Based Learning
  • Environmental Education
  • Personalized Learning
  • Middle Grades Education
  • Teacher Attrition and Sustainability
  • Constructivist Math Teaching

We are born makers. We move what we’re learning from our heads to our hearts through our hands.

Brené Brown

Current Research

Pre-Service Math Teachers Dispositions Towards Mathematics

How Do Our Syllabi Reflect Our Mission? Are We Truly Mission Driven?

Burnout theory, pandemic teaching, and teacher efficacy: What is lost when schools return to “normal?

Self-Directed Learning and Service Learning in Middle Grades: What are the Connections and Implications

Awards, Recognitions, Memberships

  • Vermont Teacher of the Year Alternate 2014
  • Picture Book Salamander Sky wins John Burroughs Riverby, Green Earth Honor, and Nautilus Awards 2019
  • American Education Research Association

Recent News

Recently Published Books:

  • Farber, K. (2026). What If It Wasn’t My Fauly. Rootstock Publishing
  • Farber, K. (2025). The Board, Blackstone Publishing
  • Farber, K. (2025). Real Talk for New Teachers: Tools for a Sustainable Career. Routledge
  • Farber, K. (March 2026) Invited Author Panel. Joy of Literacy and Literature Conference, Children’s Literacy Foundation, West Lebanon, NH.

Katy Farber, assistant professor of education, presented a session at the statewide conference Vermont Fest on November 18, entitled Grow Rooted, Grounded STEM with Purpose. She also presented a workshop in the Saint Michael’s College of Education Master’s of Arts in Teaching workshop series called New Teacher Survival Guide: Skills and Strategies for Managing the Many and Varied Demands of the Profession, on November 17, 2022.
(posted February 2023)

Popular Press

  • Stress, Hyper-vigilance, and Decision Fatigue: Teaching During Omicron (EdWeek, 2022)
  • A Must Read for Parents and Teachers: “Miseducation: How Climate Change Is Taught in America” (Moms Clean Air Force, 2022)
  • How Teachers Are Managing the Rapid Stream of Small (and Big) Decisions We Make Daily (BAM Radio, 2022)