Conference Session: Teaching How to Teach
Speakers
Holly Buresh, Educational Programs Manager for the Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island
Madeleine Sandler, Program Manager, World Ocean School
In this session we will be exploring ways to empower professional mariners to become teachers and trainers of their trade. Our objective is to open up a conversation about ways for professionals to implement stronger teaching methods for all ages. Participants should come ready to engage with each other and reflect on the training they have gone through and/or given.
Holly Buresh is the Educational Programs Manager for the Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island. She is from Nebraska and Indiana and went on to study Marine Science at Eckerd College. Her time after college doing research eventually led her into the world of tall ships, where she first served as a deckhand/educator with World Ocean School. Holly has been involved ever since specializing in running educational programs, training leadership, and developing curriculum for various tall ships and organizations on the West and East coast of the US along with the Caribbean.
Growing up in Central New York, Maddy began sailing small boats on her local lake in elementary school and got her first job there as a sailing camp instructor. She took a break from sailing for a few years to get her bachelor’s degree in history from Oberlin College and later moved to Boston to teach 3rd grade. After a few years of remote work due to Covid, Maddy was eager to get back on the water. In 2021, she joined World Ocean School as a Deckhand Educator and Program Coordinator on board both Roseway and Denis Sullivan. She recently switched over to a land-based position at WOS as Program Manager, supporting young sailors and developing educational programs.
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