Sawyer Henshaw

Authentic Education Consultant

Sawyer Henshaw (she/her) is a freelance writer based in Southern California. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English from Scripps College and a Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of San Francisco. Sawyer has worked in education for the past five years, teaching in Kindergarten, third, fourth, and sixth-grade classrooms across California. As an educator, she is dedicated to creating safe classroom spaces for students to feel seen, supported, and inspired by prioritizing equity and emphasizing in-depth understanding through the UbD framework. In her free time, Sawyer enjoys reading and writing literary fiction and taking her dog, Elk, on hikes.

Sawyer’s Work

Check out some of Sawyer’s recent posts to the Authentic Education blog.

UbD Gardening
Developing nature-based curricula through the UbD framework takes outdoor learning from an exciting bonus to a meaningful practice.
How can we, as educators, “UbD” lunch? Social connections are integral to development and a huge part of the learning that takes place within the school day.
Despite questions on homework 1 thing is certain: it must be structured with the same intention as classroom learning (in our case, UbD) if it's to be of value.

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