Anne Stires, M.Ed. is the founder of Juniper Hill School for Place-Based Education in Alna, Maine. She is now an independent educational consultant working with schools and programs throughout Maine and beyond to support equitable outdoor learning and nature connection initiatives. She is a regularly featured speaker at many nature-based education conferences and is the facilitator of Maine’s public school Nature-based Administrators’ Professional Learning Community. Anne wrote the first chapter for David Sobel’s book,
Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens: The Handbook for Outdoor Learning (2015) and co-authored the NAEEE/Natural Start Alliance’s
Nature-Based Preschool Professional Practices Guidebook (2019). Anne teaches graduate level courses for
Antioch University as Affiliate Faculty and serves as an advisor to
Inside-Outside: Nature-based Educators’ Network. She also serves on the Board of Directors for
Tanglewood/Blueberry Cove 4-H Camps/Learning Centers and
Maine GearShare. She loves to uphill ski, paddleboard, and adventure with her teenage son and partner.
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