Reeve Basom

Tell us a bit about your background and how it helped shape the expertise you bring to CAE.

Reeve’s background in education includes six years of classroom teaching in VT public schools, a masters degree in teaching, and a variety of leadership roles in programs focused on experiential food-systems and outdoor education for youth. In 2016 when Reeve joined CAE, the role of Place-Based Education Coordinator was brand new. Since then she has relished the creative, collaborative work of building school-community partnerships and supporting leadership development and rural school transformation around community-based education.

What excites you about your work and the work of CAE?

I’m excited by the creative, collaborative work of nurturing connection, curiosity, possibility and reciprocal value between the school system and our local human and natural communities.

What brings you joy?

Joy is an essential ingredient for community well-being, so it gives me hope any time joy is prioritized, cultivated and shared. I love witnessing the kindness and confidence that blossoms for youth when they are caring for a garden or cooking together.

What brings you hope?

See above.