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Career

Science Teacher
Watauga High School
July 2020 - current, Boone, NC

Marketing & Communications Director
Blowing Rock Art & History Museum
Nov 2019 - July 2020, Blowing Rock, NC
  • Web design and marketing
  • Social media management

Founder & CEO
Of Course You Can, LLC
July 2019 - current
  • Science Enrichment Program: Magic Science Van
  • Educational Travel Service
  • Design & Consulting Service to Boost Business

Content Specialist
ServeHub.io
Aug 2019 - current | Boone, NC
  • Researched best practices and created content (white papers, essays, podcasts) to help nonprofit sector.
  • Helped promote volunteer management and training software.

Executive Director
Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture
Dec 2017 - Jun 2019 | Boone, NC
  • Chamber of Commerce Start-Up Business of the year 2018.
  • Increased online market sales by 190%.
  • Created & implemented new strategic plan.
  • Designed new website & communications strategy.
  • Wrote, managed and reported 20 grants totalling over $325,000.

High School Science Teacher
Watauga High School
Dec 2015 - Dec 2017 | Boone, NC
  • Explained challenging scientific concepts using planned lessons, interactive labs, assignments, and targeted discussions for 70 high school freshmen each semester.
  • Utilized a multidisciplinary approach to integrate sustainability concepts throughout the semester.
  • Integrated multimedia approaches and used instructional technology to enhance pedagogical approach

Founder & Director
Lettuce Learn School Garden Project
Oct 2013 - Jun 2019 | Boone, NC
  • Recruited, trained, and provided school garden coordinators to six schools.
  • Created & managed farm-to-school website.
  • Researched, documented, & improved school garden programs.
  • Networked and connected diverse groups, programs, and leaders working on farm-to-school initiatives.
  • Wrote, managed and reported 11 grants totalling over $16,000.

Faculty Instructor
Sustainable Development Department Appalachian State University
Jan 2009 - Jul 2018 | Boone, NC
  • Prepared digital and physical lectures and interactive assignments that explored intersections of sociology, economics, and ecology.
  • Helped students investigate sustainable solutions to planet’s most pressing issues.
  • Created and graded course assessments to ensure students understood material and stayed on track.

Accomplishments

-    Grants    -

$325,010 Awarded, managed, reported with Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture (2018 - 2019)

$16,000 Awarded, managed, reported with Lettuce Learn School Garden Support program (2013 - 2016)

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-    Publications    -

Dentith, A., Hash, P. E., & Baines, C. P. (2019). The ecological curriculum: Ecoliteracy, ecojustice, ecopedagogy, and sustainability education. In D. J. Flinders (Ed.), Routledge Encyclopedia of Education. London: Routledge
Baines, C. P. (201). Integrating sustainability education into a high school earth/environmental science course. Dissertation.
Baines Smith, C. P. (2017). Small changes with deep roots. In V. W. Miller (Ed.), Apocalyptic leadership in education: Facing an unsustainable world from where we stand. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing
Baines Smith, C. P. (2015). Lettuce learn to grow and eat healthy food. Education NC. www.ednc.org/2015/02/17/lettuce-learn-grow-eat-healthy-food/
Baines, C. P. (2013). Program graduate takes studies from classroom to community. The AppalCore, 1 (2), pp. 1,3.
Baines, C. P. (2008). Appalocal food: Establishing a farm-to-college program at Appalachian State University. Non-thesis undergraduate paper. Found at AASHE Camus Sustainability Hub: hub.aashe.org

-    Conference Presentations    -

Oral Presentations
Baines, C. P. (2019, March). But Trump Loves Coal!: Strategies for teaching mountaintop removal in a rural Appalachian high school. 42nd Annual Appalachian Studies Conference, Asheville, NC

Baines, C. P., Warnock, K., & Yost, M. (2019, March). Oh Snap! Building & Sustaining Farmers’ Market Incentive Programs at any scale. Come to the Table 2019 Conference, Charlotte, NC [link to additional resources]

Baines, C. P. (2018, Oct). The true story of coal: Teaching mountaintop removal in rural Appalachia. Thinking Mountains: An Interdisciplinary Summit, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Baines Smith, C. P. (2016, Oct). What’s This Burger’s Story? Growing Literacy with Sustainable Agriculture, North Carolina Science Teacher Association Annual Conference, Greensboro, NC

Baines Smith, C. P. (2015, Aug). Lettuce Learn to Grow and Eat Healthy Food: Garden-based nutrition education in early childhood. Nature-based preschool national conference, Association of Nature Center Administrators, Gainesville, GA

Baines Smith, C. P. (2015, Apr). Lettuce Learn to Grow and Eat Healthy Food. Quest for Quality Early Childhood Conference, Children’s Council, Boone, NC 

Baines Smith, C. P. (2014, Oct). Learning Gardens: A Platform for Sustainability Education. Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Conference & Expo: Innovation for Sustainable Economies & Communities, Portland, OR

Baines Smith, C. P. (2014, Jul). Garden Based Education and Sustainability: The Many Benefits of Learning Gardens. American Horticultural Society’s National Children and Youth Garden Symposium, Columbus, OH.

Baines, C. P. (2013, Mar). Creative and effective methods for teaching the complex intersection of social, ecological, and economic systems. Society for Anthropology in North America’s 2013 Conference: Integrated Approaches to a Sustainable Future, Duke University, Durham, NC.

Baines, C. P. (2011, Jul). 3E Goggles: Methods for Teaching Sustainable Development. Islandwood’s Sustainability Education Summer Institute, Bainbridge Island, WA.

Baines, C. P. (2009, Mar). Sustainability Heroines: Women and Sustainable Development. Appalachian State University’s Women’s Leadership Conference, Boone, NC.

Baines, C. P., et al. (2008, Dec). Riverview’s Agriculture: Community Inventory Using GIS. Appalachian Teaching Project Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

Poster Presentations
Baines, C. P. (Oct, 2011). Introduction to Sustainable Development: Creative Teaching Techniques to Connect, Engage, and Enlighten Poster session presented at Association for the Advancement of Higher Education Conference & Expo 2011, Pittsburg, PA

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Teaching

-    Courses Taught    -

SUSTAINABLE GARDEN PRACTICUM
Appalachian State University
Summer 2018
EARTH/ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Watauga High School
2015 - 2017
PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Appalachian State University
2009 - 2015
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR: BUY, USE, TOSS?
Appalachian State University
Fall 2011
A GLIMPSE OF PERUVIAN CULTURE & ISSUES
Appalachian State University
Spring 2011
A SHORT COURSE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Caldwell Community College
2008

-    Professional Development Presentations & Workshops Given  (A Sample)  -

 
Teaching Math & Literacy in the Garden - October 2018
  • Mountain Pathways Montessori School Farm Camp
  • Participants learned hands-on skills that will help them complete school garden projects and come away with simple, easy to implement lesson plans that use the garden to teach math and literacy
Cultivating Growing Minds: Foodscaping School Gardens - July 2018
  • Organized event and delivered opening presentation
  • Brought in Foodscape Revolution leader, Brie Arthur
Differentiation by Strategic Grouping - October 2016
  • Peer-to-peer professional development at Watauga High School
  • Literacy, engagement, and assessment strategies for all levels and abilities
Schoolyard Ecology: Food, Flowers, and Fun! - July 2016
  • Lettuce Learn Professional Development in collaboration with North Carolina Green Schools where participants learned practical school gardening lesson plans to incorporate into Science and ELA classes. 
  • Participants also learned about technologies that can be incorporated in the garden to help ensure school gardening success. 
Good Bugs and Garden Gadgets - April 2016
  • Planned, coordinated, and co-led professional development for a dozen educators.
  • Participants learned how to design gardens to attract beneficial insects and how to teach students about the importance of pollinators.
Growing Math & Literacy in Your School Garden - February 2016
  • Planned, coordinated, and co-led professional development for two dozen educators.
  • Participants practiced a variety of ideas to integrate language arts and wellness in their classrooms.
Local Food Systems 101 - September 2015
  • Planned, coordinated, and co-led professional development for a dozen educators.
  • Participants learned about ideas to integrate social studies, science, and language arts into their garden-based curriculum.
Garden-Based Sustainability Education Professional Development - July 2015
  • Planned, coordinated and co-led three day professional development for fifty educators at Appalachian State University.
  • Two tracks were offered: early childhood and elementary. ​
Lettuce Learn to be Garden Coordinators - March 2015
  • Online training platform to prepare garden coordinators to connect gardens to learning outcomes
Creating Assessable Assignments: Local to Global General Education Theme - October 2010
  • Guided university instructors about how to design assignment level learning outcomes which align with a learning outcome for the General Education Program
  • Participants practiced creating assignments in AsULearn and tag them with the related General Education Program Outcomes.

More about Courtney.

She's a playful, spunky, science-art-yoga-gardening-loving mama, educator, and entrepreneur.

She believes in ​the power of education, science literacy, and exploration to change individuals and communities for the better.  With over a decade of experience teaching kids of all ages, preK - college, she's having a blast playing Ms. Boonizzle while offering science enrichment trips on my Magic Science Van.

She's run some nonprofits, done a good bit of traveling, and has earned a few advanced degrees.

While never taking herself too seriously, she's absolutely serious about providing you the best service and product you could hope for.

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