About
Sarah Brown Wessling serves as a Staff Lecturer in the School of Professional and Graduate Education at Mount Holyoke College, leveraging her 20-year career as a high school English educator at Johnston High School in Iowa. Recognized as National Teacher of the Year in 2010, she maintains a hybrid position balancing classroom teaching with national educational advocacy, having delivered over 250 workshops across 39 states and internationally during her ambassadorship.
Her professional focus centers on K-12 pedagogical innovation, particularly in teacher leadership development and implementation of educational standards. She specializes in bridging theoretical frameworks with practical classroom applications for diverse student populations, from at-risk learners to Advanced Placement candidates, while maintaining active engagement through her educational blog and speaking circuit.
Her distinguished honors include:
- National Board Certification (2005)
- National Teacher of the Year (2010)
- Teaching Channel Laureate Emeritus status
Wessling authored "Supporting Students in a Time of Core Standards" and maintains ongoing leadership initiatives through her blog column "Ask Sarah," focusing on sustainable teacher development models and standards-based instruction without formal university research grants or laboratory affiliations.
