Catherine Glennon has been teaching History and Social Studies since 2006 after completing her M.Ed at UMASS – Amherst. Catherine is a creative and engaging educator who is passionate about continuing her own education to grow and improve classroom practice and student outcomes. She is certified by the Library of Congress and by the Western Massachusetts Writing Project to create and present workshops. Catherine has worked with the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Project Zero (2023-24), MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in Civics Education (2020-4), and with the Woodrow Wilson foundation at Princeton University (2017). She has taught in very different school environments during her career – a suburban Catholic school, an urban charter school, a Vocational-Technical school, and currently in a regional rural high school. Her work focuses on the relevance and importance of local history and civic engagement.