Consulting & Curriculum
Sydney offers a variety of presentations and workshops that focus on curriculum design and embedding innovative best practices into the K-12 and college classroom. She specializes in trauma-informed best practices particularly in writing and humanities courses. She also has experience in curriculum alignment, interdisciplinary collaborations, and scaffolding assignments to create meaning and relevance for students while also meeting course learning outcomes. Sydney also helps faculty and instructors implement their own trauma-informed practices, self-care, and stress prevention in the classroom. She helps those in teaching, academia, and social work (and other professions) to find purpose, balance, and time for a healthier life.
Special Presentations:
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Caring Detachment: A Vicarious Trauma Tool-Kit, Community College Humanities Association national conference, Austin TX, 2023.
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WandaVision and the Trauma-Informed Classroom, TBCC faculty and staff, 2021; Bainbridge Island School District, English Department (K-12), Bainbridge Island WA, 2021.
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Breaking Up With Shakespeare: Relevance and Revelation in the Rural Classroom, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference, Clark Community College, Vancouver WA, 2019. Originally, this was published as an article in Community College Humanities Review, Fall 2018.
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Turning Students Into Superheroes: Transforming Myth Into Reality, Community College Humanities Association national conference, Baltimore MD, 2019.
- Turning Darkness Inside Out: Transforming Trauma in the Classroom, TBCC faculty; Community College Humanities Association national conference, Portland OR, 2016.