Josie has over 30 years of experience as an educator in a variety of settings, both nationally and in Japan. Josie spent 18 years at Mount Abraham Union Middle and High School as an English Teacher in grades 6th-12th before turning her focus to support national school redesign to create learner-centered communities and curriculum as a professional learning coach. Recently, Josie spent two years on a team to help design and launch the ACP Alternative Middle School in Addison County where she taught as a general educator.  In addition, Josie co-founded LIFT Learning, a competency-based software platform, which won the 2022 YASS Education Transformation Award and helped design the Flexible Pathways Program at Mt. Abe Middle and High School. Josie has her Masters in Education and has recently been studying Orton-Gillingham structured literacy as well as pursuing additional licensure in Special Education. And most importantly, Josie is mom to Elle, Ray and Ari Lipkin who all attend our High School!