TNS Teacher since 2017

Ally Muir grew up in New Jersey, but spent summers and college in Maine where she has always felt most at home. After graduating from Colby with a major in Geology and minor in Russian, she taught at The Ecology School in Saco. Ally recently received her Master of Education degree from Antioch University, with a focus on Problem-Based Science. She has her professional licensure for Physical Science, and loves conducting project based experiments. In the summers she lead long distance bike tours (across country, down the Pacific Coast) and backpacking trips (in the Alps). While living in Colorado she taught at an alternative, residential High School in the mountains and as a Bio & Chemistry teacher in Colorado Springs. She enjoys traveling, skiing, biking, hiking, making Kombucha, collecting rocks, exploring tide pools, cooking, eating Whoopie pies, and crocheting.