Katie Trowbridge has over two decades of experience as a teacher and mentor. Katie bolsters creative and critical thinking, social-emotional learning, creative problem-solving, communication and collaboration, and team building. She focuses on helping educators and students find their best creative selves by designing practical, relevant, and student-focused curricula.
Katie’s passion for these areas allowed her to start educational non-profit organizations, assist school districts in writing SEL curricula, design programs for adults and students to encourage collaboration and communication and mentor new teachers to find their voice. As a result, Katie received several Teacher of Excellence and Outstanding Educator awards. She is now President and CEO of a non-profit organization, Curiosity 2 Create, whose mission is to infuse creative and critical thinking into classrooms by offering tailored professional development and coaching centered around the CREATE method. She travels nationwide, speaking at conferences, presenting workshops, and coaching educators.
She is also co-founder of Creative Thinking Network. In this online resource, Pre-K - 12 educators can explore lesson plans, webinars, and masterclasses and gain support from their peers and experts in the creativity and education field.
Katie has a Master’s in Teaching and a Master’s in Education Administration. She is currently pursuing an ED.D in Innovative Curriculum Design.