Erica Beck Spencer is the Senior Director of Curriculum and Certification Programs for the ESOP Association. Previously, she was a curriculum specialist for the research-based Full Option Science System (FOSS), an award-winning active science program developed at UC Berkeley. She spearheaded the Taking FOSS Outdoors feature of this program, taking this indoor program and incorporating regular outdoor activities in the schoolyard, and has taught thousands of educators about teaching outdoors. Prior to working for FOSS she taught elementary school in Portland, Boston, and Cambridge. She has served as a board member for numerous organizations including the Learning Works After School Program, the Maine Environmental Education Association, and Rippleffect. She resides in Portland, Maine, with her two teenagers.
