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Dr. Sarah Oberle

Educator & Author
Sarah Oberle is an educator, author, speaker, and professional learning designer with 18 years of experience as a primary classroom teacher. Her work centers on helping educators understand how learning happens and how that understanding shapes daily instructional decisions.

Beyond the classroom, Sarah designs and facilitates evidence-informed professional learning for teachers and school leaders, both in person and virtually. She works with national and international organizations to ensure professional learning is research-informed, practical, and responsive to the realities of teaching.

Her work focuses on attention, memory, and executive functions, with an emphasis on pedagogy rather than programs.

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Professional Learning Focus Areas

Sarah provides evidence-informed professional learning that translates research into accessible, practical strategies educators can use to improve instructional decision-making.

Science of Learning

Professional learning to help educators understand how learning actually happens in the mind and how that knowledge should shape instructional decisions. Professional learning centers on core principles of how people learn and how those principles can inform everyday classroom decision-making.

Working Memory

Educators learn how working memory limits affect students’ ability to follow directions, engage with content, and demonstrate learning. This professional learning offers concrete strategies for reducing cognitive overload and designing instruction that allows students to use their mental resources where it matters most.

Executive Functions

Executive functions are often misunderstood or oversimplified, yet they shape every aspect of how students learn, focus, and self-regulate. This professional learning clarifies what executive functions really are and translates research into practical strategies that educators can use immediately in the classroom. Empower your teaching by understanding the cognitive skills that drive learning success.

Attention

Educators explore how attention works, why students struggle to sustain it, and how classroom conditions can either support or undermine focus. This professional learning provides actionable strategies for designing lessons and environments that protect attention and improve engagement.

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Executive Functions for Every K-3 Classroom: Promoting Self-Regulation for a Strong Start

Executive Functions for Every K–3 Classroom takes the guesswork out of helping young learners “do school.” If you’re tired of repeating directions, managing constant distractions, or watching capable students struggle to show what they know, this book offers a clearer path forward.

Blending cognitive science with classroom practice, Sarah Oberle and Mitch Weathers explain how executive functions—working memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility—shape attention, behavior, and learning in the early grades. You’ll learn how to design routines, instruction, and learning environments that reduce cognitive overload, strengthen self-regulation, and make the hidden curriculum of school visible.

Grounded in research and written for K–3 teachers, this book offers strategies you can embed into what you already do—no new programs or extra prep. A practical, research-informed guide for real K–3 classrooms.
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