Jack Comstock

Jack Comstock is Homestead School’s Director of Programs.

Jack grew up at the Homestead. He was two years old when the school was founded by his parents in 1978. He graduated from Colby College in 2001, where he majored in comparative religions and minored in philosophy. During college, he became fascinated by the development of the human psyche and the evolution of consciousness, an interest that he has continued to pursue ever since through study in areas such as Integral Meta-theory, developmental psychology, and the science of learning.

Jack joined the staff of the Homestead School in 2001, where he first taught in the Early Childhood program, as he completed his Early Childhood Montessori Certification. Later, while teaching in the Elementary Program, he completed his Masters of Education with a focus on Integrative Learning and Montessori Elementary Pedagogy. In 2021, Jack founded the Collaborative College High School, Homestead’s secondary program located in the town of Hurleyville. While guiding the expansion of the school to 12th grade he returned to his study of Montessori pedagogy through a two-year secondary certification program.

While at the Homestead, Jack has worked with all age groups and has been instrumental in developing the Upper Elementary, Middle School, and High School programs. With the expansion of the Homestead School into a secondary campus, Jack has devoted his time to administration but continues to bring his extensive training and experience in Montessori and human development to program development at Homestead. Jack and Nisha live with their two children adjacent to the Homestead campus in Glen Spey, where they are actively developing a family permaculture homestead.

“I love creating programs and curriculum that inspire students to imagine, create, and take action as they develop their sense of self and empathy for the world around them. Guiding students to understand their place in the unfolding of the cosmic story and the human saga has always inspired my teaching. I believe we are at a turning point in human history and that it is our responsibility to help children reconnect with nature and to become literate in the stewardship of the world around us, connecting human communities to the larger earth community.”