Residencies and Workshops
Presently, Sears is an active member of the Pacific University MFA in creative writing program, where he has been on the faculty since 2006. The Atlantic recently named Pacific's low-residency MFA as one of the top five low-residency programs in the country.
University and program teaching
- Community of Writers, 1998 - 2002. Taught workshops for teachers, and evaluated writers in follow-up residencies
- Iowa State University, instructor, composition, 1989 - 1990
- Bard College, instructor, humanities, 1982 - 1983
- Reed College, writer-in-residence, 1974 - 1976, 1977 - 1980
- Lewis & Clark College, adjunct faculty, poetry writing, 1974 - 1976, 1978 - 1980
- International College, Beirut, Lebanon, instructor in English, 1963 - 1964
High school and middle school full-time English teaching
- Sidwell Friends School, Albuquerque Academy, Princeton Day School, and Bedford Rippowarm School, grades 7 - 12, 1965 - 1984.
Week- and month-long residencies
- Fossil, grades 7-12, and Condon, grades 9-12, four-week sessions, 2007
Multi-week and week-long workshops in poetry
- Fossil, grades 7-12, and Condon, grades 9-12, four-week sessions, 2007
- Aspen Writers Conference
- Haystack (PSU)
- Catlin Gabel School
- Creative Arts Community
- Hiteon Middle School (Beaverton)
- Seven Oaks Middle School (Lebanon, OR)
- Mountain Writers
- Fishtrap
- Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
- Writers' Dojo
One-day workshops in high schools and colleges
- Cleveland, Grant, and Benson high schools (Portland)
- West Salem, McNary, and Sprague high schools (Salem)
- Crater high school (Central Point)
- West Albany, Lake Oswego, Seaside, Brookings, Wallowa, Enterprise, Halfway (Oregon)
- Clatsop
- Mount Hood
- Chemeketa
- Treasure Valley (Ontario, Oregon)
- Community of Writers at Wordstock Book Festival
