compassionate educator
This past week, I decided I wanted to see what would happen if I gave the students the reins for the week, letting them tell me what they most wanted to learn about and then taking the planning from there. When the students arrived Monday, one of the first things we did was head into… Continue reading A student-led week in the woods
This spring, I've been in a class called Collaborative Projects in Educational Leadership: Nonformal Education. This class has been a unique experience for many reasons, not least of which being the experience of collaborative lesson planning. For the second half of the course, we've been workshopping lessons together as a class. An individual will bring… Continue reading Collaborative Lesson Planning
Whenever I'm asked about my priority in teaching students at IslandWood, my answer is always stewardship. I want my students to walk away from their week in the woods with me with a greater sense of respect and care for themselves, their human community, and their natural community. I want them to go home feeling… Continue reading Stewardship & Social Marketing
Julia Tandy Harnick 