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The Alternative
School Within a School
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Artikel-Nr:
9781504361859
Veröffentl:
2016
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
20.07.2016
Seiten:
142
Autor:
Martha Allen
Gewicht:
217 g
Format:
229x152x8 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Based in the Chicago land area, Martha Allen has worked in social services for over 30 years and has continued to reach out to the public. She is also the CEO of Teaching International Town Recruiters, aka TI Town Recruiters. She recruits Teachers and IT Project Managers. Martha Allen is also an author of a children book series, The TI Town Teaching Bears, coming soon. Her experience with kids has given her a unique insight on children and the topics that parents want to address with their little to ones, like health, nutrition and safety. Her books for kids allow her to take children on fun adventures while conveying important messages in a way that will keep them safe, happy, and healthy. Being creative and writing the TI Town Bears series for children pre-K though second graders. Writing this series has allowed her to release her inner child while still providing much needed educational materials for children nationwide. Website: titownbears.com, is designed for children, parents, teachers and schools....
Excerpts from The Alternative: School Within a School:
Whoever thought it was a good idea to let squirrelly adolescents design their own curriculum wasn't completely nuts.
Much to everyone's surprise at Drake, some of us managed to get rather conventional educations at SWAS. I studied Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry [which] taught me enough Calculus to pass the AP math test.
I no longer wanted to stand out in a crowd; I needed to belong to one. SWAS was exactly that - a crowd of unique people.
There is no doubt that the project trips provided the most important teaching/learning experiences - and not always in lessons we intended.
Yet it somehow never occurred to me at the time-the teachers not only put up with it but seemed to enjoy it. The tap dancing, the hammering, the constant painting, the tree-climbing: they didn't just put up with it, it seems they encouraged and delighted in it. They believed our energy and enthusiasm were essential to our learning.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about SWAS was the ability of the program to teach at once the importance and value of community, while at the same time helping students gain the personal strength to be individuals.
Before there was Restorative Justice, SWAS had the Grievance Committee; before anyone ever spoke the word Mindfulness, Paul Ehrlich and I taught yoga to the whole school; before anyone touted Project-Based Learning, we had semester-long project groups; before the emphasis on building students' self-esteem, we had weekly Support Groups; and before any focus on Academies or the Small Schools Movement, we had ... SWAS.
Whoever thought it was a good idea to let squirrelly adolescents design their own curriculum wasn't completely nuts.
Much to everyone's surprise at Drake, some of us managed to get rather conventional educations at SWAS. I studied Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry [which] taught me enough Calculus to pass the AP math test.
I no longer wanted to stand out in a crowd; I needed to belong to one. SWAS was exactly that - a crowd of unique people.
There is no doubt that the project trips provided the most important teaching/learning experiences - and not always in lessons we intended.
Yet it somehow never occurred to me at the time-the teachers not only put up with it but seemed to enjoy it. The tap dancing, the hammering, the constant painting, the tree-climbing: they didn't just put up with it, it seems they encouraged and delighted in it. They believed our energy and enthusiasm were essential to our learning.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about SWAS was the ability of the program to teach at once the importance and value of community, while at the same time helping students gain the personal strength to be individuals.
Before there was Restorative Justice, SWAS had the Grievance Committee; before anyone ever spoke the word Mindfulness, Paul Ehrlich and I taught yoga to the whole school; before anyone touted Project-Based Learning, we had semester-long project groups; before the emphasis on building students' self-esteem, we had weekly Support Groups; and before any focus on Academies or the Small Schools Movement, we had ... SWAS.