Pasadena, CA – Jackson Elementary School recently received a magnet grant to become a STEM and Spanish/English Dual Language Immersion school. Fourth grade teacher, Eduardo Chenu, is interested in working on social/emotional skills with his students, many of whom are from high-poverty backgrounds, in order to increase resilience. “My dream is to first explore the …
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Lakeside School
Seattle, WA – Lakeside School is an independent school serving 800 students in grades 5 through 12. Derrek Falor, the Girls Soccer Program Head, previously worked with The Art of Learning Project in his position as the women’s soccer coach at Cleveland State University in Ohio. Coach Falor gave his Varsity Soccer team at Lakeside …
Mount Holyoke College
SOUTH HADLEY, MA: Courtney Caminiti is a student at Mount Holyoke College, where she runs a sciences and tutoring program aimed at mentoring women. She used The Art of Learning in a presentation on metacognition that she gave to a class which accompanies the tutoring program. Courtney was a student at Mendham High School when …
Oberlin College
OBERLIN, OH: Costantine Ananiadis is a former D-I tennis athlete, tennis coach, martial artist, and chess player and coach. He has used The Art of Learning concepts in his teaching and his own competition. At his suggestion The Art of Learning was the topic of conversation for the book club in the athletics dept at …
Guilford High School
ROCKFORD, IL – Erik Czerwin, an English Language Arts teacher and chess coach at Guilford High School, is using The Art of Learning in a book club with the students on his chess team. As the program progresses, he plans to have the students who have already read the book and experienced the “lit circle” …
TEACHER’S COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK, NY -Connie Chartrand is teaching a Staff Development class at Teacher’s College, Columbia University, as part of the Adult Learning and Leadership program. The context for the course is learning in the workplace such as hospitals, consulting firms, corporations, and non-profits. It is comprised of full and part-time students and employees who are …