Yes, there is
still time
to register!
LIMITED Space
Remains,
Don't Miss These
Events!
only 5 spaces remain!
CWI's Summer WEST
Institute on
Service-Learning
July 30-August 3,
2012
Los Angeles,
California
at
Loyola Marymount University
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tel: 909-480-3966 l email
only 3 spaces remain!
CWI's Summer EAST
Institute on
Service-Learning
July 16-20, 2012
at Shelburne Farms,
Vermont
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tel: 909-480-3966 l email
TRAINING & PLANNING
CURRICULUM TOOLS
REFLECTION & INSPIRATION
CONNECTIONS
CWI
ALUMNI TESTIMONIALS
“I can't over state the importance
of this event to my vision and
enthusiasm.”
Julie Metzler,
Director
Community Arts and
Service-Learning
Kansas City Art
Institute
“I loved the week! CWI’s Institute
allows for personal and professional
growth...."
Dan Gaudiano
High School Science
Teacher
Punahou School,
Hawaii
“You make the five day
commitment worth it!
Leitzel Schoen,
S-L Coordinator
Westminster School
Atlanta, Georgia
“I feel empowered! Thank you!
Kathleen Harte, Teacher
The Gillispie School
La Jolla, California
“This Institute has made me
appreciate who I am and who
I want to be as an educator
and learner.
Krista Zielinski,
Spanish Teacher
Wells Memorial
School
New Hampshire
“I felt reaffirmed...Thank you for a
stimulating, thoughtful, and useful
week. I learned a lot, met wonderful
people, and had time to think and
plan. I was inspired!”
Chris Tananone
Global
Issues/Service Coordinator
International School
of Bangkok
“Thank you! The Institute exceeded
my expectations and fed my spirit in
a way that will accelerate my impact.
It offered a rare opportunity to connect
to other educators and look at purpose
and intention on a deeper level.
Paula Cohen, Teacher
Orville Wright Middle
School
Los Angeles,
California
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NEW! from Community Works Journal SUMMER
2012
the Online Magazine
for K-16 and Community Educators
We are pleased to share with you several brand new online
articles.
Steve Colangeli, a veteran
high school science teacher and faculty member with CWI's
Summer EAST reflects on approaching alternative education through his school garden and food related
curriculum. And Donna Andrews, a former K-12 teacher
and now a professor at California State University, Stanislaus, speaks
eloquently of her experiences mentoring
a new teacher, an experience that led to exciting new
curriculum opportunities for both of their classrooms.
Brief excerpts are
included below, with the full article link provided. Be
sure to visit www.communityworksjournal.org for many more
educator contributed pieces just like these. And, with summer the perfect
time to do a little writing yourself, we remind you that we welcome
unsolicited submissions.
Subscribe to Community
Works Journal for regular online updates. Be sure to check out
our summer professional development events link below.
Happy Summer,
Joe Brooks, Publisher
Community Works Journal
FEATURED ARTICLE
Trust Your Students, They Will Shine
By STEVEN COLANGELI
One of my students who comes from a tough home life, and has a tough
exterior became the sweetest most engaging person when teaching elementary
students about the respiratory system or how to plant lettuce seeds.
Elementary students would hang on her every word and she had them laughing
out loud with their full attention. It was as if she was a different person
and so the culture of our program during these projects took on an
amazingly positive vibe that is difficult to adequately explain or
describe. read more
EVENTS-PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Don't Miss these Summer PD Opportunities!
There is still time to register for CWI's annual series of unique
professional development events. Among the events being offered are CWI's
Summer EAST and WEST Institutes on
Service-Learning
and our partner Shelburne Farm's Education for Sustainability Institute.
All events are appropriate for K-16 and community educators and
administrators. Join with educators from around the world for a week of
intense exploration, learning , and practical application. read more
FEATURED ARTICLE
Mentoring a New Teacher without a Magic Filing Cabinet
By DONNA ANDREWS, Ph.D.
I remember the day I met Emily like it was yesterday. I was helping out in
the guidance office before the start of the school year, completely
overwhelmed with last minute schedule changes for students, and the
scheduling server was down. In desperation, I had decided to build a
schedule the old fashioned way with paper and pencil when Emily walked into
the office. I could tell she was very sweet and extremely anxious about
teaching geometry for the first time. read more
OF PLACE AND EDUCATION
Burning Brush: Playing with Fire
By DAVID SOBEL
The glad animal play of childhood, the complete immersive quality, is one
of the elixirs of life and also one of the indispensable proteins that
build a sturdy adult soul. Middle childhood offers a window of opportunity
to have these experiences, and if a child misses that opportunity, the
quality of immersion is less accessible later in life. When, as adults, we
sink into a novel or get lost in creative work or tussle with new ideas or
improvise on the job, we’re using the skills that were roughed in during
childhood play. read more
HOW TO LOVE EDUCATION AGAIN
Small
Versus Large Schools: The Truth About Equity,
Cost, and Diversity
of Programming
By STUART R. GRAUER, Ed.D.
Why do we keep the focus on building gigantic schools when we now have over
30 years of promising small schools data? Here is one big reason the data
are ignored: cultural expectations about high school are deeply embedded.
Powerful and often compelling myths about “real” schooling tend to govern
our collective assumptions about normalcy, and these myths have silently,
steadfastly advanced the move to larger, more consolidated schools. read more
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