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In This Issue...
- Notes from the Executive Director
- Notes from the Board Chair
- ISEEN 2019-2020 Programming and Registration Update
- Institute for Experiential Learning - Online 8 week Certification program Special mini-ISEEN Cohort
- Members in Action: School Highlight
- Educational Service Provider Highlight
ISEEN Career Center
Job postings in experiential education like outdoor ed, environmental ed, social-emotional wellness, community engagement, science teachers, and student leadership coordinators are just a few samples of the jobs listed right now. Job seekers and employers alike will benefit from the vast ISEEN network of educators.
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For example, this month in the Sustainability and Nature section, there is an exhaustive resource list on teaching climate justice by the Zinn Education Project that offers 18 classroom lessons, workshops for educators, and a sample school board climate justice resolution. The authors ask, “How do we teach the climate crisis in a way that also confronts racism, economic inequality, misogyny, militarism, xenophobia, and that imagines the kind of world that we would like to live in?”
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Notes from the Executive Director
By Shoshanna Sumka
Ever since I was a kid I’ve looked forward to summertime. I have a June birthday, I love to be outside and there is just excitement and freedom of not being in school for a few months. I’m sure as educators you have similar feelings of anticipating summer.
What are you excited about this summer?
I’m most excited this summer to spend ten days with 55+ dedicated and passionate teachers in Santa Fe, New Mexico to wrap our brains around how to make classroom learning more engaging, more transformative and more relevant to both teachers and students. The caterer, Pinon Catering, always whips up delicious and abundant meals and there are late night conversations under the stars about the meaning of life!
Notes from the Board Chair
By Vicki Weeks, ISEEN Board Chair
“Summertime, and the livin’ is easy…” I know, depending on your job, work can intensify in the summer months. I also believe summer is a very important time to rest, recharge, pursue things the hectic nature of school may not allow, and spend open-ended time with loved ones. The warmer, longer days in the northern hemisphere create a sense of the expansion of time, and I welcome the opportunity to explore new worlds, whether they be on a mountainside or inside the covers of a book.
Speaking of books, the ISEEN board, as part of our ongoing commitment to educate ourselves in the area of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, read and discussed The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas in the winter and White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin DiAngelo this spring. Both books were very enlightening and led to meaningful discussions for board members.
ISEEN 2019-2020 Programming and Registration Update
We are updating and improving our registration process and that includes announcing ALL our 2019-2020 programs now! Registration for ALL ISEEN PROGRAMS will open in early August. We’ll send out an email (to this very list) and will post on social media. Note that members will have priority registration through August 31.
Below is a list of all of our programming for the next year as well as an overview of the new registration process.
Save the Dates! ISEEN 2019-2020 Programming
- New! Pacific Northwest Regional Expedition Fall 2019, Living in the Shadow of Fire: Place-Based Learning Program Design in Practice | Bush School - Methow Campus, Mazama, WA | Thurs, September 19-22, 2019
- Winter Institute 2020, Just Communities: Learning & Leading Through Listening to Each Other | Catlin Gabel School, Portland, Oregon | January 21-24, 2020
- New! Mid-Atlantic Regional Expedition Spring 2020, From Silos to Collaboration: Integrating Community Engagement, Leadership, and Equity and Inclusion Programs | Edmund Burke School, Washington, DC | March 19, 2020
- Summer Teacher Institutes, Experiential Education Pedagogy & Practice | Santa Fe Prep, Santa Fe, New Mexico | June 18-22, 2020, Session Two: June 23-27, 2020
- New! Asia-Pacific Global Institute, Experiential Education: Sustainable Communities, Cultures & Collaboration | Chadwick International, Songdo, South Korea | October 8-11, 2020
New Registration Process
Registration will open for all ISEEN 2019-2020 programs in August 2019. Priority registration for Members Schools and Educational Service Providers (ESPs) for the 2020 Winter and Summer Institutes ends August 31, 2019, so make sure to look out for the opening announcement in a few weeks.
While we’ll include all of this information again, here’s some information to prepare you for the change in the registration process.
The new process will have two steps to streamline enrollment:
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Registration (opens August 2019 for all ISEEN programs): This first step secures spaces for attendees from your school or organization. The registration process asks general questions and involves submitting payment to hold those spots.
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Enrollment (varies by program): This phase of the process will be completed by the attendee who will be participating in the Institute. At this point, they will provide personal contact information and details, select sessions and Ex Ed in Action experiences and enroll in optional pre- and post-Institute activities. The contact who registered attendees will receive notification about when enrollment goes live.
We know change can sometimes cause confusion. So, if you have any questions about this process, we’re happy to talk you through it.
Announcing: Institute for Experiential Learning Online 8 -week certification program special mini-ISEEN Cohort
Dates: September 11th-October 29th, 2019
(Includes weekly online discussion groups on Tuesdays)
Pre-Requisite: Participation in any past ISEEN Institutes
Early Bird Registration ($2,000) ends June 17th
Last day to register at the standard rate ($2,200) is Aug 11th
ISEEN is excited to offer this unique online certification program specifically for the ISEEN network. For educators who have participated in the Summer or Winter Institutes who want to continue working during the school year with a supportive coach and group of ISEEN faculty (8-12 people), this is an excellent way to dive deeper into experiential learning by becoming certified by the Institute for Experiential Learning. David and Alice Kolb (of the Kolb Cycle) are teaching faculty for this online program!
The Experiential Learning Certification Program (Level I Principles) is a small group online learning experience designed to support participants’ self-discovery and self-development as an experiential educator using the principles of Experiential Learning. The program design includes a flipped-classroom of asynchronous online content with weekly online interactive discussion groups to deepen understanding. The program also includes weekly meetings with learning partners to apply learning and two individual coaching sessions to build self-awareness and personal effectiveness.
To register now or ask questions, email [email protected].
Members in Action: School Highlight
Appleby College
Bringing SEL into Reflective Practices within Outdoor Education
by Patrick O’Sullivan, Assistant Director of Outdoor Education and Rob McGuiness, Assistant Head of School, Global Education
Winter Camping Site for Appleby's 10th Grade Outdoor Ed Trip
Appleby College has long held a strong belief in the power of Outdoor and Experiential Education in our students. It enhances confidence, creates more responsibility and develops skills that help them beyond their experiences.
Whether it is a bad rain storm, high winds while canoeing, walking through a snowstorm, or even just leaving their phones behind, all students on outdoor trips face adversity. Through this adversity, the support of their peers builds connections and helps them to grow, and genuine and deliberate reflection can be the element that turns the growth into transformation. At Appleby College, we are deliberately integrating a Social Emotional Learning (SEL) framework into our reflective practices to do just that, transform the experience for our students, and consequently see widespread benefits across all of our school programs.
Educational Service Provider Highlight: NCOAE
The National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education (NCOAE) is a proud new member of ISEEN. At NCOAE, we provide exciting custom programs for students and staff — programs which provide opportunities to develop intellectual, social, and personal skills through experiential and adventure-based learning. We also offer custom staff development programs, which can take place at your school or a nearby off-campus location. Whether you need support with existing programming or help to get out the door on a new adventure, NCOAE is here to help. “Adventure First, Education Always.”
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