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EXEMPLARS from Community Works Institute

Teaching For Community
Reflection Writing Retreats at Shelburne Farms

The following teacher written reflections have been supported and gathered at recent Reflection Retreats.

The Reflection Retreats are apartnership between Shelburne Farms and Community Works Institute. Please contact us for more information.

ARCHIVE of TEACHERS' REFLECTIONS

	Dear Pop: Building Community from an Empty Classroom An unexpected beginning to a special school year.
	Reflections on a Driving Question A fourth/fifth grade teacher considers his priorities.
	Learning to Read Nature’s Book An interdisciplinary Science, Math and Literacy curriculum for young children in an urban setting
	Learning From the the Natural World Working to make a community park a more valued and used resource.
	Giving Place a Voice A sixth grade teacher shares his insights on his return to using the natural world to educate.
	Where Food Comes From: The FEED Program (Food Education Every Day) at Edmunds Elementary School
	Alburgina: How a Holstein Calf Transformed a Classroom How the birth of a local farmer’s calf, and later, the arrival of the Food Education Every Day (FEED) program helped change the way a teacher thinks about teaching
	Spending a Little Time In the Woods The Forest For Every Classroom program gets teachers and their students into the woods and engaged in work that matters.
	Community, Love and the 5-Columned Chart Examining what makes the acclaimed Valley Quest program a success throughout New England communities.
	Exploring Community: Literature Based Inspirations A teaching librarian uses service-learning projects and place-based education as a foundation for student research.
	A Piece of It All: Learning to Read, Learning to Belong A Title One reading teacher uses literature inspirations to enliven a community mapping unit.
	Skydiving into Sustainability Reshaping the culture in a school to improve a community.
	What Does Sustainability Look Like To a Six Year Old in the Inner City? With less time of experience first graders are nonetheless eager to learn and need concrete, hands-on experiences.
	Our Neighbors Reflections on teaching for sustainability, using the environs of the school.
	Learning to Make a Difference Considerations on how social and physical environments affect the choices and attitudes of students toward making a difference
	The Role of After-School Programming in Cultivating Lifelong Learners Reflecting on her own love of learning, and wondering how to encourage students to become engaged learners outside the classroom

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The curriculum and program exemplars showcased here have been contributed by educators in the field. Many were originally featured in Community Works Journal, or in Connecting Service-Learning to the Curriculum. We thank our contributing educators and their students for making their work available to us. Please contact us if you would like to share and 'exemplar" or reflection of your own.

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