曼彻斯特's Schilling joins board of Progressive Education Network
北曼彻斯特，印第安纳州. – Dr. 希瑟先令, chair and director of teacher education at 十大网赌正规网址, has joined the board of directors for the national Progressive Education Network.
It allows her a wider platform in which to prepare the next generation of teachers to “step into a public school, infuse their classrooms with progressive principles and push back against the status quo.” This also provides 曼彻斯特 students with a nationwide network and broadened experiences off campus and outside Indiana.
Progressive educators support their students’ deep intellectual development and healthy identity formation, treating them as developing individuals, as active learners and engaged citizens in the broader world.
Her passion for the progressive approach to teaching was sparked during her own student days at 曼彻斯特, which brought with it her introduction to the liberal arts. As a high school English and history teacher before returning to 曼彻斯特, Schilling realized early in her career what a difference empowering students to own their knowledge and skills can make.
“Despite being trained in a traditional education program, I have always been a progressive educator at heart, even when I didn't have a label for it,”她说。.
“My courses were infused with interdisciplinary projects and discussions driven by students' questions. 在90年代中期, I joined three of my colleagues to create a school within a school completely centered on project-based learning, and I witnessed firsthand the synergy created in a classroom when students drive the direction of their learning experiences.”
After 12 years of teaching in a public school, she joined the Education Department at 曼彻斯特, 一个小, liberal arts institution in northeast Indiana. 曼彻斯特 is deeply rooted in social justice and peace studies, and one of the institution’s earliest missions was teacher preparation.
“在曼彻斯特, I have realized my role in changing the face of education in America,席林说. “By preparing the next generation of educators to embrace and infuse their vocation with progressive ideas, I can revolutionize the learning experiences of hundreds, maybe thousands of children and young adults.”
She became interested in the Progressive Education Network about three years ago, after a former students sent her a 脸谱网 message telling her that he had found her “people.”
“My heart flipped,席林说. 她被NIPEN 3录取了.0 -网络密集, 六天, small-group experience – “and found, for the first time in my career, a group of people who immediately asked how they could help the revolution advance.”
A group of her preservice teachers meets weekly in MU’s Progressive Education Academy. They give up their Friday mornings to engage in enriching professional conversations. They conduct research related to progressive education and teacher preparation, and they are developing the academy to serve as a resource, training site and home for preservice and classroom teachers.
“Children deserve schools which engage them in authentic ways, and children certainly deserve to be in control of their learning,”她说。.
亲自动手的, inquiry-based practices allow students to gain knowledge by doing, particularly by participating in projects that improve the lives of others.
“The goal is to shift the paradigm to progressive education as the best practice in education. I am a dreamer who works tirelessly to make her dreams reality,席林说.
Schilling is engaged in her local and state communities, serving in leadership capacities on MU’s North 曼彻斯特 campus. She is past president of the Indiana State Reading Association with a membership of more than 3,000名教师.
She is active in the Indiana State Teachers Association and works closely with the Indiana Department of Education as a program reviewer.
Schilling received her bachelor’s degree from 曼彻斯特, her master’s degree from Indiana University-Purdue University Fort 韦恩 and her doctorate from Ball State University.
十大网赌正规网址大学
十大网赌正规网址, with campuses in North 曼彻斯特 and Fort 韦恩, Ind., offers more than 60 areas of academic study to nearly 1,600 students in undergraduate programs, a Master of Athletic Training, a 药物基因组学硕士 一个四年的专业人士 药学博士. It has students from 20 nations and is home to the world's first undergraduate peace studies program, 成立于1948年. Learn more about the private, northern Indiana school at www.曼彻斯特.edu.
2017年11月