Welcome Progressive Education Lab Fellows!
Posted by Alice DesGrangesThe Progressive Education Lab (PEL) is a two year fellowship (a training year followed by an internship) designed to give young people who wish to become teachers an understanding of the fundamentals of progressive theory while learning from their experiences at four different progressive schools. PEL’s mission is to prepare new teachers to become powerful educators and agents of change in the profession. This year’s cohort of PEL Fellows arrived at our school the last week of October and will be with us until winter break.
I’m pleased to introduce you to the fellows, from left to right:
Kyle Gouchoe-Hanas is joining Krissy Ponden in the Art Department. She is a recent graduate of Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts where she fulfilled a double major in Studio Art and Education. Her concentrations were in painting and adolescent education respectively. Look for Kyle out on the field as well – she is interested in adding coaching skills to her teaching portfolio while enrolled in PEL.
Emma Timbers loves thinking about education as the practice of freedom, and the classroom as a site of joy and radical possibility. She is excited to be joining Michelle Lamb’s fifth grade class during her time at Unquowa. She studied English and creative writing at Bates College in Maine and most recently taught Preschool at a small progressive school in Portland, Oregon.
Jeff Adams received his undergraduate degree from Binghamton University, where he majored in Human Development and minored in Education, while also dabbling in studies of Women, Gender, & Sexuality, and Health & Wellness. Jeff is interested in providing educational experiences to youth that combine developmental psychology, health and wellness, and social justice studies so is working with Debbie Leidlein in the Humanities Department.
Caleb Teachey will be working with Lloyd Mitchell in Math. His background is in biology and chemistry, and as an educator, Caleb strives to understand the developmental and psychological underpinnings of best teaching practices. Prior to PEL, he most recently was a science teacher and behavioral interventionist at Kindle Farm School in Newfane, Vermont
We are excited to have the fellows here – please join us in welcoming them to the Unquowa Community!
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