Students at the Center Hub

I am amazed to see the variety of resources available for educators, students, and families Students at the Center Hub. This Nellie Mae Education Foundation website provides a clearinghouse of information about student-centered approaches to learning.

Several videos we have produced are available on the site, including two recent “Video Tool Suites” we created for Jobs for the Future on Incorporating 21st Century Skills in the Classroom and Designing and Implementing a Student-Centered ELO Program.

Basics & Beyond

At last night’s annual meeting of the New Hampshire Business and Industry Association – the statewide chamber of commerce – Reaching Higher New Hampshire premiered a 30-second spot we created to encourage the business community to stand behind the state’s move towards public education that is more personalized, student-centered, and focused on 21st century skills. 

It was fun to approach Basics and Beyond almost like a TV commercial!

21st Century Skills

Our video Incorporating 21st Century Skills in the Classroom, produced with Jobs for the Future, has been uploaded to the Students at the Center Hub.

 This website is funded by Nellie Mae Education Foundation and offers a wide range of resources for families, students, and educators interested in student-centered learning.

In this 20-minute video, U.S. History teacher Charles Willis and Chemistry teacher Leanne Collura share their strategies to teach not just their subject matter but 21st century skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity.  We spend a few days in their dynamic classrooms as Willis's students take the lead in exploring the lead-up to the American Civil War and Collura's students apply stochiometry principles to air bag design.

Revere High School principal Lourenco Garcia also highlights how the school's flipped classroom model develops 21st century skills by giving students more agency in the learning process.

This school is amazing and I loved getting to know the students, teachers, and staff there! I hope to have a chance to visit and further document their development.