Davies

Collaboration Celebrations!

"This is the best field trip I've ever been on!!" wrote multiple students in their reflections of working with high school students at Davies Career and Tech.

Sixty three Jamestown Sixth Graders spent the day at Davies, working in collaboration with high school leaders. The Davies students led them through expereinces in soldering their circuit boards. Sixth graders were buoyed by the encouragement and support that the high schoolers gave them, as they told them "Wow, you are so good at this." "No problem, we can fix that."

Davies students were able to dispel some of their previously expressed notions of what Jamestown residents were, as they built understanding around coding, robotics, and electronics.

One clear result of this collaboration was a broader sense of what community can be in the state of RI.

It took lots of work, flexibility, and detailed coordination, but was a huge success!!

Many thanks to all of the Davies experts--students and teachers who made this happen, as well as my teaching team at Lawn Avenue.

We are looking to expand next year and hope to continue to share the resources of Davies, and also have them use the resources of ocean access that Jamestown can offer.

Cross District Collaboration!

It is exciting to see what can happen when people put their resources together.

One of my visions as RI Teacher of the Year was to develop a system of cross-district collaborations. 

I believe it will expand our sense of community for both students and teachers and serve as a means to join our small state together and lead the way in STEAM education.

It is happening!

In reaching out to Environmental Educators, state partners, and individual experts in their fields, I keep hearing, "YES!" 

Everyone wants to play their part and support a cohesive community and expand what learning can look like.

We now have 7 districts that will participate in a cross-district Collaboration Celebration field trip. 

Both of the Outdoor Education Sites that I met with offered time, personnel, and their location to support this innovative idea.

These are Save the Bay in Providence

https://www.savebay.org/

 and the Audubon Society of RI, in Bristol.

https://asri.org/

Prior to the trip, classes will connect virtually.

Upon arriving at the location, students will meet and connect in person with an icebreaker activity. 

Then, thanks to the donation of time of artists, scientists, and engineers, students will learn in their mixed group, comprised of students from different district. They will work at different stations throughout the day and learn from experts!

This is all happening on April 3 and April 10.

Stay tuned!!