The Consortium for Public Education  
INSIGHTS Just In ...
June/July 2013
In this issue...
Leadership Retreat
The CASTLE closes out amazing year
TFIM evaluation
Pittsburgh Youth Reporters







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Will Richardson

 

Leadership Retreat focused on bold moves to change education

 

The Consortium capped a year of work aimed at personalizing learning and empowering students with a June Leadership Retreat themed to help educators Build Bridges to Boldness. Keynoting the event was Will Richardson, educator, author and founder of Connective Learning, LLC. To learn more, click here.
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CASTLE student fishing at Peters Creek

The CASTLE underscores benefits of experiential learning

 

The CASTLE,

(Clairton's After-School Teaching & Learning Experience),

a collaborative program organized through The Consortium with Clairton City School District and eight community partners, is about learning while doing. During the spring, the learning has taken so many different forms. Among them, kids have gone on fishing trips to Peters Creek, held a community meeting about gender equity, learned about health and wellness during bike outings and created an art installation in vacant storefronts. To learn more, click here.
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TFIM gets rave reviews

High school students participating in The Future Is Mine (TFIM), The Consortium's career exploration and leadership development program, gave the experience top marks for meeting all key program goals, including helping them learn about careers, job expectations and regional employers. To learn more, click here.
Pittsburgh Youth Reporters Program prepares
students for summer and fall events

 

The Pittsburgh Youth Reporters Program's first alumni are providing coverage of a summer-long series of activities designed to demonstrate new models for learning. At the same time, partners in the program, including The Consortium, have selected a second cohort of students from high schools across the region to learn reporting techniques and apply them during other high profile events beginning this fall. To learn more, click here.