Spiritual Educator
Eva on Apr 21st 2008 10:59 am
Mike Seymour, M.S., is Director of The Heritage Institute, a progressive program of continuing education for K-12 educators affiliated with Antioch University, Seattle— reaching teachers with over 300 workshops, field studies, foreign travel programs and distance education courses in the Northwest, around the U.S. and the world. Mike has an extensive background in human development and Jungian psychology, as well as Christian and Buddhist contemplative practices.
We will be featuring his work and book, “Educating for Humanity” in a bi-weekly show on Mondays at 1:00 pm EST. We will cover a new chapter each week, and the concepts that underlie his philosophy about education. The schedule for the next few weeks is as follows:
Mon 4/21/08
Mon 5/5/08
Mon 5/19/08
Mon 6/2/08
Mon 6/16/08
See Mike’s websites at:
www.hol.edu - http://www.educatingforhumanity.org -
Listen and call in at www.blogtalkradio.com/thespiritualenvoy
List of progressive schools!
Progressive
Schools
Codman Academy Charter School
637 Washington Street
Dorshester, Mass. 02124
(617) 287-0700 x 103
Meg Campbell, Principal
http://www.codmanacademy.org
This public high school serves a mostly minority student population in Dorchester, MA. and is guided by the principles of Expeditionary Learning. An equal emphasis is placed on intellectual and character development, with emphasis on an ethic of service and a healthy life style. There is a strong emphasis on post-secondary education.
El Puente Academy for Peace & Justice
211 South 4th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Tel (718)599-2895
Fax (718)599-3087
Alfa Anderson, Principal
http://www.nycboe.net/OurSchools/Region8/K685/default.htm
El Puente Academy is a four year, comprehensive high school whose mission is to inspire and nurture leadership for peace and justice. El Puente strives in all activities to create community, develop love and caring, achieve mastery and promote peace and justice. These goals are based on a view of human beings as holistic, thriving in collective self-help, seeking safety and requiring respect.
Environmental & Adventure School
Finn Hill Jr. High
8040 N.E. 132nd St.
Kirkland, WA 98034
425-825-1411
Eileen McMackin, Lead teacher
http://wwweas.lkwash.wednet.edu/
This middle school is one of a growing number of “choice,” thematically focused schools where students achieve academic, personal and social goals in a challenging educational program with an environmental focus.
The Environmental Middle School
2421 Se Orange Street
Portland, OR. 97214
(503) 916-6490
Sarah Taylor, Principal
http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools-c/pages/environmental/
EMS is a small, multicultural, urban public middle school drawing students from all of Portland’s diverse neighborhoods. They teach a holistic, integrated curriculum. Exploring themes of their many overlapping environments, students develop academic knowledge and skills while demonstrating personal and social responsibility for all living things.
Greenfield Center School
71 Montague City Road
Greenfield, MA 0130
413-773-1700
Laura Baker, Principal
http://www.centerschool.net
This independent K-8 school started as a laboratory school of the Northeast Foundation for Children where their highly acclaimed program The Responsive Classroom was developed. Their program is an excellent example of integrating social and academic learning and building a strong learning community.
Hudson Public Schools
155 Apsley St
Hudson, MA 01749
(978) 567-6100
Sheldon Berman, Superintendent
http://www.hudson.k12.ma.us/
All six schools in this exemplary district reflect a commitment to educating for social responsibility as an integral part of rigorous academic learning. Character education, social skills and ethical development, community service learning, inquiry-based learning and a democratized learning environment all serve to support Hudson’s core values of empathy, ethics and service.
Mast Landing School-Soule Program
116 Bow Street, Freeport, Maine 04032
(207) 865-4561 X 4
Mr Gene Berg, Teaching Principal
http://www.freeportpublicschools.org/mls/mlshome.html
The Soule Program (grades 3-5) is one of three programs of choice in this elementary school. Their philosophy emphasizes the importance of student, as well as teacher choice. Soule is distinguished by an emphasis on decision-making and responsibility, multi-graded classrooms, teachers as specialists in a particular subject area, with children seeing two main teachers each day.
Jefferson County Open School
7655 West 10th Avenue, Lakewood, Colorado 80215
(303) 982-7045
Bonnie Walters, Principal
http://jeffcoweb.jefco.k12.co.us/high/jcos/
This is an alternative, public program consisting of a pre-school, early learning center, intermediate area, middle and high school. Their educational philosophy is student-centered, emphasizing the whole person, learning by doing, a community service and social justice orientation and the full development of each student’s personal potential.
The Metropolitan Regional Career & Technical Center
(The Met)
The Big Picture Company:
275 Westminster Street
Suite 500, Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 456-0600
Fax: (401) 456-0606
Dennis Littky and Elliot Washor, Co-Directors
http://www.metcenter.org/
The Met is a small public high school open to all students in Rhode Island. The school educates one student at a time, so each student’s curriculum is determined by his or her unique interests, background, and learning styles. All students work on projects in real-world settings related to their interests and develop strong relationships with teachers and project mentors
The New School @ SouthShore
8825 Rainier Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98118
(206)252-6560
Gary Tubbs, Principal
http://www.seattleschools.org/schools/southshore/
This new, K-8 public school’s vision is to create a loving community of purposeful learning that focuses on the whole child: mind, body and spirit. Their mission is to view each child as a bright spirit on a magnificent journey in their quest to contribute powerfully to the healing of humanity and Mother Earth.
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