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March 12, 2026
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Category: Teach Cities

Community Engaged Learning: Brooklyn

Every year, I take my Grade 12 Green Industries students to NYC for a weekend of experiential learning about...
Authentic Experience, Inquiry Learning, Meaningful Connections, Service Learning, Social Action, Teach Cities

#TeachCities: NYC Edition

Why should we #teachcities to young people? For me, today was a perfect illustration of how the city, in...
Authentic Experience, Design Trust for Public Space, Meaningful Connections, Project-Based Learning, Teach Cities

Community Garden, Community Service

*originally posted on the Greenwood College School website on May 22, 2014.  Over the past year, students in Grade...
Authentic Experience, Classroom Environment, Collaboration, Project-Based Learning, Service Learning, Teach Cities

Choose Your Own Adventure: Student Designed Curriculum

Last week, my grade 12 students presented their final "deliverables" created in their "Choose Your Own Adventure" (CYOA) unit...
Authentic Experience, Meaningful Connections, Personalization and Differentiation, Project-Based Learning, Teach Cities, Think Forward, Writing Portfolio

Design Thinking in the Classroom

* This article was originally posted on the Greenwood College School blog, PersonalizedLearning.ca In a recent New York Times...
Project-Based Learning, Teach Cities, Think Forward, Writing Portfolio

The Great Green Roof Debate

At the start of the third term, I was approached by a colleague seeking to collaborate on a new...
Authentic Experience, Collaboration, Mentoring Teachers, Passion for Subject, Teach Cities, Think Forward

Keeping it Real: Regent Park Revitalization

As mentioned in my previous post, engaging students through social action has always been one of my goals.  This...
Authentic Experience, Collaboration, Mentoring Teachers, Personalization and Differentiation, Project-Based Learning, Service Learning, Social Action, Teach Cities

Keeping It Real: The Green Line Competition

  One of my priorities as an educator is to connect students to the real world while also making...
Authentic Experience, Collaboration, Project-Based Learning, Teach Cities, Think Forward

Choose Your Own Adventure

Student Work
At the end of my second year of teaching, I met with my instructional leader and the coordinator of...
Assessment for Success, Inquiry Learning, Personalization and Differentiation, Reflective Practice, Teach Cities

“I love trees”

I love the way that somethings just happen naturally.  This year, my Green Industries class seemed to grow organically...
Inquiry Learning, Meaningful Connections, Mentoring Teachers, Passion for Subject, Project-Based Learning, Teach Cities

Student Vote: Democracy in Action

Once again this year, I had the good fortune of having an election take place during my Civics course....
Authentic Experience, Classroom Environment, Personalization and Differentiation, Project-Based Learning, Teach Cities

The Farm Project

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As part of the projects-bases focus of the Grade 11 Green Industries course, I designed a project that would...
Assessment for Success, Authentic Experience, Classroom Environment, Inquiry Learning, Personalization and Differentiation, Reflective Practice, Teach Cities, Think Forward

Engaging Students Through Social Action

As Coordinator of Service Learning, it is always my goal to engage students in the wider community, helping them...
Assessment for Success, Personalization and Differentiation, Reflective Practice, Social Action, Teach Cities, Think Forward
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