Hawken Directors Share Experiential Ed Info
Upper School Director Kim Samson and Gries Center Director Sara Mierke '84 attended the January Institute of the Independent Schools Experiential Education Network.
Each January independent school educators gather for what some refer to as their “only department meeting of the year.” The group, called ISEEN for short, attracts program coordinators, directors, administrators and teachers who specialize in or want to learn more about service learning, global education, and outdoor leadership.
ISEEN, the leader and steward of experiential education in independent schools, started as the Independent Schools Adventure Network (ISAN) in 2005 but quickly realized it needed to reflect the growing trend in experiential education beyond outdoor education.
In 2012, ISEEN was named a “Top Ten Innovations” by NAIS President Patrick Bassett. This year ISEEN celebrated its 10th anniversary at Phillips Academy Andover, a founding school, with the theme “Roots and Wings.” Through workshops, discussion circles, info shares, presentations, informal gatherings, hikes, gallery walks, and interactions with PA students, participants examined the past and created visions for the future of experiential education.
In 2012, ISEEN was named a “Top Ten Innovations” by NAIS President Patrick Bassett. This year ISEEN celebrated its 10th anniversary at Phillips Academy Andover, a founding school, with the theme “Roots and Wings.” Through workshops, discussion circles, info shares, presentations, informal gatherings, hikes, gallery walks, and interactions with PA students, participants examined the past and created visions for the future of experiential education.
Mierke, Director of The Sally & Bob Gries Center for Experiential and Service Learning and a member of the ISEEN Board of Directors since 2013, facilitated several institute sessions and sat on a panel of experts alongside leaders from the Global Online Academy, Phillips Academy, Project Adventure, Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education, and Prescott College.
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Early Childhood, Lower, and Middle Schools, 5000 Clubside Rd, Lyndhurst, OH 44124
Birchwood School of Hawken, 4400 West 140th Street, Cleveland, OH 44135
Upper School, PO Box 8002 (12465 County Line Rd), Gates Mills, OH 44040
Mastery School of Hawken, 11025 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
Gries Center, 10823 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
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