One of the schools that I visited for my Deeper Learning in Elementary and Middle Schools (DLEMS) book project was Down to Earth Forest School in West Linn, Oregon. Down to Earth Forest School is a phenomenal outdoor learning experience for the children that it serves. The students and teachers meet every day in the local city park – rain, snow, or shine! – and are deeply immersed in nature as they learn together.
Liz Garden, my co-Fellow for the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) Center for Innovative Learning (CIL), and I had a chance to interview Heidi McKay, the Director of Down to Earth Forest School. That NAESP podcast episode is now available.
Happy listening!
Previous NAESP CIL podcast episodes
- The power of children learning outside (Heidi McKay, Down to Earth Forest School)
- Play-based, place-based learning (Traci Mathena, Creative City Public Charter School)
- Innovating project-based learning (Beth Foster, Anderson Mill Elementary)
- Transformative school culture (Eric Chagala, VIDA)
- What makes a great principal? (Linda-Darling Hammond, Learning Policy Institute)
- Fighting for equity (Mark Gooden, Teachers College)
