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CAMPUS VISIT DAY FOR INCOMING & PROSPECTIVE GRADUATE STUDENTS

To gain a deeper understanding of admissions and student life at IslandWood, we invite you to visit our campus on Bainbridge Island, Washington!

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ASK AN ISLANDWOOD GRAD: WEBINAR ON THE EEC GRADUATE PROGRAM EXPERIENCE

Join past and present members of the IslandWood learning community to hear more about their experience in the Education for Environment & Community graduate certificate program.

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: what it is and what it looks like at Islandwood

“Culturally responsive teaching” is everywhere at IslandWood. From our work with students and teachers in the Seattle area, to our programs on Bainbridge Island, this approach to teaching and learning influences eve-ry aspect of our educational philosophy and practices.

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For Morgan Malley (’19), Students are Partners in Learning

For Morgan Malley, becoming a teacher has meant consciously moving from a traditional hierarchy, with the teacher at the top and students down below, to a partnership, in which she welcomes students’ experiences and ideas into the classroom.

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IslandWood Graduate Program Alum Morgan Lindberg Teaches in Community during COVID-19

Morgan Lindberg (‘15) is handling teaching in the time of the coronavirus with relative ease.

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IslandWood Graduate Program Moved Instruction – and Community – Online

When the IslandWood graduate program moved online with the arrival COVID-19, faculty transitioned from teaching around a table or out on the trails to teaching by computer.

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ASK AN ISLANDWOOD GRAD: WEBINAR ON THE EEC GRADUATE PROGRAM EXPERIENCE

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ASK AN ISLANDWOOD GRAD: WEBINAR ON THE EEC GRADUATE PROGRAM EXPERIENCE

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The Impact of Mindfulness Meditation

“Gently close your eyes and take in a nice deep breath. Do this several times and allow your body to relax more and more with each deep breath.” Twelve 5th graders in the School Overnight Program stretch out on pillows in a wooden loft as I guide them through a mindfulness meditation.

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Moment of Discovery: The Lesson I Never Knew I Needed (Or Planned For)

It was my second full day with the 5th graders in Team Bog. We had tasted plants around the garden; discovered “magical” purple beans; and gathered herbs, vegetables, and fruit for our “communi-tea” and Soil to Snack project.

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IslandWood acknowledges that we live and work on the ancestral land of the Coast Salish people, who have been stewards of this region's land and waters since time immemorial, and who continue to protect these lands and waters for future generations, as promised by the Point Elliott Treaty of 1855, the Treaty of Point No Point of 1855, and the Treaty of Medicine Creek of 1854.

While the majority of our work takes place on Suquamish (suq̀ʷabš) and Duwamish (dxʷdɐwʔabʃ) land, we also conduct programs on the land of the Snohomish (sduhúbʃ), Puyallup (spuyaləpabš), Muckleshoot (buklshuhls), Skokomish (sqoqc’bes), and S’Klallam (nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əm) peoples.

IslandWood is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Our tax ID number is 31-1654076.

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