National Association of Independent Schools 2013
National Association of Independent Schools 2013
February 28 2013
Philadephia
Center for Ecoliteracy communications director Lisa Bennett and education program director Carolie Sly join Thomas Little and Joan Wright-Albertini of Park Day School in Oakland to present at the annual conference of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) in Philadelphia February 27 to March 1.
They will share inspiring stories from the Center's 2012 book Ecoliterate: How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence, which opens with a tender, exquisitely planned lesson designed by Wright-Albertini for her first-grade class at Park Day.
The presentation will also examine five vital "ecoliterate" teaching practices described in the book, coauthored with Daniel Goleman, bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence.
The conference, whose theme is "Think Big, Think Great," celebrates the 50th anniversary of NAIS, which serves more than 1,700 schools and associations of schools in the United States and abroad.
