Faculty Attend Educators Conference at The Island School

MBS faculty members Brad Turner (Upper School Science), and Rose Costanzo (Upper School Mathematics, Director of the Center for Quantitative Reasoning) recently participated in the Educators Conference at The Island School in the Bahamas. The weeklong annual conference is an opportunity for classroom teachers, administrators, counselors, program leaders, and others in the education field to explore best practices in experiential education.  

Brad first attended in 2019 and was asked to help lead the conference this summer. He led experiential learning sessions that discussed incorporating a Sense of Place and Nature Journaling into a curriculum. "It was a great opportunity for me to showcase what I do in my environmental science and oceanography classes and share best practices with other teachers interested in learning about place-based experiential learning," said Brad.

For Rose, “this experience was more than a professional development, it was a transformational experience. It gave educators the opportunity to push themselves out of their comfort zone, to promote growth, and gave space to have in depth conversations with other educators to consider how we could take the teachings back to our own schools and classrooms".