Hillbrook Center for Teaching Excellence

Annie Makela and Bill Selak sat down with students from the 2018 Social Impact Summer Apprenticeship. As part of the launch of the Scott Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Hillbrook School, we offered a unique and selective summer apprenticeship in collaboration with Middlebury College’s MiddCORE program last July 2018. Summer Apprenticeship students spent the week working […]

What does it mean to be a techno-optimist? Annie Makela and Bill Selak explore the ways they see technology as a tool and lever for building empathy both on- and off-campus at Hillbrook School. This episode features new partnerships through the Scott Center for Social Entrepreneurship with Better World Ed and La Kaliente radio show […]

Annie Makela and Bill Selak sit down to recap recent Edventures in professional development. Annie shares about her time at Opportunity Collaboration (OC) and Bill shares about his time at CUE BOLD. Opportunity Collaboration Resources The 2018 OC USA Syllabus summarizes the “why” of the conference well: In a very busy world, time is a resource. There […]

Hear how Reach Beyond Week connect to Vision 2020, Hillbrook School’s strategic plan. Featuring Head of School Mark Silver, Lower School Head Colleen Schilly, and Director of Technology Bill Selak. Vision 2020 challenges us to reimagine the student experience, with a strong call to develop concrete ways that we achieve our vision to inspire students […]

Hillbrook launched our first-ever Reach Beyond Week April 2-6. During the week, the entire 6th-8th grade participated in a broad range of real-world learning experiences that extended beyond the campus and challenged students to think about how they could make a difference in the world. The week was an opportunity to design and implement the […]

Join Director of Technology Bill Selak and the Founding Director of the Scott Center for Social Entrepreneurship Annie Makela as they reflect on the first Social Impact Design Workshop from March 7, 2018 and NAIS Annual Conference. Resources What is Pechakucha? World Leadership School’s reflection from Social Impact Workshop: The Future of Learning: Skills […]

This episode describes and recounts our first social entrepreneurship field trip with middle school students at Hillbrook! Join us as our students talk about how their experience at WeWork Valley Towers in San Jose, CA. Click below to play episode in the browser. Listen in iTunes, or download the episode (link at bottom).

This episode focuses on mobile inquiry and place-based learning, how putting technology in the hands of students changes the conversations we have in the classroom. Click below to play episode in the browser. Listen in iTunes, or download the episode (link at bottom).   A favorite quote in researching this episode comes from Place-Based Education: […]

Jules Greene, Hillbrook's Diversity and Inclusivity Coordinator, shares recent professional development experiences and how it makes a difference in her work with teachers and students. Jules recently participated in the People of Color Conference (POCC), Teaching Tolerance workshop, and Wildwood Multicultural Leadership Institute.

Click below to play episode in the browser. Listen in iTunes, or download the episode (link at bottom). This season, we are exploring how technology in the classroom helps us better individualize our program, and how we can use technology to spark creativity and foster collaboration. Episode one takes us on the iPad’s adolescent journey. […]