Our Wildwood, Volume 51

DONOR PROFILE Thanks to our generous supporters

WILDWOOD SCHOOL IS THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THE establishment of the Wildwood Outreach Center Fellowship Fund, a groundbreaking initiative made possible by a generous donation from The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation. This new fund is dedicated to advancing professional development and leadership in education, and honors the legacy of Cynthia Woods Mitchell, a passionate advocate for teachers and education. “Cynthia believed in the power of teachers to unlock the potential in young minds and admired innovation and creativity in education,” said C. Wildwood School Announces New Fellowship Fund

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Grant Mitchell, Board Chair. “This fund not only honors her memory, but will enable educators to spark curiosity and plant the seed for a lifelong learning in their students.” As a lab for the future of education, Wildwood will utilize this fund to address three key areas of educator professional development. First, it will allow the school to address current learning needs that are quickly emerging within the field of education. Secondly, it will develop a cadre of new professional learning facilitators out of Wildwood

INNOVATION IS CENTRAL TO WHO WE ARE. THE KIND OF TEACHERS WHO ARE DRAWN TO WILDWOOD ARE LEARNERS THEMSELVES, WHO RECOGNIZE THAT—BECAUSE THEY’RE AT WILDWOOD—THE IMPACT OF THEIR WORK GOES BEYOND THE EXPERIENCES OF THE STUDENTS WITH WHOM THEY WORK. —LANDIS GREEN

teachers, creating professional learning generalists in addition to content area specialists. Lastly, it addresses the fourth pillar of Wildwood’s Framework for the Future of Education, which is to advance the mission of the Wildwood Outreach Center by supporting public and independent schools in their efforts to create learner-centered schools. Shaping Education at Wildwood and Beyond Through the fellowship, Wildwood educators selected as fellows will spend two years immersed in professional development, research, and learning—all with the goal of developing programming for the Wildwood Outreach Center, which

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