What does it mean to be a “learner for life?”
For the faculty and staff of Riverdale Country School, learning is a necessary part of living. New knowledge sheds light on old routines. Experiencing difficulty deepens understanding about teaching and working with others. Accomplishing goals creates new opportunities.
Here are some of the ways that the Riverdale community finds meaning and purpose through learning.
Dr. David A. James, deputy head teacher of the Bryanston School in England, spent a week at Riverdale Country School in April as the first Zagat Teaching Fellow. In June, a Riverdale teacher will go to Bryanston and learn about education from another cultural perspective. Established in 2015 by Riverdale alumnus Tim Zagat ’57, the […]
A teacher’s dream is to work for a school that creates curriculum that resonates and to see students grow through curiosity and self-confidence. At Applewild School, a K-8 independent, co-educational day school with a rigorous accelerated curriculum in Fitchburg, MA, these goals are more than attainable: they’re heartily encouraged. Todd Goodwin is a US History […]
Colorado Academy connects current brain research in neuroscience to its broad liberal arts and sciences program. Teachers study not just what students need to know to be successful in the future, but how learning takes shape, developing classes to strengthen culture and character in students at all grade levels. In their Global Perspectives course, freshmen explore divergent […]
