Even if you can’t attend one of our programs, or visit classrooms at our school or one of our peer schools, or join us live for a conversation about teaching and learning, we can bring the experience to you through our video section. Look here for selections from our speaker series, teacher interviews, special events, and classroom demonstrations. We also welcome your video contributions to share with our Peers network.
In his eight grade humanities curriculum, Dan Sigward focuses on difficult issues and historic events, including racial segregation, the Holocaust, and conflicts around the world. He uses these topics to guide his students to an understanding of identity, human nature, and the opportunities that they have to take a leadership role in society. With the [...]
Community and collegiality are essential ingredients for a successful teaching and learning environment. Fifth grade teacher John Sucich recognized a need to build connections between new faculty members and veteran teachers, so he established a mentoring system to welcome colleagues to Belmont Day School. In this video, John speaks with Gayna Sealy, who was one [...]
At Belmont Day School, we value our role in the local community. During the 2010-2011 school year, we began a formal initiative to involve faculty and staff in service projects with several organizations in the greater Boston area. One of the coordinators of this effort was Kindergarten teacher Betty Chu Pryor, who describes the program [...]
Our October Fall Seminar featured a presentation by 21st Century Skills teacher Bill Smith. Bill’s curriculum blends engineering, problem-solving, and woodworking skills in a dynamic approach to design and innovation. His 6th grade students had recently completed a challenge project to build a weight-bearing beam, shown in this video. Bill spoke about the excitement, creativity, [...]
Our first fall seminar of 2010 addressed the concept of 21st century skills, and the attributes required of successful individuals. MIT Professor Michael Cima, who holds nearly 50 patents in a variety of medical and scientific areas, spoke with our participants about the qualities, training, and knowledge he has observed in innovators and team leaders.
We began our summer season with our second annual Institute for Excellence in Teaching. Participants came from many schools in throughout Massachusetts as well as New York City. Our theme, “Relationships at the Heart of Collaboration,” engaged all of our Peers for two days of lively talks, presentations, field observations, and collegiality.