BIG workshop

When I was an Americorps VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America) with Learn and Serve Oklahoma, the school I was posted at became an A Plus school. I was able to attend their first week long summer institute and I became fascinated with the process. In a nutshell, Oklahoma A Plus is a research-based whole school network with a mission of nurturing creativity in every learner by training teachers and school support staff in incorporating the A+ essentials into their curriculum - the essentials help teachers formulate quality curriculum by incorporating art, multiple intelligences, collaborative opportunities and experiential learning(read more here). Anyhoo, I've been in training for the last year and in a couple of weeks I get the opportunity to lead a workshop. The teacher I worked with for two years as a VISTA is co-facilitating with me. A Plus has been interested in incorporating Service Learning into their fold...so Kathy and I are hosting HELPING HANDS: WHEN SERVICE BECOMES LEARNING THE A PLUS WAY at the A Plus Statewide Conference. She and I got together over the weekend to work out workshop details and we created this Helping Hands collage, which will be the main project in the upcoming workshop.

I'M SO EXCITED!!!