Experienced Reflections
from Educators, Students and Community Members

The following articles are drawn from the Community Works Journal archives,
originally appearing as an "Experienced Reflection."

My Favorite Lesson Plan
by Marc Chabot, Physics Teacher, Thetford Academy

Making Service-Learning Work as a VISTA Volunteer
by Rebecca Morrow, VISTA Volunteeer, Peoples Academy

Reflecting on a Community Works Summer Institute
by Kathryn Huber, Buffalo New York School District

It Takes Caddisfly Larvae to Raise a Child
by Susie Denehy, Staff Naturalist/Teacher, Harris Center for Conservation Education

Community Service Learning—Merging Active Learning with Civic Action
by Pamela Roberts, Parent/Author

I Do and I Understand
by Frank Watson, former Executive Director, Vermont Institute for Science, Math & Technology

The Soul of a School
by Cynthia Hughes, Teacher, Springfield Public Schools

Teaching in a One-Room School
by Judith Nero, Guilford Central School

Community Begins with the Family
by Mary Lee Powell, Osceola County Public Schools


Students Define Elements for Passionate Learning
by Helen Beattie, Ed. P.

Cultural Literacy
by Margaret McLean, Principal, Peacham School / Director, VT Rural Partnership

Change Challenges Us
by Michael Friel, former Principal Guilford School

On Visiting The Guilford Institute
by Sheila Bailey, Vermont Learn & Serve America Coordinator

Why Service-Learning?
by Larry Alper, former Principal -Oak Grove School

The Cellar Hole
Vermont Rural Partnership Workshop Participants