Description:

For over 30 years, Campus Calgary / Open Minds has been creating experiences for students and their teachers to explore and engage with a variety of community organizations. Through 5-day field studies, students come to know their city better better, ask questions of community leaders, and engage in hands-on learning that is connected to the work they’re engaging at their schools. With a yearlong inquiry question as a guide, time on site helps answer some of the big, connected questions students engage with and come to better understand how their learning at school is tied to many other areas.

With Outdoor Leadership School just finishing its first year, classes have spent 5-days exploring the park, its history, its people, and come to understand that this is a place for them. Thank you to the Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation for the support to make these experiences possible.

In this Park Talk, you’ll have opportunity to learn more about Campus Calgary / Open Minds and hear from a teacher who participated at Outdoor Leadership School with her Grade 1/2s this spring.

Presenters:

Jennifer Meredith and Marta Albertin are the Campus Calgary / Open Minds Operations Team. Together, we represent both CBE and CCSD and work with all 14 of the Campus Calgary / Open Minds sites to ensure that students and their teachers have meaningful, rigorous, and life-impacting experiences. We are grateful to all community partners who welcome classes on-site and who make these experiences possible for learners.

Cassandra Hill is a teacher and Learning Leader with the Calgary Board of Education. She is passionate about supporting student growth through trauma-informed practices. Cassandra is committed to creating inclusive, engaging learning environments, and providing students with meaningful, diverse experiences.