Name: Place-Based Education: Fostering Engagement, Community, Connections, and Character
Start: 2025-06-10T10:45:00-0400
End: 2025-06-10T11:45:00-0400

Tuesday June 10, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am EDT

Winston 3A

CELL at UIndy launched a PBE initiative with 18 rural Indiana schools where they created projects in their communities. Several of these teacher’s projects have received the National Signature Project Award and/or the Grants in Place Fellows from the Rural Schools Collaborative.

The value of PBE goes beyond making connections with the community. It also addresses character education, helping the students intuitively understand the importance of empathy and compassion for others while directly guiding them through inquiry and research.

CELL’s approach to PBE is to show educators how to leverage community to engage students. In this session, participants will consider approaches to PBE: explore, ideate and plan their own projects.

Speakers

Krista Hensley

Early College Coordinator, Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning

Janet Boyle

Director of Rural Early College Network, Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning

Janet serves as the director of the Rural Early College Network (RECN) at CELL. RECN is a federal EIR grant project that involves 20 rural Indiana high schools that are implementing the Early College model. Prior to this role, Janet served as CELL’s Director of Early College, Assistant... Read More →

Tuesday June 10, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am EDT
Winston 3A

Innovative Instructional Practice, Partnerships for Authentic Learning

2025 Early College Summit

Krista Hensley

Janet Boyle

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