“The unfortunate reality of being a teacher or student in our modern educational landscape is that schooling is often hampered, isolated, and detached from the real world, ​so much so that a classroom, ​can feel like a cage”

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This website is a capstone to the US State Department Teachers For Global Classrooms Fulbright Fellowship to showcase my experiences, reflections and instruction that extends learning beyond the classroom. My goal as an educator is to dispel this list of what school doesn’t teach, while prioritizing The 4Rs: Realness, Relevance, Rigor & Relationships as students learn to read & write analytically, develop real financial skills and sustained action civics service learning. During 2024, PBS documented my students and their civic engagement journeys as part of their series:
A Citizen’s Guide To Preserving Democracy

​I use this website to...

1.Share what I LEARN about Civics Education and Culturally Responsive Classrooms from my Fulbright & professional learning

2.Model a Cagebusting Classroom by showcasing what I TEACH and my students’ civic engagement & financial skills

3.Blog about my TRAVEL experiences teaching & learning

4.STUDY how educators approach civic engagement & politics around the world

5.MEMORIALIZE the rich history of Public Schools and identify artifacts connected to school as relevant teaching tools

6.ELEVATE my students' activism around access to lead free, sustainable drinking water

7.SHARE interdisciplinary civic engagement practices across my school and how they foster both Social Emotional Learning & Restorative Justice

8.CONNECT with other individuals passionate about teaching & learning. Connect with me and follow what my students and I are working on.

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My students’ work has been infused into a free online curriculum to help other educators interested in this. The U.S. Department of State offers Solving Global Problems, a free, self-paced online course to help educators prepare to ignite students’ critical thinking and creativity through a focus on tackling global problems.
Fulbright Capstone websites are a required component for all U.S. State Department Fulbright TFG Award Recipients. The sites are not official Department of State publications. The views and information presented are the grantee's own and do not represent the Teachers for Global Classrooms Program, IREX, or the U.S. Department of State. These sites are a showcase of participants experiences and reflections while teaching and learning domestically & abroad while interacting with other cultures and people.