Hartford teacher honored as a Rowland Fellow to help improve place-based curriculum [Video]

WE ALL KNOW EDUCATORS GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR THEIR STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY. THEY SURE DO. AND ONE UPPER VALLEY TEACHER IS LEADING THE WAY BY CREATING A LESSON PLAN FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. NBC5’S JOHN HAWKS INTRODUCES US TO HER. MELISSA WYMAN, A THIRD GENERATION PUBLIC EDUCATOR, HAS BEEN TEACHING AT HARTFORD HIGH SCHOOL FOR OVER A DECADE. SHE’S ONE OF FIVE VERMONT TEACHERS HONORED AS A ROWLAND FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT. THE ROWLAND FOUNDATION IS THIS AMAZING ORGANIZATION IN VERMONT THAT IS REALLY DEDICATED TO PROVIDING FUNDING FOR EDUCATORS TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THEIR SCHOOLS. WYMAN HAD TO APPLY FOR THE FELLOWSHIP, AND SHE GOT IT FOR THE POSITIVE IMPACT SHE ALREADY HAS IN THE CLASSROOM WITH THE PLACE BASED LEARNING MODEL, WHICH FOCUSES ON HANDS ON PROJECT LEARNING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO STUDENTS. KIDS START TO CARE WHEN WE START BRINGING IN THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY EXPERIENCE IN THEIR …