Category: BA Education

Decolonization: What’s Love Got to Do With It?

“Decolonization: What’s Love Got to Do With It?” is a day-long festival that takes place September 25, 2021 at Goddard College. The program examines the ongoing impact of settler colonialism, and asks how we at Goddard can contribute to movements for decolonization and Indigenous sovereignty.   The title, “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” amplifies… Continue reading Decolonization: What’s Love Got to Do With It?

Mamadou “Mr. Papis” Traore Brings the Goddard Model to West Africa

Goddard students seeking the path of rigorous, cultural inquiry hail from across the world. Mamadou Traore (BA EDU ’14), whose family and friends know him as “Papi,” embodies Goddard’s holistic approach to education. Originally from Senegal in West Africa, he traversed the globe to attend the Vermont campus where he earned his Bachelor of Arts… Continue reading Mamadou “Mr. Papis” Traore Brings the Goddard Model to West Africa

Transformative Educator is a Leader in Dual Language Higher Education

In first grade, Bárbara Martínez-Griego received Ds and Fs on her report card while in other areas, such as effort, courtesy, and conduct, she always got A’s. “The only comment made -every grading period- was, “Needs to speak more English at home,” always written in red ink.” While she may not have known it in… Continue reading Transformative Educator is a Leader in Dual Language Higher Education

A Garifuna Journeys to Goddard

by Martha David, (EDU – Seattle Dual Language Concentration- Early Childhood Education ’19)  BEGINNINGS OF AN EDUCATOR At age of 5 years old my mother registered me in school.  She walked me to school and left me in front of the school and I had to find my way to the classroom.  I spoke my… Continue reading A Garifuna Journeys to Goddard

The Long Walk of a Teacher

Everyday, when I get home from student teaching, I silently bring in my bag to the house. Without saying a word, I put on a hat and head back outside for a walk.  I watch the bus pull up across the road, students hopping out and into the arms of their family members. I walk… Continue reading The Long Walk of a Teacher

Manifesting Goddard in Your Life

I was like many Goddard students.  I discovered this remarkable student-centered pathway in the 1990’s but did not enroll until 2006.  It took that long to manifest Goddard in my life, but it was well worth the discovery. I was an artist, educator and social worker in the midwest growing my tribe of five beautiful… Continue reading Manifesting Goddard in Your Life

The Teacher as Student: Graduate Degrees For a New Educational Era

by Bernard Bull, President of Goddard College Something new is happening in classrooms around the country. Project-based learning schools, Montessori schools, Waldorf schools, schools where every student has a personalized learning plan, and schools that are committed to creating more space for learner voice, choice, ownership, and agency are all popping up.  There are more… Continue reading The Teacher as Student: Graduate Degrees For a New Educational Era

Alternative Education Enters the Mainstream

by Bernard Bull People often tell me that at one point in their lives they wanted to be a teacher. Well, what happened?  Usually, I find that their reasons for not pursuing education came from a limited view of what was available and possible in education. Or else they thought they missed their chance. If… Continue reading Alternative Education Enters the Mainstream

Radical Love: Q&A with Gina Forbes, Director of One Tree Center

Gina Forbes is the Director of One Tree Center in South Portland, ME. The Center includes a preschool that holds the phrase Radical Love at the center of its principles. Radical, in the true meaning of the word, meaning “at the root”. This rooted focus on love informs Gina’s work and manifested itself through her… Continue reading Radical Love: Q&A with Gina Forbes, Director of One Tree Center

Sophia Maravell earns Goddard Entrepreneur Sustainability grant

Sophia Maravell (MA ’15) received the Goddard Entrepreneur Sustainability grant for starting her business Ecología Rising. Sophia writes: “Ecología Rising grew out of my work in Community Education at Goddard College with the guidance of key faculty members Jackie Fischer and Karla Haas-Moskowitz.” The word ‘ecología’ expresses a Greek philosophy that Sophia adopted and encountered… Continue reading Sophia Maravell earns Goddard Entrepreneur Sustainability grant

Early Learning Community Resource

Seattle’s Child Care Resources improves all children’s access to high quality early learning experiences by engaging with families, child care providers, and communities. Intrinsic to their daily work is identifying and addressing racism both internally and externally so that all children grow and develop in their early learning environments. How wonderful it is to see the… Continue reading Early Learning Community Resource

Thomas J. McGlinchey (BA ’15) joins Delaware school as music teacher and chorus director

Thomas J. McGlinchey (BA ’15) joined Odyssey Charter School in Wilmington, Del., as a new K-4 music teacher and chorus director. McGlinchey is currently pursing is master’s degree in Goddard’s Education Program. As Odyssey Charter School is a Greek language bilingual program. I will be incorporating Greek music, song and dance into the music program,” he… Continue reading Thomas J. McGlinchey (BA ’15) joins Delaware school as music teacher and chorus director

Alumna Priscilla Backman to receive Goddard Presidential Award

PLAINFIELD, Vt. — Goddard College President Robert Kenny will posthumously present Priscilla Ruth Davis Backman with the Presidential Award for Activism during the Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, August 21, at 4:00 p.m. in the Haybarn Theatre on Goddard’s Plainfield campus. The Goddard Presidential Award for Activism recognizes alumni who have made significant contributions in the field of social… Continue reading Alumna Priscilla Backman to receive Goddard Presidential Award

Goddard is first in Vermont to offer Bilingual Education Endorsement for Teachers

PLAINFIELD, Vt. — Goddard College is the first college or university in Vermont to gain state approval to add bilingual education to its teacher education program. The U.S. Department of Education identifies bilingual education as a high-need field in schools that serve low-income students. The Latino population in the U.S. grew by 43 percent between… Continue reading Goddard is first in Vermont to offer Bilingual Education Endorsement for Teachers

4th Annual Dual Language Conference Wrap-Up

At the heart of the fourth annual Dual Language Conference, held at the EDU Seattle Residency on Saturday, February 1, 2014, was the incredibly unified and hardworking core of volunteers that made up the planning committee.  This group of over 30 volunteers was comprised of staff, students, faculty, alumni, and local community members and spent… Continue reading 4th Annual Dual Language Conference Wrap-Up

Alumna Doyle Canning and The Center for Story-based Strategy

I met Doyle Canning (BA EDU ’02) this fall during the National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Day of Mourning is organized every year on Thanksgiving by the United American Indians of New England and builds a powerful counter-narrative about Thanksgiving. Imagine my delight when I learned that Doyle is a recent Goddard… Continue reading Alumna Doyle Canning and The Center for Story-based Strategy

Poem Written by a Student in Tribute to David Frisby

  Something, Sometimes         by Diana Abath Something told me to move towards you A camaraderie of the skin—yet not that simple A connection of the heart, the mind No—for I knew neither about yours or mine in that moment Something told me to move towards you A message—in your stance, your sitting, your comfort… Continue reading Poem Written by a Student in Tribute to David Frisby

International Democratic Education Conference

  Goddard College students, along with a few faculty and alumni, met during the January Goddard EDU residency to plan and discuss the role that the College could play in the upcoming International Democratic Education Conference (IDEC). IDEC 2013 will be held in Boulder, Colorado this August 4th through 8th, providing an exciting opportunity for… Continue reading International Democratic Education Conference