Teaching Resources

This site offers eleven learning modules, each addressing an aspect of urban sustainability. Each module is linked with the curriculum and provides opportunities for working scientifically.

In this video from 2013, Taylor Delhagen (Teach For America, 2006) reflects on the importance of empowering students to critically examine the world around them, rigorously explore values and exercise the perseverance needed to overcome failure.

In this video from 2014, Claudia Araya (Enseña Chile, 2012) shares her reflections on how she developed the independence and leadership in students that are necessary for them to take ownership of their dreams and make them a reality.

In this video from 2017, Shayla Yellowhair, systems leader and Teach For America alumna explains why teachers who are coming to work in Native communities need to first understand the history and be willing to learn from the community.

This set of resources offers many tools to evaluate holistic student outcomes.

This video from 2017 features Kia Aroha, a secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand using aspects of Māori culture as a teaching or learning method. Learn how this school focuses its curriculum on a critical analysis of the historical and present re...