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ABOUT US
President's
Message
Program
Elements
Our
Philosophy
The
WISE Organization
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Program
Elements
High
school students, under the mentorship of teachers and administrators,
design projects that include internships with local community agency
members or business people, intensive research, or cultural, artistic,
performance-based projects.
During
the school day, evenings and weekends, students devote significant
time to work in their internships, research their topics, maintain
written daily journals, discuss their topics with one another and
meet with their mentors to explore and reflect upon project issues.
Upon completion of the project, students submit their daily journals
for evaluation and give oral presentations before a panel of students,
teachers and community members.
The
topics that can be explored in school-based experiential learning
programs are innumerable because of the individualized nature of
the projects. However, because of the focus on individual development
of students and their project topics, design of a school's experiential
program becomes critical. Opportunities must be built-in for shared
reflection, mutual support, and community-building. Through group
interaction, students discover skills, strengths and talents in
each other not seen before.
WISE
Services, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization staffed by retired
teacher-practitioners, assists schools in developing a comprehensive
academic program tailored to local needs.
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