The Nueva School's Innovative Learning Conference

At its heart, the Nueva School emphasizes collaborative, life-long learning, social-emotional acuity, and individual agency. As environmental challenges from climate change to plastics in the ocean loom large for society and in the minds of our students, Nueva has formally embraced cultivating environmental citizenship as a key pillar of our educational approach. This session introduces Nueva’s new Environmental Citizenship program, built on the recognition that tomorrow’s graduates will need to be equipped with the knowledge to understand environmental problems, their impact on communities, and how to effectively bring about change. After framing the environmental imperative, this session will showcase multiple existing strands of inquiry, multidisciplinary learning, and community service activities at Nueva, and then will offer first iterations of a cohesive curricular learning and assessment framework for Environmental Citizenship.