by D. Brown | Nov 13, 2017 | DIR Practice, Podcast
Continuing with the back-to-school series this week is the topic of process-oriented and affinities-based learning. We heard Dave Nelson talk about how they use these approaches at Threshold Community Program with their students. Rae Leeper talked about this type of...
by D. Brown | Oct 23, 2017 | DIR Practice, Podcast
This week’s feature school is The Community School (Note that it is now called Threshold Community Program) in Decatur, Georgia, just outside Atlanta. It is unique in that its cohort is adolescents and young adults. I had the privilege of speaking with the...
by D. Brown | Oct 16, 2017 | DIR Practice
Continuing with our series on schools using the Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based (DIR) model, let’s look at Oakwood Academy in Mississauga, Ontario. It’s the only DIR-based school in Canada and features the opportunity for its...
