Greenfield Center School
Greenfield Center School is an independent day school for students in kindergarten through eight grade, located in Greenfield, Massachusetts. It has a population of about 140 children, and was founded in 1981.
The Greenfield Center School, in collaboration with the Northeast Foundation for Children (NEFC) developed the Responsive Classroom™[1] educational method. Part of this method is an approach to education which understands that children grow at different rates and need to balance physical, social, emotional, and intellectual learning. This educational philosophy fosters classroom communities in which children feel known, included, and self-confident enough to work hard and pursue meaningful intellectual and creative endeavors.
The Greenfield Center School works with educators and school districts around the nation to help create long-term educational change through staff development workshops, consultations, and the production of resource materials. The unique combination of consulting, resource development and school establishes and promotes a model in which teachers teach teachers.
In 2001 the Greenfield Center School was accepted as a certified site of the national Coalition of Essential Schools. It is also the home of the New England Coalition of Progressive Educators (K-8th).
The school purchased its building from the NEFC in 2004. The former town of Greenfleild's Abercrombie elementary school building.[2]
Notes
- ^ http://www.responsiveclassroom.org
- ^ Orth, Adam. "Independance Day at Greenfield Center School." Greenfield Recorder. April 12, 2004.
External links
Official Web Page: http://www.centerschool.net/
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