WES Teacher Featured by the Upper Valley Teaching Place Collaborative

Woodstock Elementary School kindergarten teacher Amanda Hull was recently featured in Educator Spotlights by the Upper Valley Teaching Place Collaborative. Amanda’s kindergarten students have been using Naturalist Backpacks to take a closer look at the world around them and engage in place based education.

With 18 active kindergarteners, Ms. Hull uses place based education to help her students, “develop a sense of wonder, grow their social-emotional skills and grit, increase engagement, and build a better understanding of the world.” Like so many other educators, Ms. Hull finds place based education critical now more than ever because it, “connects children to their place and builds community.”