Garvey Presents at International EdTech Conference At a recent ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) conference in Philadelphia, Lower School Technology, Innovation, & Design Coordinator JEN GARVEY, along with former Peck teacher Jessica Cathcart, hosted an expo table demonstrating ways to build agency in elementary curricula. Their table, “Innovative Design and Play: Building Agency in Young Makers,” featured sample projects currently used with Grades K-4 in Peck’s Idea & Design Lab. Garvey also discussed how Peck utilizes Harvard’s Agency by Design teaching framework in myriad curricular areas as a cohesive way to stimulate agency and a sensitivity to innovation and design in young learners. Garvey also helped organize the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools’ Technology Steering Committee Innovation Institute this past summer. As a Book Creator™ Ambassador, she ran sessions on Collaborative Publishing using the Book Creator™ app as well as sat on a panel presentation focusing on the role of technology coordinators in schools.
Schneider Presents at NJAIS Trustee Enrichment Day
A Teacher’s Story: Stewart Wilkinson Upper School Math Teacher and Downy/Redhead Coordinator STEWART WILKINSON delivered the annual Teacher Story at Peck’s opening meetings. A longstanding tradition at Peck, Teacher Stories are a way for our community to get to know each other better as friends, as colleagues, and as family. Wilkinson shared his personal story about his journey to become a teacher, and we invite you to watch an interview with him in our Peck News digital supplement.
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The New Jersey Association of Independent Schools’ annual Trustee Enrichment Day is considered a valuable opportunity for trustees and administrators to explore and deepen e ective governance at their schools. ANDREW SCHNEIDER, director of finance and operations, led a presentation on tuition sustainability along with the Head of School at Gottesman RTW Academy and the CFO at The Pingry School. The forwardthinking discussion surrounded the new normal of a ordability strategies implemented since the 2008 Great Recession, and what projections may impact tuition for independent schools both locally and nationally in the years to come.
