Sierra Expeditionary Learning School (SELS) is excited to introduce you to our new Founding Director, David Manahan. Mr. Manahan arrives with nearly 20 years of educational experience in various roles and institutions. His background in outdoor and experiential education includes facilitation at environmental learning centers, curriculum development and start up, group and corporate team building, and educator training. […]
Building Background Knowledge Workshop August 16th, 6:30 - 8:30pm at the SELS Campus hosted by John LeCavalier, Northwest Regional Director, Expeditionary Learning Schools Limited space available. You must RSVP (via the Evite) to attend this workshop. Overview: This workshop demonstrates how quickly participants can become interested in a topic, build background knowledge, and use that [...]
We are currently looking for a Spanish Language Instruction (part-time) for the Sierra Expeditionary Learning School! Please 'read more' for the complete job description. […]
Great News - the Sierra Expeditionary Learning Charter School has been approved! The Tahoe Truckee Unified School District Board voted unanimously on March 3rd to approve the charter petition of Sierra Expeditionary Learning School (SELS). The school will open in Truckee in the fall of 2010, initially serving 63 students in grades kindergarten through 5th [...]
SELS will adopt a hands-on Expeditionary Learning curriculum that adheres to district and state standards. Expeditionary Learning has been recognized nationally as an innovative, research-based, school improvement model and has been credited with producing high performing public charter schools. The model is based on five core practices. These core practices work in concert and support [...]
<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> Sierra Expeditionary Learning School Minutes 1/7/2010 Structure of Charter Council Discussion re: losing Mike & Dana. Dana would like to still be involved. We need to be careful of side-bar conversations, gossiping, etc. Decision Making process: Items which will be voted on [...]
Charter School Minutes Dec 1, 2009 Attending: Erica Stein, Arthur Radar, Jen Wilkin, Anna Demm, Kim Bradley, Christina, Melissa Williams, Jill Penwarden, Angelica Stone, SunMie Won, Alison Schwedner, Mike Kahlich, Elizabeth Bell TTUSD/Union Update - Christina: Waiting until after Union’s meeting on Dec 8, will not hear an update until after their meeting when [...]
Truckee Charter School Meeting Minutes 11/18/09 Update from Finance Committee Need for money for planning phase Finance Committee needs to be ready to apply for Public Charter School grant and revolving loan once charter is approved. District has 30 days to approve charter once it is submitted. Action Item: Jill- Can we open bank [...]
Working committee meetingI.) Alison updated the group on the board training that she attended. The group needs to decide whether to form an actual board or remain in the structure of a ‘founding group’. We discussed 2 ways of voting. The 1st is by consensus the 2nd by majority vote. The group decided to adopt [...]
“Charter schools are public schools serving our children with our money. Instead of standing apart, charters should be partnering with districts, sharing lessons, and sharing credit.” - Arne Duncan, Oct. 2009 The Sierra Expeditionary Learning School is aligned with TTUSD’s commitment to educational programs with proven positive outcomes and supports all of the TTUSD’s [...]
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