Major: EA and GFS

Role in ACT: Leader, Curricula planner, Teacher

Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?

Prior to coming to Pitzer, I worked as a Children's Workshop Assistant at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science assisting teachers in putting on educational science-based workshops for kids. This will be my second year volunteering with ACT.

Major: Environmental Policy

Role in ACT: Leader, Curricula planner, Teacher

Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?

Yes.
I taught a wide spectrum of subjects to underprivileged children in India for 4 years. Additionally, I am a founding member of ACT and worked with WWF this summer in creating a national environmental education prototype for Junior school. 

Major: Environmental Analysis with a potential combined major of Organizational Studies

Role in ACT: Leader, Curricula planner, Teacher, Community engagement committee

Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?

For the past 5 years I have been working at the Oakland ZooCamp during school breaks as a teachers assistant, intern, and finally this past year as a teacher of 15 different kids every week. My group learned about nature, sustainability, animals at the zoo, and also the animals within Knowland park where the zoo is located. 

Major: Biology

Role in ACT: Leader, Curricula planner, Teacher

Major: Undecided (maybe EA or English)

Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher, Community engagement committee

Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?

I used to teach once a week at an elementary school back home. It was mostly for kids from low-income families who could barely read/write/do basic math. It was a really rewarding experience seeing them finally grasp concepts and apply them and get really excited to be learning! As for environmental education, I did try two weeks of very basic awareness lessons about being environmentally conscious!

Major: Neuroscience

Role in ACT: Leader, Curricula planner, Community engagement committee

Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?

I have taught Improv and STEM camps for kids over the summer for the last few years. 

Major: English and French

Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher

Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?

I am one of the founding members of ACT, so I have been teaching environmental education at both Oakmont and Sultana. I have also worked in schools in India teaching students English from grades 3-5. 

Major: Undecided

Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher

Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?

Yes, for the last two years I was a leader of the Garden Collaborative which was a pilot garden-education program that builds gardens in local elementary schools and teaches students and their teachers about healthy living, sustainable practices, renewable resources, and organic farming.

Major: Psychology

Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher

Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?

I worked in a classroom with 4-6 year olds this summer in Guatemala, and I did Camp AP all last year! 

Major: Undecided

Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher

Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?

I used to teach for a high school prep program that taught 8th graders how to do well on the SSAT.

Major: Economics, Environmental Analysis

Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher

Major: Undecided

Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher, Community engagement committee

Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?

2 years volunteering at a preschool taking care of 2-3 year olds.

Major: Human Biology

Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher, Community engagement committee

Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?

I was a physical education teacher for third graders during my senior year of high school.

Major: Environmental Analysis

Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher, Community engagement committee

Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?

I was president of the ecology club at my high school and we had several presentations on environmental issues. I also was a tutor for all subjects on the middle school level.

Major: Biology

Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher

Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?

In high school, I tutored middle school kids in all different subjects, and helped them complete their daily homework. I also took an environmental science class where we were asked to teach the class a subject we researched on. Additionally, I was a part of ACT last year, where I helped create curricula, and taught at both Oakmont and Sultana elementary school. 

Major: Environmental Analysis

Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher, Community engagement committee

Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?

I am a returning member of ACT :)
In high school (in India), I used to teach local children english and dance.

Major: Undecided

Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher

Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?

No, ACT is my first teaching experience!

Major: Undecided

Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher, Community engagement committee

Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?

During high school, I took environmental biology classes and frequently volunteered with sustainability interns. I created an independent study project called "Sustainable Food Systems", and am interested in pursuing these studies in college as well.

Major: Media Studies and Political Studies

Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher

Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?

I’ve been a cooking camp counselor. And in high school I was the assistant director of an elementary school boys choir.

Major: Religious Studies

Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher

Do you have any prior experience related to teaching and/or environmental education?

I have tutored in various subjects throughout secondary school.

Major: International Political Economy

Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher

Major: African Studies and Organizational Studies

Role in ACT: Curricula planner, Teacher