THOUGHT LEADERS AT THE FOREFRONT.
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Dr. Jennifer Jones is the founder and visionary behind New York City's Green Ivy Schools network and a lifelong entrepreneur and advocate for evolved learning experiences for children from birth to high school and beyond.
She has developed 24 schools and draws from a rich background as school developer, international policy consultant, and teacher. She has advised boards and governments at regional, state, national and international levels, served as a university professor and authored a successful book on child development. Her career is defined by pioneering efforts to break through economic and social barriers to ensure that young people from every walk of life achieve maximum potential through engaged, relevant and cutting edge approaches to education. |
Green Ivy Schools is a future-facing network of innovative schools, education thought-leaders, partnerships, and programs that prioritize climate activism, community engagement, and ethical enthusiasm for emerging technology.
Dr. Jennifer Jones launches global initiative with Kim Smith, MIT Media Lab alumni and Founder/CEO of Learning Beautiful, Montessori tools that teach computational thinking to preschoolers.
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IN ACTION & THE PRESSMay 7, 2020 (postponed) - PRESENTATION AT GOOGLE HQ: Parenting for the Future: How to Parent a Digital Native. Held at Google NYC HQ READ MORE
April 28, 2020 - STEM SEMINAR FOR EDUCATORS: Presenting on Early STEM at NYC Young Child Expo. Details below
April 22, 2020 (postponed) - PRESENTATION AT GOOGLE HQ: Parenting for the Future: 10 Things Schools Should Be Doing to Make Your Child Future-Ready and How You Can Help. Held at Google NYC HQ READ MORE
January/February 2020 - PUBLICATION: Innovations in Learning: Design enhances engagement. READ MORE
January 2020 - BLOG POST: Citizen Science at The Bell House. READ MORE
November 18, 2019 - BLOG POST: Founder Dr. Jennifer Jones at Bioplastics workshop at the community biotech lab Genspace NYC. LEARN MORE
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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April 27, 2020 (available Mon-Fri for the forseeable future) -
FREE COVID-Related Parenting Workshops Parenting is challenging in a normal context, but quarantine and social distancing present exponentially greater challenges, particularly for families who must share close quarters, work remotely, and/or support more than one child in their schooling and virtual social experience. Green Ivy Schools is pleased to offer a weekly series of free parenting workshops in child psychology, sleep management and occupational and physical therapy. As an organization delivering a full schedule of live remote school programming for ages 2-12, we have discovered that problems associated with each of these areas can be resolved effectively and can not only enhance a child's remote learning experience, but can lead to long-term improvements in parenting and parent-child relationships. April 28, 2020 - Nurturing Early STEM without Screens or Wires at STEM Fest | NYC Young Child Expo NOW AN ONLINE EVENT!
There is widespread fear of exposing young children to technology, driven mostly by concerns about children becoming addicted to devices, being exposed to online danger, or other pitfalls of modern technology. But as early childhood educators, we know that the window of early development is when some of the most critical STEM understandings are formed, such as logic, math principles, engineering, cause-effect, and more. Plus, we know that early childhood offers a powerful moment to nurture the mindfulness, ethics and purpose that should always accompany STEM exploration and which represent the areas of greatest concern in technological development today. This presentation will briefly establish the current climate for STEM in early childhood and present numerous suggestions and examples for age-appropriate introduction of STEM concepts to children from ages 2-6. None of the suggestions or examples will involve screens or internet connectivity. All will be rooted in hands-on manipulative experiences. |
BRINGING BEST PRACTICES TO THE WORLD.
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Green Ivy Learning is committed to bringing best practices in future-focused education to classrooms and learning spaces around the world by providing training and consultation in cutting-edge learning models. These practices are founded on the belief that early introduction to the foundations of technology ensures more mindful, creative contributions to the digital world and better positions learners to engage technology for solution-building rather than the passive consumption and "screen time" that worries most parents.
Green Ivy educators currently offer trainings in Montessori-based Learning Beautiful, founded and developed by Kim Smith at the MIT Media Lab. |
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DARING TO BE A FORCE OF NATURE.
Learning with us is always joyful, relevant, and purposeful, for students as well as parents. We are adaptive to the ever-changing horizon of our modern era, and we celebrate digital natives and the unlimited potential they have for disrupting and transforming the world around them for the better.
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EVENTS & WORKSHOPS
Coffee Chats, Parent Workshops & Events All Parents & Caregivers |