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“The Wildwood Way: Always Learning, Always Teaching” with Director of Outreach Steve Barrett

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When Partnerships Surprise
January 10, 2020
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By Steve Barrett, Director of Outreach In recent years, partnerships between public and private schools like Wildwood have been intentionally constructed to emphasize the flow of learning opportunities in two directions. In other words, it was no longer a matter of established and well-resourced private schools merely giving time or resources to a public school […]
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The Protégé Effect
October 17, 2018
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By Steve Barrett, Director of Outreach   One of the best ways to deepen learning is by teaching—both knowledge and skills—to someone else. Researchers call this practice the protégé effect, and it’s the philosophy behind many of the ways student learning happens at Wildwood. Our teachers also tap the benefits of the protégé effect through […]
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Come On In. We’re Awesome!
March 1, 2018
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By Steve Barrett, Director of Outreach Educators are always welcome to visit and learn from us at Wildwood School. And folks take me up on that every week. Already in 2018, among our guests, I’ve had the opportunity to host: A team of charter school leaders from the Accelerated Schools in South L.A. looking to […]
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Transition by Design
November 30, 2017
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By Steve Barrett, Director of Outreach   When students move from elementary to middle school, they go from being the oldest, and most respected kids on campus to the youngest, and often smallest, residents on a campus that not only looks but also feels unfamiliar. Their academic and social lives can change considerably between 5th […]
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Back to School of Thoughtful Learning
September 7, 2017
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By Steve Barrett, Director of Outreach Parents of Wildwood students have thoughtfully chosen our approach for their children. They know the Wildwood way intentionally matches academic rigor with attention to students’ full social-emotional development. That approach is integral to our progressive philosophy—getting kids to college and helping them thrive there, and in their lives beyond. […]
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Our Reputation Precedes Us
May 9, 2017
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By Steve Barrett, Director of Outreach   Wildwood School directly serves about 750 students each year. However, Wildwood’s influence extends far beyond our walls through the Wildwood Outreach Center—shaping teaching, learning, and school reform here in California, across the United States, and around the world.   Wildwood’s reputation as an institution at the leading edge […]
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The Wildwood Way To University Partnership
January 18, 2017
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By Steve Barrett, Director of Outreach   This week four veteran Wildwood teachers embarked on an important adventure as the inaugural mentors to four graduate teaching candidates from the USC Rossier School of Education.   A year of conversations about this exceptional collaboration led to this initiative that brings together carefully selected teachers-in-training with classroom […]
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Advisory Is Essential­—Every Day
December 1, 2016
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By Steve Barrett, Director of Outreach   Every student in Wildwood’s middle school begins each day with advisory.   Advisory is a time and place intentionally positioned to provide a bridge between the school day and students’ lives outside of school. That sounds simple, even obvious, and Wildwood’s middle and upper schools were founded with […]
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This is Your Brain on Math
October 20, 2016
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By Steve Barrett, Director of Outreach   Wildwood Division One math teacher, Drew Brody, is helping 6th graders change their minds—literally—about their mathematical abilities.   Strong or weak, confident or reluctant—students have various descriptions of themselves as math learners.   Mr. B., as he’s known to students, understands how those self-perceptions work on many levels, […]
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From Bangkok to the Inland Empire: The Wildwood Way Influences Teaching and Learning
September 7, 2016
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“Good schooling is built on the oldest idea around: you learn by the company you keep.” ~ Deborah Meier, Founder Central Park East School & Professor, NYU Steinhardt School of Education   When students and teachers keep good company together the benefits are clear for all—higher academic achievement for kids and higher job satisfaction for adults. It’s […]

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