"I've always been a firm believer that monotony can be one of the biggest hindrances on the education of children, so I'm a huge proponent of varying curriculum that allows child-led sessions and group work and the use of outdoor environments. Two years ago, I had serious pushback on this from a group of educators that had been in the field for many years. To effectively sell them on this varied-style curriculum, I had to use hard data on the effectiveness of this style versus a traditional sit down style classroom. I had a lot of great data to use. Additionally, providing them training on how to effectively lead these efforts was critical to the program's success."
