Adrienne Curtis Dickinson is a classroom teacher and grant project leader focused on curriculum and professional development at Sammamish High School in Bellevue, WA. Adrienne teaches primarily Advanced Placement US Government and Politics and was a curriculum developer for the Knowledge in Action project that created a year-long project based learning AP US Government curriculum. Her work on the i3 grant has focused on supporting teacher teams in engaging in curriculum writing that changes their traditional classrooms to PBL classrooms and leads regular professional development to build common vocabulary and capacity for change. Adrienne holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Santa Clara University and a Masters in Teaching from Seattle University.
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Sammamish High School is a comprehensive high school that is on the cutting edge of public education. Like many schools, we serve a diverse student body, with 45% of our students receiving free and reduced lunch support. We also serve a high percentage of special education students relative...
Read More.Embarking on your first project-based learning unit is an exhilarating time full of big ideas and even bigger hopes about how this new avenue for teaching and learning will change your students' lives. As you begin to think about the intersection between the reality of your classroom and the...
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