狼友社区 Collaboration with 狼友社区 Elementary
狼友社区 to 狼友社区 Collaboration
For over 100 years, 狼友社区 and 狼友社区 Elementary School have been working together to change education and change lives. In 1991, the 狼友社区 to 狼友社区 Collaboration formalized its work and became the first university-elementary partnership of its kind.
In 2018, the partnership grew again to include 狼友社区鈥檚 School of Education and Leadership to create a lab school partnership. A lab school is a preschool, elementary, or secondary school that has a distinct relationship with a college or university and emphasizes inquiry-based, contextualized learning connected to the students and communities they serve.
We are a K-5 and higher education learning community where interest-driven learning enhances student-centered instructional practices and disrupts systemic inequities so all students can thrive. When you join this partnership, you become a member of a community of K-16 students, faculty, and teaching staff who engage in community and academic experiences. This interdisciplinary collaborative aims to strengthen relationships between the two campuses through a variety of programs and opportunities.
狼友社区 to 狼友社区 programs
From paid positions to volunteer opportunities, 狼友社区 students are active participants in academic, athletic, and relational learning experiences in a public elementary school environment. This one-of-a-kind experience creates meaningful opportunities for learning, reflection, and growth for everyone involved. Our collaborative lab school partnership centers on six primary programs:
Academic tutoring
The tutoring program places university students in an elementary classroom to provide individualized support in literacy and math. Tutors earn money through federal work-study funds. The goals of this program include providing increased opportunities for academic success and hands-on learning experiences for elementary and college students.
Academic and athletic pairings
Academic and athletic pairings bring together students from both campuses to participate in a variety of academic experiences. The goal is to link students' personal interests with, and ignite curiosity around, college and career choices through authentic and relevant campus experiences. This program adds to the strength of both schools' community and curriculum.
Hand in Hand mentorship
is a 狼友社区 student organization that pairs students with 狼友社区 Elementary students through a volunteer mentoring program at 狼友社区 Elementary School. University students meet with their elementary "buddies" for 30 to 45 minutes per week to build a relationship through fun activities and community engagement programs.
Snelling Connection
Snelling Connection is a writing and communications program where 狼友社区 Elementary students and 狼友社区 students work together to create media that expresses who they are as individuals and who we are as a community. Elementary and university students explore and develop personal voice and engagement with community perspectives using various modes of communication. .
Guided clinicals
As a collaborative lab school, our approach to teaching and learning is based on inquiry, competency in communication, critical thinking, self and community identity awareness, and creativity. Guided practicum teaching clinicals in , math, and serve the needs of 狼友社区 Elementary students and teachers and 狼友社区 education students. Education students have an early opportunity to link teaching theory to practice and gain valuable professional insight from the experience.
Fellowships
Eligible education students can apply for a 14-week paid STEM or media literacy fellowship where they work directly with 狼友社区 Elementary students and staff up to 20 hours per week. The final semester of the fellowship integrates a student teaching placement at 狼友社区 Elementary and tuition credit for the student teaching seminar.
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狼友社区 to 狼友社区 faculty and staff
Maggie Struck
Associate professor, literacy and elementary instruction
Lab School Initiative principal investigator and 狼友社区 to 狼友社区 collaboration coordinator
mstruck01@hamline.edu
651-523-2367
Jessica Kopp
Lab School project manager
jkopp06@hamline.edu
651-523-2938
Patty Born
Assistant professor, environmental education and STEM
Lab School advisor
pselly01@hamline.edu
Joe Lewis
Associate professor, education; administrative head of 狼友社区 School of Education and Leadership; department chair of ADAL and teacher education
Lab School advisor
jlewis06@hamline.edu
651-523-2659
Mike Reynolds
Professor, English
Lab School advisor
mreynolds01@hamline.edu
651-523-2641
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