Work with faculty and local teachers in their classrooms to integrate the community’s culture, economy and ecology into learning. A partnership between the Educational Studies Department and local districts, PLACE (Partnerships Linking Assets, Community and Education) teaching sites are where place-based education is at the core of every learning experience.
Professor Craig Vivian, Samantha Bresnahan '12, and PLACE Teaching Sites principal Becky Hutton participate in a place-based education workshop.PLACE teaching sites will host your classroom field experiences during your time in our teacher-preparation program. At PLACE sites, you’ll learn how to teach with place in mind as you design hands-on community impact projects, connect with local experts, and incorporate the area’s natural environment into your teaching. You’ll experience first-hand the incredible impact of place-based education on student engagement, empowerment and community involvement.
Strong national networks
Students and faculty join PLACE Teaching Sites teachers in visiting another school in the national Place NetworkYou’ll gain access to a strong national network of place-based schools that support the visionary teacher you’ll become through our program. Monmouth is the first school in the nation to merge a place-based education program and a rural teacher corps to become Illinois’ place-based education hub and the national headquarters for the Rural Schools Collaborative.
