Danielle Bostick
2017
Winchester, VA
John Handley High School
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Bostick’s innovative teaching idea, “PBL by Students for Students,” focuses on implementing Project Based Learning (PBL) into the classroom to provide authentic, cross-curricular, relevant experiences for students – created by students. This program leverages the natural ingenuity, creativity, and enthusiasm of students by having them create cross-curricular, project-based lessons, in the form of kits, that other teachers around the district can reserve and use. Through this project, Bostick has generated an engaging environment for students, where they can develop valuable leadership and real-world skills, demonstrate their expertise in a variety of topics and take ownership of their learning.