“We
are the hope that many educators have nearly lost. When they
see our videos, read our literature, or visit our schools,
they get a renewed sense of purpose and mission. We restore
their faith in the impossible because we are daring to do
more than dream the impossible dream…we are making it
come true.”
All
Public Engagement Videos on this site created by Cally Wolk. (Please note that the contact
information included on these videos is not up to date.
Please see the bottom of this web page for the current contact
information for The Big Picture Company.)
"Learning Journeys 2000" Follow three students through
their four year learning journey from the opening of The Met in
Providence in 1996 through their graduation in 2000 and on to
college.
"Learning
Journeys 2000" - "Learning on the Outside" clip Listen as co-founder Elliot Washor
talks about how Big Picture Schools tie students' interests to
outside experiences and deeper learning.
"48 Hours at The Met"
This is a clip of a 16-minute video that allows viewers to see
how Met kids spend 2 days a week outside of school at their internships,
and 3 days back at the school doing interest based work. It follows
students from the initial learning plan to student exhibitions
of their work, and a look at what happens after school at The
Met. Until now, people have had to visit The Met to get a clear
understanding of our schools and their unique cultural appeal.
Now you can get inside the school without leaving your office
or living room.
"48
Hours at The Met" - "Learning Through Internships"
clip Listen as students explain how
the Learning Through Internships (LTI) program enhances their
learning experience at The Met.
"Diversity
in Big Picture Schools" Listen and
watch as staff and students show how Big Picture Schools learn
about, respect, recognize and celebrate diversity as an important
component of a successful educational experience.
"Building
Knowledge: The Blueprint for Big Picture Schools" This
video presents a visual and audio description of the process of
building The Met Center's four school campus in South Providence.
The video includes commentary from many of those involved in the
process from beginning to end, including co-founder, Elliot Washor;
RI Commissioner of Education, Peter McWalters; and architects,
Steven Bingler, Herb Andrade and Ted Rowse.
"Building
Knowledge: Welcome To This New School" Come along as co-founder Elliot
Washor gives a tour of the inside of
one of the nearly complete schools at The Met campus in South
Providence, RI in September of 2002.
Alternative
High School Initiative Conference (Atlanta, GA)
View inspiring scenes from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's
Alternative High School Initiative
(AHSI) conference held in Atlanta from March 24-26, 2004.
The Big Picture Company is coordinating this initiative targeted
for disconnected youth. Big Picture is working with a cohort of
national Youth Development organizations – Black Alliance
for Educational Options, Communities in Schools in Georgia, Diploma
Plus, National Association of Street Schools, See Forever/Maya
Angelou, and YouthBuild USA – to create a total of 122 diploma-granting
high schools over the next four years.
"The
Principal Residency Network"
Listen to aspiring and mentor principals talk about the Principal
Residency Network (originally called the Aspiring Principals Program),
founded by The Big Picture Company and now run by outside organizations.
Instead of referring to the contact information included in the
PSA, please refer to the contact information provided by clicking
on Principal
Residency Network.
