Mark Silberberg

Mark is thrilled to be a member of LREI's vibrant learning community and is inspired each day by students and colleagues alike. Mark began his formal adult life in schools as a teacher of physics, chemistry, English and an experiential business simulation class in the public schools where he also worked as a school administrator and technology coordinator. For the ten years prior to coming to LREI, Mark was a co-founder and co-director of a progressive K-12 public charter school. When not immersed in things LREI, Mark enjoys spending time with his family and completing sundry home repair projects. He is an avid soccer player and skier and wishes he had more time to play the guitar and bass.

Thoughts on the SHARE Stage

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What did your Change Makers reflect on and learn from this experience? In reflecting back on their experience, our students affirmed the value of this important work and their own power as changemakers: “I learned that it doesn’t take a lot of people to make a big change. As long as you are committed and…

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Thoughts on the DO Stage

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Describe your action plan. One action that all of the students took was the creation of public service announcements related to their topics. This was connected to an in-depth examination of graphic design principles in their art class. Their designs emerged out of an iterative process that drew on their work from the feel and…

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Thoughts on the IMAGINE Stage

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List the different solutions you came up with: One of the unique features of the Choosing to participate project is that it supports multiple areas of problem engagement and the associated human-centered design of solutions/actions. This provides for a rich dialog among class members related to the intersectionality of these issues, but because of the…

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Thoughts on the FEEL Stage

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List the situations/problems in your school/community that bothered you. Each of our groups, explored an issue that resonated for them. Below are the mission statements from each group: Freedom of Speech: Our group is focusing on Freedom of Speech and how it behaves in the world. Journalists, writers, and activists have their unalienable rights violated,…

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Don’t Waste the Waste

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We care about our earth. There is just too much overconsumption on our planet, which leads to pollution and other ill affects on our natural world. We want to do something about it and are learning how to take responsibility for the waste we create. Click here to read more.

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