As the Director of Outreach, Michael is leading efforts to connect NYLC to school districts that seek a more districtwide approach to service-learning implementation. He also coordinates Project Ignition, a youth-led service-learning campaign to address safer teen driving. Prior to joining NYLC, he spent 20 years in public education, including roles as a teacher, high school https://dropoutprevention.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/C.W.-Gardenhire-pic.jpgistrator, school board member, leader of professional development, and the co-founder of numerous public school programs. These include: an English language-immersion program for immigrant and refugee students, a Mandarin language full immersion school, an Arabic language partial immersion, and two schools that use service-learning as a core strategy for educating 18- to 21-year- olds seeking their high school diplomas.
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