The Independent Schools Experiential Education Network (ISEEN) is an international learning laboratory and networking opportunity through which independent school experiential educators can share their program challenges and successes, learn of and from model programs, and explore the developing role of experiential practices within our educational communities. Experiential education encompasses a host of different initiatives in each of our schools including outdoor/adventure education, sustainability initiatives, global education/travel, service learning, and leadership development.
The main focus of ISEEN is the annual Institute at which experiential educators from across North America gather at a host school to discuss topics relevant to our programs, our schools, and our future.
ISEEN was developed by five founding schools: Albuquerque Academy, The Lawrenceville School, Phillips Andover Academy, The Westminster Schools, and Westtown School, along with organizational support from Project Adventure.
I gained more from three days at the ISEEN Institute than from many years of other larger conferences. I came away charged, filled with appropriate facts and details, and renewed in my belief that what we are doing really matters, both in our own lives and in the lives of our students
