Environmental Charter School
Virginia Hunter is an experienced educator and administrator with a diverse background in teaching and office management. Currently serving as a Cultural Literacy Teacher and Office Manager/Administrator at Environmental Charter School since November 2020, Virginia's previous roles include Administrative Assistant at Cognitive Behavior Institute and Member Engagement Specialist at Bloomington-Normal YMCA. Virginia has also contributed to the educational field as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Illinois State University, where responsibilities included managing data for student teachers and arranging placements in diverse classrooms. Earlier experience includes positions as an Assistant Teacher at Scribbles Learning Center and a High School Social Studies Teacher at East Stroudsburg Area School District, where Virginia taught Civics and Government and advised a student club focused on cultural acceptance. Virginia holds a Master’s degree in History from Illinois State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Social Studies Education/History from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
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Environmental Charter School
ECS offers an educational experience that develops students into critical thinkers, thoughtful innovators, and well-rounded scholars. We provide students the tools and educational foundation to become tomorrow’s global citizens. We don’t just teach; we strive to show students how their choices impact the world around them. We value curriculum and culture equally. Most schools have tunnel vision when it comes to program --it all revolves around curriculum choices. Without a strong culture, however, even the best curricular programs will fail. ECS partners authentic culture development with the educational experience. Culture is the foundation for all the work we do. We are rethinking what school “looks like.” We design spaces with students and educators, and create environments that reflect beauty, support health and wellness, and inspire creativity and engagement. We are reinventing the profession. ECS educators are facilitators, collaborators, and creative geniuses. Instead of teaching to the test, ECS educators connect with students where they are, and inspire students to be extraordinary citizens of the world. Along the way, ECS educators are changing the conversation about what it means to be a practitioner of education, and blazing the trail for a new excellence in the profession. Our measures of success support the development of the whole child. ECS knows that children are not defined by a number, or a word (would you want to be labeled “basic?”). In fact, we are working to measure the various ways that students thrive in a learning environment. Our educators are developing ways to gather data around student growth in academic areas, thinking and synthesizing, and socio-emotional. ECS maintains the strong belief that ALL children can THRIVE.