Lisa Wood is Park’s Grade 2 teacher, and has taught at the School since 2002. She is a mom, teacher, and wildlife rehabilitator. Her two daughters graduated from Park School - Ciana ‘11 and Linnea ‘13. Lisa has been a teacher since 1987 and has a Master’s degree as a reading and writing specialist. Lisa is trained in the Orton-Gillingham method of teaching reading and writing. She also has extensive training in building math curriculum.
Her first fifteen years of teaching were spent in the Buffalo Public Schools and the remainder at Park. At Park, Lisa has the joy of teaching second grade using a nature-based curriculum and taking full advantage of Park’s 34-acre campus. In recent years, as part of her role as Director of Environmental Education, she worked in conjunction with Earth Spirit to develop an environmental education curriculum for Park students from PreK to Grade 12. Lisa also developed and implemented a program that brings underserved inner city students on Park’s campus for hands-on outdoor education. Lisa has been a New York State licensed wildlife rehabilitator since 2002. She works as a rehabber at the SPCA serving Erie County, and has been a member of Buffalo Audubon Board of Directors since 2015.
|
