Wonder for All
Inclusive and Accessible Enrichment for All Students
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Wonder for All is a Nashville day camp developed with belonging and wonder as foundational principles to enrich the lives of children and adults.
Wonder for All began in 2018, employing individuals with and without disabilities to serve as day camp instructors for science enrichment programs. At Wonder for All, we believe all students should be able to experience the joy of wonder in community, alongside a caring set of adult guides. We offer day camps for students and professional development for improving best practices for caregivers working with children. Check out our website and see what programming we have available at Wonder for All and reach out to us with any questions you might have. |
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Mr. Nate Fields
I have an undergraduate degree in Secondary Social Studies with a Minor in field biology from John Brown University, located in the heart of the Ozark Mountains of northwest Arkansas. I received my Masters in Education from Vanderbilt University, with a concentration in Severe/Profound/Comprehensive/Multiple Disabilities.
I currently have a Tennessee teaching license with endorsements in 6-12 Biology, Middle Grades Social Sciences 6-8, Interventionist K-8, Interventionist 6-12, Special Education Comprehensive K-12.
In my professional career working with children, I’ve served in a variety of roles such as a camp counselor, a science educator, support staff, day camp instructor, ESL instructor, after care instructor, summer camp program director, outdoor educator, and a math/reading/behavior interventionist working with children with learning differences. I’ve been a public education teacher for seven years in both special education/interventionist roles as well as a science instructor within the general education.
I’ve served elementary, middle, and high school aged scholars internationally as well as in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Tennessee. I lived in China for a period of nearly five years as both a support staff and as an English language professor at Longyan University in Fujian, China.
I have served as a camp director for Camp Invention, have served as a University School of Nashville summer day camp instructor, have been a FIRST LEGO League coach, high school Biology teacher, middle school science teacher, and job coach with individuals who have Intellectual Disabilities.
In 2018 I was nominated and selected for the MNPS Sustainable Teacher award through Nashville's Urban Green Lab.
In Spring 2023 I was chosen as a finalist for the Nashville Public Education Foundation’s Teacherpreneuer award.
My passion is to build experiences for individuals with and without disabilities to have meaningful and intentional shared experiences in the community.
Currently, I fulfill this passion this through my work with Plant for a Change, a conservation business I started up alongside team members with disabilities. We aim to empower an accessible and inclusive conservation workforce guiding growers to support flourishing communities of plants, people, and pollinators.
I also offer after care school clubs through Wonder for All. We are able to provide these camps alongside community partners, institutions, or schools who work in the community and are looking for an after care STEAM enrichment vendor.
In this work I have also served as a consultant for teams that look for strengths based, asset based development. I use the wonderful Simple Interactions tool out of the Fred Rogers Center in consulting teams working on ways to strengthen their relationships with students as educators or caregivers. I have experience using this video based tool both domestically in the United States and in China.
While I lived in China for just under 5 years, my best friend, companion, and wife Anna Fields, lived there over a period of 9 years. She speaks a bit better Chinese than I do, but we both are bilingual in English and Chinese. She owns and manages Bubble Love Nashville in the Farmers Market and the Franklin Factory. If you’re not hooked on bubble tea yet, just you wait!
I currently have a Tennessee teaching license with endorsements in 6-12 Biology, Middle Grades Social Sciences 6-8, Interventionist K-8, Interventionist 6-12, Special Education Comprehensive K-12.
In my professional career working with children, I’ve served in a variety of roles such as a camp counselor, a science educator, support staff, day camp instructor, ESL instructor, after care instructor, summer camp program director, outdoor educator, and a math/reading/behavior interventionist working with children with learning differences. I’ve been a public education teacher for seven years in both special education/interventionist roles as well as a science instructor within the general education.
I’ve served elementary, middle, and high school aged scholars internationally as well as in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Tennessee. I lived in China for a period of nearly five years as both a support staff and as an English language professor at Longyan University in Fujian, China.
I have served as a camp director for Camp Invention, have served as a University School of Nashville summer day camp instructor, have been a FIRST LEGO League coach, high school Biology teacher, middle school science teacher, and job coach with individuals who have Intellectual Disabilities.
In 2018 I was nominated and selected for the MNPS Sustainable Teacher award through Nashville's Urban Green Lab.
In Spring 2023 I was chosen as a finalist for the Nashville Public Education Foundation’s Teacherpreneuer award.
My passion is to build experiences for individuals with and without disabilities to have meaningful and intentional shared experiences in the community.
Currently, I fulfill this passion this through my work with Plant for a Change, a conservation business I started up alongside team members with disabilities. We aim to empower an accessible and inclusive conservation workforce guiding growers to support flourishing communities of plants, people, and pollinators.
I also offer after care school clubs through Wonder for All. We are able to provide these camps alongside community partners, institutions, or schools who work in the community and are looking for an after care STEAM enrichment vendor.
In this work I have also served as a consultant for teams that look for strengths based, asset based development. I use the wonderful Simple Interactions tool out of the Fred Rogers Center in consulting teams working on ways to strengthen their relationships with students as educators or caregivers. I have experience using this video based tool both domestically in the United States and in China.
While I lived in China for just under 5 years, my best friend, companion, and wife Anna Fields, lived there over a period of 9 years. She speaks a bit better Chinese than I do, but we both are bilingual in English and Chinese. She owns and manages Bubble Love Nashville in the Farmers Market and the Franklin Factory. If you’re not hooked on bubble tea yet, just you wait!