Published On: December 4, 2019
NEW- Make Planning Manageable for Early Career Teachers, December 15
Want support lesson planning in an effective and efficient way? Join Make Planning Manageable, a group for early career teachers looking for support with unit planning and designing lessons each week. Read more information and register.
NEW- Engage, Enhance, Extend – A PLC for Using Technology in the Classroom, January – February 2020 
Participants will work with a professional learning community to create lessons that scaffold for deeper understanding, create authentic learning opportunities, and foster collaboration and active learning. This course will enable participants to create lessons that purposefully integrate technology for teaching and learning. Sign up in TeachPoint today! See our flyer for more information.
NEW- Need help with artifacts? December 10
Members of the Educator Support Team (formerly Peer Assistance and PAR) will be on hand to offer individualized support in selecting quality artifacts, writing rationales and navigating Teachpoint. Drop by at any point, bring your laptop and ideas. Contact Anne Slater with questions and learn more here.
NEW- Stipended February Externships for Teachers, Due December 20
We are offering externships with LifeScience Cares (with Eli Lilly and Schrodinger) and edX. Applications are due December 20th and can be found here. Please email externships@bostonpublicschools.org with any questions.
Examining Tree Architecture: Saturday, December 7
Learning about phenotype and genotype as it relates to trees: why are trees shaped the way they are? For more information, visit here and register here
NIPEN 7.0 Progressive Edu. Workshop Deadline Extended to Next Week!
Be part of an exciting six-day, two part workshop to learn about Progressive Education. Apply Now!
Calling All Adventurous Teachers!
Are you looking for an opportunity to teach and travel in China this summer? SABEH is currently accepting applications for our Summer 2020 programs. For more information, please check out our website, or email sabehapps@gmail.com.
2019 Professional Development Series for Teachers Announced from the Art Alliance
Learn more and ask about PD Points.
Fund for Teachers: Design Your Own Transformative PD
Applications are now open for this year’s cycle. The Boston program is open to BPS and Boston charter school teachers to apply for grants to design a professional learning experiences that inspire and sustain them. Use the Application Learning Center or contact Paul for more information.
Updates from the Telescope Network
History Learning Site @McCormack Middle: December 11
Learn more about professional learning opportunities where teachers learn with their colleagues in a live classroom with real students. The topic is: How do we deepen civic understanding and historical thinking while maintaining student engagement? Register here. See the flyer to learn more!
How do BPS Teachers Lead? Tell us in the Teacher Leadership Inventory
The Teacher Leadership Working Group is a group of teachers and administrators charged with creating a sustainable teacher leadership strategy for Boston Public Schools to promote teacher retention and student learning. We are seeking to learn about all the ways teachers in Boston lead. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey.

BPS Tech Talk: December 12 
Join us for our first-ever BPSTechTalk in honor of Computer Science Education Week! This event will feature eight inspiring stories by BPS teachers & students around tech & computer science. Register to help us plan. Free; walk-ins welcome. Read more in the flyer here.
Learn about the Ph.D. in Education at UMass Lowell: December 5
Focus on Leadership in Education K-12 and Higher Education Track or Research and Evaluation during an open house. More information here.
Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy to Host Community Forum: December 9
Learn more about what the Student Opportunity Act would do for students and school districts. Local leaders will have the opportunity to hear and respond to the ideas that are shared. Learn more here
Edcamp Planning Team

We’re starting to plan upcoming BPS/BTU Edcamps (hopefully in fall/winter and in spring). If you’d like to join in planning an engaging adult learning experience, contact us. Most of the planning work happens via email with maybe one pre-event meet-up.
Spring PD Event: May 2020
In May 2020, the BU Consortium will host its annual PD event.  In order to help us identify this year’s topic, we’re asking members to please complete the following brief survey.
The Grants Program: January 2020
This supports members who seek to investigate problems of practice in their own classrooms, schools, and districts by funding small educator-led projects. Applications for 2020-2021 projects will be available in January 2020. Contact BTU Members Nick Kapura and Theresa Garcia de Quevedo.
BU Wheelock School of Education & Human Development Consortium Dinner & Discussion: December 5
The BU Consortium will host a Dinner & Discussion event as part of their commitment to fostering collaborative projects between BU Wheelock faculty and Consortium members. Learn more here.
Paraeducators in the Life of the School Community: January 15
Paraeducators are key school personnel who support students across all environments, including classrooms, small group settings and in the life of the school and community. Learn about a few of the upcoming professional development series here

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