NEW – Restorative Justice Practices ALC Course
Join educators from across BPS to deepen and expand our use of Restorative Justice practices. The course is a combination of 8 in-person sessions and online learning. The in-person sessions will be held on Mondays at English High School starting October 21. ALCs can be used toward a salary lane change for BTU members. For information and registration, click here.
News From The Telescope Network!
- Trivia Night @ Doyle’s: It’s the last hurrah at Doyle’s. Telescope Network is hosting a team trivia night for Boston educators on Friday. Come connect with other BPS educators and win trivia glory for your team or school. More info. Reservations.
- More @ bostonpublicschools.org/telescope
Give a BPS TechTalk!
During Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 9-15, 2019), Boston Public Schools will host our first BPSTechTalk, an evening to showcase successes, challenges & best practices around tech & computer science. Students and teachers are invited to apply to give a talk! Applications are due 10/14/19. Link to apply: bit.ly/bpscoders. Link to the flyer to download and promote.
Free Books for Teachers of Students Aged 5-13
The Roads to Reading Literacy Initiative is moving out of the Boston Area and needs to give away all books at its Waltham storage facility. Any teacher interested in picking up books should contact bookdonations@pwirtr.org. RRLI will set up several weekend dates to open the warehouse for Boston teachers.
Authors’ Reading and Panel Discussion on Bilingual Education – October 15
Join in a discussion with teachers about the challenges faced by teachers in multilingual classrooms on October 15 from 5 pm to 7 pm. Read more about the event here.
INSPIRE-Math Fellowship
Applications for the 2019-2020 INSPIRE-Math Fellowship will now close on Tuesday 10/8, end of day. Please forward this information below and the attached flyer to any grade 3-8 Boston math teachers who may be interested. The application is available on our website. To apply, colleagues can visit our website or can directly complete this form.