SEI History Day of Learning, January 22, 2026, 9am-3pm
Are you an SEI history or social studies teacher navigating how to teach inquiry-rich, grade-level content while supporting multilingual learners? The BPS History Department and the Office of Multilingual & Multicultural Learning are partnering with The Telescope Network to offer a day of learning designed for history teachers and coaches of MLLs.
We’ll dig into strategies, resources, and routines that help multilingual learners access complex historical content and engage deeply in disciplinary thinking. The session will also feature BPS educators sharing high-impact practices that strengthen language development through meaningful historical inquiry. SEE FLYER/RSVP to register.
Teacher Training Opportunities from BHS Available on BPSLearns
Newly added professional learning opportunities are now open for registration on BPSLearns, offered by Behavioral Health Services (BHS). Topics include:
-Selective Mutism in Schools- learn how to identify and support students with selective mutism.
-Elopement in Schools- teaches staff how to understand, prevent, and respond to elopement.
-School Avoidance- helps educators understand, identify, and address school avoidance.
-Biting in Schools- builds understanding and strategies for managing biting in early childhood.
Please see this flyer (link here) on how to sign up for them on BPSLearns. Please direct any questions to Jonathan Mari jmari@bostonpublicschools.org
Secondary Math Learning Site: Jan 16, 2026
Come see Jen Garay’s senior math classroom where students engage in meaningful math discourse, productive struggle, and collaborative problem solving at vertical whiteboards. Immediately following the observation, you’ll debrief with Jen to unpack her strategies. Then, through three virtual follow-up sessions, you’ll receive peer feedback and coaching to help you implement actionable change ideas in your own instruction. ALC/PDPs are available.
Flyer: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dDzocBsMHPygwei-VCCZed_IE1GAHrYssLvWYn4eqZY/edit?usp=sharing
RSVP: https://forms.gle/D4egnrXiMyqKDnoe7
Emergent Literacy in Early Childhood Classrooms Connect & Share: Mon, Feb 9th and March 9th, 5:30-7:00PM
Join us on Zoom on Monday, Feb 9th and Monday, March 9th, from 5:30-7:00 to hear from colleagues who are currently using strategies and approaches from Dr. Karen Erickson’s Emergent Literacy work in K0-2 classrooms with students with significant disabilities. Join for one or both sessions.
Flyer –https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FrlIn4S1XzQcfvKFegbkyFqwaTK3YA8_iCeBAicnHok/edit?usp=sharing
RSVP – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJP5AQBYK9HMX3hFuhdTXDQ1fWzublmbm_a3NMOHExoW7wIA/viewform?usp=preview
Telescope: Language in Centers Learning Site (K1) 8:00-2:00
This learning site, on 2/26/26, explores the question of, “How do we provide the conditions for students to do the ‘heavy lifting’ in early childhood inclusive classrooms that are embedded in Tier 1 high-quality instructional materials coupled with opportunities for application through centers and play?” within the context of a diverse classroom.
Flyer https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ESKOWLApbqbqQTSQtzSnKUf3gv4IlHB-daR-lA-0Ri8/edit?usp=sharing
RSVP – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZ7HQOdhDaIJaI3ihpeo0NTkbwtTd4o0YY5qpy8TgmUeR6cA/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=105032923897028445488
Exploring AI in K-12 Education: Winter 2026 Session
Designed for educators and staff, this course builds essential AI literacy while guiding participants to identify and address a specific problem of practice that generative AI tools could help solve. Through hands-on activities and discussions, participants will learn how AI technologies work and explore how BPS-approved generative AI applications like Gemini and Solara could be used purposefully for instructional and professional practice. The course will model best practices and cover ethical considerations such as bias, data privacy, and environmental concerns. Participants will gain the knowledge needed to work with their students or colleagues to better understand the role of AI in their daily lives.
SLIFE Educators Day of Learning: January 16, 2026; 9AM-3PM
Are you or your team looking to strengthen your practice in supporting SLIFE students? The Office of Multilingual & Multicultural Learning and The Telescope Network are hosting a Day of Learning for BPS educators and coaches serving SLIFE learners.
We’ll explore instructional moves, resources, and routines that help teachers build academic language, provide access to grade-level content, and support students’ foundational skills. The session will feature BPS educators sharing high-impact planning and teaching strategies that teachers can use to improve learning outcomes for SLIFE students.
Addressing Knowledge Gaps in Secondary Math (Connect & Share)
Are you a secondary math or AP STEM teacher puzzling through how to balance your course curriculum requirements with the need to build students’ foundational skills? Join the BPS/BTU Telescope Network for a Connect & Share to collaborate with BPS secondary math colleagues on this topic. We will discuss how to cover grade-level content while catching students up on missing skills. This session will feature presentations on best practices from three secondary and AP math teachers from across BPS.
Flyer: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iowF5gxU199-BAaKzfqZwm9ik9KXz9z01TQj5Vcyms0/edit?usp=sharing
RSVP: https://forms.gle/7PPNGrbuDysvz6sL7
Telescope Network: Elementary IM Learning Site: January 23rd, 8:30am-2:30pm
If you or an educator you know is looking to see the IM curriculum at the elementary grades in action, this is an opportunity to join other educators for a day in a live classroom around a common area of practice. This learning site on 1/23/26 places the question of “How do we implement IM in an elementary classroom to create inclusive, student centered math learning experiences?” within the context of a diverse classroom. Come see a 3rd grade math class at the Perkins, led by Kayla Cantu (3rd grade teacher), where students are engaging in grade level, complex IM tasks. After the observation, educators have a chance to think through and debrief with the host teachers around the hows and whys of their teaching practice. This PD includes 3 follow up virtual sessions where educators try out a small change in their own practice and reflect on the process with colleagues. ALC/PDPs.
Middle School Meaningful Math Learning Site: January 15, 8:30am-2:30pm
Are you a middle school math educator struggling to fully engage students with HQIM so students feel connected and motivated to learn?
The Telescope Network in partnership with the BPS Math Department is offering a Learning Site, on 1/15/26, that explores the question of, “How do we cultivate meaningful, student-centered engagement opportunities within math HQIM for our middle school students?”
Come see a 7th grade math class led by Josh Gresham and Randy Seymour (English High School), where students have voice and choice, engage in regular collaboration with peers, and build collective math knowledge. After the classroom visit, educators will reflect on their observations, synthesize the learning impact, and pose questions for a debrief with the host teachers. Participants will then use the hows and whys of the host teachers’ practice to implement a change idea in their own practice. Follow-up coaching sessions are designed for collaborative feedback from the group of participants. ALC/PDPs are available.