Teacher Summer Institute: Full Schedule

Welcome to Teacher Summer Institute 2017! For the first time ever, Boston Public Schools and the Boston Teachers Union are co-hosting an academic conference for teachers. TSI will focus on highlighting the best practices of some of our most passionate urban educators across BPS. Teachers, central office staff, and valued members of our community will join together to help bring a shared vision for instruction to life across the district. Please note, this is open to all educators, and is not exclusively for new teachers. We hope to see you there!

8:00am EDT

Instructional Components PreK-2

Limited Capacity seats available

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Instructional leaders are struck by having to observe in the prekindergarten and kindergarten classrooms. This is a great opportunity to see and engage conversation regarding the alignment of the instructional components in grades pre-2nd grades.

Presenters

Mayra Cuevas

Liaison - Academics, Boston Public Schools

Wednesday August 23, 2017 8:00am - 9:20am EDT
229

Central Office Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

Special Education 101: Overview of Laws and Regulations

Limited Capacity seats available

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Participants will review special education federal and state laws and regulations and requirements for IEP teams.

Presenters

Andrea Alves-Thomas

Manager of Compliance for Special Education, Boston Public Schools

Andrea Alves-Thomas is currently the Manager of Compliance for Special Education. Prior to this endeavor, she was an attorney in the Office of Legal Advisor for Boston Public Schools for 15 years litigating special education, employment discrimination and other matters. She attended... Read More →

Maryann Molloy

Supervisor/Special Ed. Dept.

Julie Muse-Fisher

Michele Plasse-Collins

Wednesday August 23, 2017 12:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
229

Central Office Facilitator

12:00pm EDT

Kinesthetic Strategies to Engage Students in Learning

Limited Capacity seats available

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Structured movement opportunities address the needs of active learners while promoting acquisition of information and health. Focusing on Math and ELA concepts, elementary level teachers will engage in strategies from Let’s Move More in the Common Core that integrate movement into direct instruction.

Presenters

Lori Marcotte

Curriculum & Program Specialist, BPS Health & Wellness

Lori is an educator, trainer, and communications specialist at BPS in the Health & Wellness Department. She has developed several programs that integrate physical activity and health instruction within traditional academic subjects. Over the past 5 years she has supported BPS teachers... Read More →

TSI Kinesthetic Learning Aug262017 pdf

LMMCC lesson samples docx

Thursday August 24, 2017 12:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
229

Central Office Facilitator