BTR Teacher Network Programming 2026-2027
Grad groups, learning sites, and planning parties for Boston teachers — find your next learning community below.
Grad Groups
A cohort that meets over several months around one problem of practice. You apply the learning with your own students between sessions and earn grad credit or PD/mentoring hours. On Zoom.
Executive Functioning Fellowship
This fellowship explores how executive function (EF) strategies can create more inclusive, anti-racist learning environments that help every student thrive — especially those historically marginalized by educational systems.
Effective and Efficient Grading
Learn new systems and strategies for getting your grading done efficiently while also providing meaningful feedback to your students.
Honoring Assets, Removing Barriers for Our MLL and Moderate Disability Students: Scaffolding, Accommodating, and Modifying with Intention
“How do we use case studies to grow our expertise in meeting the needs of all our students?” Reaching MLLs and students with moderate disabilities. Bring three focus students. Experts in the field visit and contribute.
Restorative Justice: The Gateway to Authentic Learning
In this six-session series, we will use the book Restorative Practices that Heal School Communities as a way to deepen our understanding of how restorative mindsets and practices can strengthen classroom culture and repair harm.
The 12/21 session meets jointly with the Middle School group.
Middle School: A Network of Resources and Support
In this six-session series, middle school teachers will gather and create student-facing materials that address the specific interests, needs, and challenges that middle grade students face.
The 12/21 session meets jointly with the Restorative Justice group.
Productive Learning Environment
Pick one small change. Get a community that helps you actually make it.
Fall: routines, relationships, expectations, engaging content.
Spring: Cultivating Autonomy: Agency and Independence.
- Fall: 10/29 · 11/5 · 11/2 · 11/19 · 12/3 Celebration
- Spring: 3/11 · 3/18 · 3/25 · 4/1 · 4/8 Celebration
Book Study
A spring offering is coming soon — give us your book recommendations!
Learning Sites
Educators observe a live classroom together around a shared area of practice, debrief with the host teacher, and set goals for their own rooms. In person during school hours.
PLE Winter Learning Site
Productive Learning Environment: How do we cultivate a safe, productive and culturally sustaining learning environment that demonstrates agency and independence? Focus on maintaining and growing your PLE to match the vision you have for your learning community.
- Early Elementary — January 19, Grew Elementary School
- Elementary — January 20, Grew Elementary School
- Middle School — January 21, Muniz School
- High School — January 19, Charleston High
Plus four follow-up one-hour sessions: 1/28 · 2/4 · 2/11 · 2/25. Put in for substitute coverage for your learning site day.
Telescope Network Learning Sites
A winter day and a spring day with the BPS Telescope Network. Content focus TBD — let us know what you would like a learning site topic to be!
Learning Site Nights
Educators observe classroom practice through a video study, come together around a shared area of practice, debrief with the host teacher, and set goals for their own rooms. In collaboration with the BPS NTD Department and Boston University. In person, dinner provided.
Fall Night: Inside the Classroom
Exploring Routines, Relationships, and Reflection.
Spring Night: Cultivating Autonomy
Inside the Practice of Empowered Classrooms.
Planning & Grading Parties
A monthly Sunday work session at the BTR office: copies, materials, office supplies, snacks, and other teachers getting ready for the week alongside you. In person, 10:00 am–2:00 pm. No sign-up needed — just come!
Planning Party 1.0
Quiet Room, Collaboration Room, Coaching Room — come get work done, make copies, and work with a BTR grad coach.
- 9/13: IEPs at a glance · navigating Vector, Aspen, Panorama & Illuminate
- 2/7: MAP Data (winter→spring growth) · MCAS Prep
Grading Party
Brunch & chair massages. Go to 8 of 10 → a seat at THE Teacher’s Lounge Educator Prom, or a PD of your choice.
- 11/8: Sharing data with students so they own their growth
- 3/14: Ed Camp: choose your own topic
Grade Level / Content / Curriculum Collaboration
Meet in grade-level/content groups that share a curriculum, for unit, weekly, and daily planning.
- 10/4: MAP Data: navigating the platform & growth targets
- 1/10: Ed Camp: choose your own topic
- 6/13: Revising unit trajectories for 2027–28
Planning Your Teacher Artifacts
Work with BTR grad coaches to get your artifacts ready, labeled, and uploaded — due after winter break.