Pathway Convening
The Pathway Convening is a beginning and end-of-year opportunity to bring our entire network of schools (from both pathways) together to build excitement, foster connections, share learning and celebrate wins!
- 2 in-person days
- Dates TBD
- $800 per participant
Secondary Institute
The Secondary Institute is for teachers new to NYC Outward Bound’s Instruction for Deeper Learning Pathway. Participants learn about our approach to integrating social, emotional and academic development in the classroom through an relevant case study ‘slice’ that allows teachers to immerse themselves in the student experience while learning important planning tools and strategies.
- 5 in-person days
- Aug. 12-15, Oct. 24
- $1,186 per participant
Principal Critical Friends Group (CFG)
The Principal CFG is only open to principals of our former Network Schools. It offers a space to convene monthly and connect on common principal problems of practice.
- 2 in-person days
- 5 virtual 1-hour meetings
- Dates TBD
- $600 per participant
Assistant Principal Critical Friends Group (CFG)
Assistant Principals gather regularly to consult on questions connected to galvanizing their staff around a vision, key practices connected to deeper learning, and progress monitoring on the impact of their leadership and the shared learning of the school.
- 2 in-person days
- 3 virtual 1-hour meetings
- Dates TBD
- $600 per participant
Teacher Communities of Practice (CoPs)
CoPs gather teachers from across the pathway to collectively learn about and implement deeper learning classroom practices. These practices are relevant to each schools’ context and in service of more equitable student outcomes. The CoP structure is meant to be adaptive and serve as an innovation space so that promising ideas can be shared or tried within a school or across the network.
CoPs include:
- Science, Tech and Engineering Teachers
- Arts Educators for Deeper Learning
- Centering Students with Disabilities with Active Learning Tasks That Foster Student Voice and Leadership: Special Educators and Co-Teaching Teams are encouraged to join this CoP to focus on this element of deeper learning from their students.
- Inclusive Literacy Practices for Deeper Learning: Teachers who are supporting literacy efforts both as common classroom practice or as interventions or additional supports/enrichment are invited to join this CoP.
- Restorative Practices Leaders*: Any educators leading the work connected to implementing restorative practices school-wide are invited to join this CoP.
- Integrating Postsecondary*: This CoP brings together educators from different roles in a school ranging from classroom teacher, internship coordinator, college counselor, etc., interested in exploring how postsecondary access and exposure can be integrated into the social, emotional and academic experience of the school. Topics that this group could explore are:
- How to better integrate work-based learning into the academic core
- Collaborations between counseling teams and teaching staff to create authentic postsecondary exposure in crew or other classes
- Supporting expert visits and fieldwork to help students envision opportunities they wish to pursue in the future
*These CoPs are intended to include non-instructional staff (leaders, counselors, social workers, etc.)