{"id":64126,"date":"2025-07-14T05:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T05:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/64126\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T05:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T05:59:10","slug":"penn-gse-launches-algebra-1-fellowship-for-philadelphia-public-school-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/64126\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn GSE launches Algebra 1 fellowship for Philadelphia public school teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\t\t\t\tPenn GSE announced a new fellowship in May that will give 300 Philadelphia teachers a stipend and professional development resources to help inhance the school district’s new Algebra 1 curriculum.
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Penn\u2019s Graduate School of Education announced a fellowship for eighth- and ninth-grade teachers in the School District of Philadelphia focused on \u201cenhancing\u201d the Algebra 1 curriculum across the city\u2019s public schools.\n<\/p>\n

The fellowship<\/a> \u2014 which receives funding from the Neubauer Family Foundation \u2014 supports 100 recipients per year, who will each \u201cearn a $3,000 stipend, professional learning credits, and a Penn GSE certificate of participation.\u201d Over the period of the three-year grant, 300 teachers \u2014 all Algebra 1 educators in the district \u2014 will be able to participate.\u00a0\n\t\t<\/p>\n

GSE professor Janine Remillard described the motivations behind the program in a statement to The Daily Pennsylvanian.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe district recently adopted a new curriculum program, called Illustrative Mathematics, which helps teachers connect algebraic procedures to underlying concepts, but this approach is unfamiliar to many teachers,\u201d Remillard wrote. \u201cWe hope that teachers will feel more prepared to develop students\u2019 understanding of algebraic concepts and flexibility using different algebraic procedures.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

In the announcement<\/a> of the fellowship, Penn GSE Dean Katharine Strunk similarly noted the need for stronger support across the district.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThis fellowship was created in direct response to a need identified by the School District of Philadelphia, and we are proud to help meet that need with evidence-based support for teachers,\u201d Strunk said.\n\t<\/p>\n

The program will begin in summer of 2025 with a four-day summer institute along with \u201cmonthly peer collaborations, individualized coaching, and three follow-up professional development days during the year.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

The announcement of the fellowship follows the creation of the Promoting Achievement and Support for STEM program \u2014 an initiative that has also helped foster a partnership between Penn GSE and the Philadelphia school district.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cAlgebra 1 is a gateway to future achievement, and this fellowship represents the kind of forward-thinking collaboration that can make a real difference in the lives of our students and the effectiveness of our educators,\u201d Tony Watlington \u2014 the superintendent of the school district of Philadelphia \u2014 said in the announcement.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Remillard emphasized that the fellowship can bring educators together and expressed \u201chope\u201d that \u201cteachers will enjoy themselves\u201d as they \u201cdeepen their knowledge of different algebraic concepts\u201d alongside colleagues.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that all teachers need regular opportunities to come together, to reflect on their teaching, and learn from and with others over time,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThe fellowship seeks to create this type of structure.\u201d\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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In an interview with the DP, Penn Learning Network Executive Director Lara Paparo \u2014 who will be responsible for managing the fellowship \u2014 highlighted that the program serves as a \u201cpromising opportunity\u201d to build a model that can be used in other contexts \u201cacross the state and country.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019ve seen so far is that the school district has teachers from a variety of schools from who teach in a variety of content, who are able to take their learning and bring it back into their school community to impact even more and be able to scale, grow, and create communities of partners within it,\u201d Paparo said.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cAll children and communities deserve well prepared and supported teachers,\u201d Remillard wrote to the DP. \u201cThis [initiative], we hope, provides an example of this.\u201d<\/p>\n

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