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Registration for The Education Cooperative’s (TEC) Summer 2021 Internship & Career Exploration Program is set to open Wednesday, January 13, 2021. Applications will be accepted through April, with internship placements distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis. Read the full article

On Thursday, November 19, TEC’s Internship & Career Exploration team was honored at  Brewster Branding’s Thank You & Awards Night event along with four student summer interns. Comprised of Emily Manz, Lauren Merriam and Jennifer Sullivan, the TEC Internship Team received the award for Collaborative Community Partner of the Year, and TEC intern Leila Salim…

Have you heard the news? The Education Cooperative has been selected as the beneficiary of the Shaws GIVE BACK WHERE IT COUNTS Program! Each time the $2.50 reusable GIVE BACK WHERE IT COUNTS Bag is purchased at the Shaw’s at Nahatan Street, Norwood during the month of October, we will receive a $1 donation. 

Our Fuse MA Fellowship with the Highlander Institute kicked off the 2020-2021 school year on September 24th. Program Manager Meg Smallidge & Fuse MA Coordinator Ken Toomey led Fellows through small group check-ins around their independent projects. The second half of the meeting featured a cross-collaborative scavenger hunt and district-specific breakout rooms with pilot teachers and school/district administrators…

Dear TEC Families and Students, At TEC we know that together we create more opportunities and that is how we have developed our plan for the reopening of our vibrant learning community. Throughout these challenging months the TEC Leadership Team and staff has reviewed and aligned our practices and protocols to the COVID-19 guidelines provided to us…

Physical Education is Important! Here’s why … As we begin this unusual school year, it is more important than ever to help people in our communities understand that a thriving physical education program is essential to students’ wellness and to a well-balanced school curriculum. This two-credit course is designed to give teachers and administrators the knowledge…

The format for delivery may have changed, but this year’s summer training for Fuse MA Cohort 2 still had the essential elements: community, collaboration, and content! On August 5 and 6, 2020, Program Manager Meg Smallidge and Services Manager Maeve Murray, along with their Highlander Institute colleagues,  planned an informative and empowering two days of…

We hope you know how much we truly value each and every member of our school community…you can see it here in our end of year video. – Meredith Faletra, TEC Campus Program Director

Mid-March 2020 forced Cohort 2 Fuse MA Fellows, and indeed all Massachusetts teachers, into a whole new world. With the closure of schools because of Covid-19, educators across the commonwealth had to find new ways to reach their students, both on a personal and educational level. The switch from in-person to virtual teaching and learning…

Among the seventeen educators who gathered at The Education Cooperative (TEC) in Walpole, Massachusetts in February 2018 was Dedham teacher, Rachel Dudley. As a fellow in Cohort 1 of Fuse MA, Rachel used  her experience and expertise as a high school Social Studies teacher to coach educators in Norwood. Here, Rachel shares some of her…

We are excited to announce that on May 28, 2020, nine TEC Phoenix Academy seniors will experience an unprecedented “virtual” graduation. We are proud of our seniors. Families will receive a Zoom invitation.