Fuse MA Fellowship Cohort 2 Updates
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…
All TEC Programs Are Open For In-Person Instruction
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…
TEC Announces Virtual Course Specific to Physical Education and Wellness Educators
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…
Fuse MA Cohort 2 Summer Institute
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…
TEC Campus School: End of Year Video
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
Cohort 2 in the Time of Covid-19
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…
Spotlight on Fuse MA Fellow: Rachel Dudley
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…
TEC Phoenix Academy to hold virtual graduation on May 28, 2020
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.
TEC Campus School: Remote Learning Monday Morning Pledge of Allegiance
Every Monday at school at 8:45am, we do the Pledge of Allegiance, led over the intercom by one student each week. Here is a remote version that students can use at home to get their week started.