Collaboration Leadership Academic Exploration
Collaboration Leadership Academic Exploration
Participants in Teachers Institute of Philadelphia (TIP) programs acquire cutting-edge knowledge from university scholars and write original curricula based on the material they have learned. They use this knowledge enhance their teaching of required content, improving results in the classroom. Those who complete our programs earn a stipend and professional development credits.
Each fellow writes an innovative and detailed curriculum unit for teachers across the nation to use in their classrooms to bridge achievement gaps and engage in the classroom.
Check back for information about our fall workshops
“TIP has been a lifesaver. I joined the TIP community in 2020 anxious to learn from Dr. Kathleen Brown the new histories of slavery using the Penn project as a backdrop and then the pandemic hit so quickly TIP pivoted and so did i and i’m so grateful to Dr. Brown for her excellence in instruction.”
Jeri Johnson
Teacher, Baldi Middle School, Philadelphia
Help our teachers do their best. Help our teachers do their best. Help our teachers do their best.
Photo (L-R): Seminar leaders Kathy Brown, Robin Kolodny, Xiaojiang Li, Dominic Sisti On Wednesday, On Wednesday, January 21, a new cohort of Philadelphia public school teachers began their journey toward professional advancement. The teachers (called fellows) have begun semester-long seminars in which they will acquire cutting-edge knowledge from Penn and Temple professors. They will use this knowledge to develop curriculum units, which they will implement in their classrooms to enhance student learning. Successful completion of…
On November 7th and 8th, a group of TIP Fellows and Vaux High School student Ameen Fleming accompanied his teacher Ms. Danina Garcia to the annual Yale National Initiative Conference. Ameen proudly represented the School District of Philadelphia at an event that drew teachers, students, and school district leaders from around the country. Ms. Garcia’s curriculum unit, “Efficiency & Faithfulness: How One Philly Nurse Fought Tuberculosis,” highlights the story of Elizabeth Tyler, a trailblazing Black…
This fall, TIP will collaborate with the Penn Press and Penn GSE to offer a special set of workshops on Philadelphia History in preparation for the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. These workshops will be led by authors of the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, a resource the Penn Press is distributing free to schools in the School District of Philadelphia. To celebrate the work of TIP Students and Fellows, a showcase…
Pictured Above: Seminar leader Russell Richie teaches Fellows in his Introduction to Cognitive Science Workshop The 2025 Spring Curriculum Units are now available to view on our website! Last Spring there were four seminars led by our TIP Professors: Diverse Children’s Literature: Literary Art, Cultural Artifact and Contested Terrain led by Wanda Brooks Introduction To Cognitive Science: Uncovering the Machine in The Mind led by Russell Richie Robots And Smart Tech for Physical Therapy led…
Anne Frank Elementary School in Northeast Philadelphia
2025 Fall Enrollment: “Industry and Pollution: An Environmental History of Greater Philadelphia” and “Recent Immigration and Migrant Communities in Philadelphia”
Eman Metwaly began her teaching career in 2023 and currently teaches ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) for grades K-5. Passionate about fostering a sense of belonging among her immigrant students, she was drawn to TIP by the opportunity…
TIP enables public school teachers from around Philadelphia to enroll in semester-long seminars taught by university professors. During the seminars, teachers engage intensively with a topic that is on the cutting-edge of knowledge in the sciences, arts, humanities or social sciences, and write an original curriculum unit based on what they have learned.
TIP is a program of the University of Pennsylvania and is affiliated with the Yale National Initiative to Strengthen Teaching in the Public Schools. We serve teachers in the School District of Philadelphia and hold seminars on both the Penn and Temple University campus.
