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Colondres Receives Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award April 16, 2025 – Posted in: Uncategorized

Fellow Marla Colondres has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award. Each year, the Lindback Foundation grants this award to 60 School District of Philadelphia teachers who have made a significant impact on the intellectual and character development of students. Colondres has been at Swenson Arts and Technology High School since 2016, where she teaches Spanish 1 & 2, and Spanish for Heritage Speakers. She has contributed to TIP for…

TIP Teachers Named Yale National Fellows April 14, 2025 – Posted in: Uncategorized

Five members of the TIP program have been selected as 2025 National Fellows by the Yale National Initiative to strengthen public schools. They will travel to Yale University in July to participate in seminars led by Yale faculty, alongside peers from around the country. As they do at TIP, these School District of Philadelphia teachers will study a topic intensively under the guidance of their professor and develop a curriculum unit to be implemented into…

TIP Seminar Leader and Students Record Oral Histories of African Jewish Community March 28, 2025 – Posted in: Uncategorized

Peter Decherney, who led the TIP seminar “History of Hollywood,” brought students to Uganda this past fall as part of a Penn Global Seminar. The Penn professor and TIP Advisory Council Member taught “Global Jewish Communities” with Sara Byala, in which students learned about the Abayudaya, an African Jewish community in Uganda. As the semester concluded, the seminar traveled to Mbale, a city in eastern Uganda, where the students conducted video interviews with the Abayudaya…

Students of TIP Fellow Honored at National Constitution Center March 21, 2025 – Posted in: Uncategorized

Three students of Trey Smith, a TIP fellow and teacher at the Marian Anderson school, recently earned a first-place award at National History Day Philly for creating a documentary detailing challenges and changes that have shaped Chinatown’s complex history. The documentary, “Changes to Chinatown: Rights and Responsibilities” was produced with the help of stop-motion animation software Smith learned about in a fall 2024 TIP workshop. The workshop, titled “Animation and Learning” was led by Penn…

Temple’s College of Education Hosts First TIP Seminar March 12, 2025 – Posted in: Uncategorized

Temple’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) joined the TIP partnership this spring with the seminar “Diverse Children’s Literature: Literary Art, Cultural Artifact and Contested Terrain.” Led by Professor Wanda Brooks, this course will cover literature for children and adolescents that reflects the perspectives of underrepresented groups. Since 2018, professors from Temple’s College of Liberal Arts have offered TIP seminars, but “Diverse Children’s Literature” is the first led by a CEHD faculty member. The…

TIP Advisory Council Member elected to National Academy of Education February 5, 2025 – Posted in: Uncategorized

This past January, TIP University Advisory Council member Sigal Ben-Porath was elected to The National Academy of Education (NAEd). A prestigious honorific society founded in 1965, NAEd focuses on conducting research to improve education policy and practice. Ben-Porath’s research interests center on how academic institutions can advance and sustain democracy, and her current research involves civil dialogue in schools and colleges. Ben-Porath has been a part of Penn’s faculty since 2004. Alongside her role in…

Workshop Leader Emily Wilson’s Odyssey Translation in the News January 15, 2025 – Posted in: Uncategorized

Penn Professor and TIP Workshop Leader Emily Wilson, the first woman to translate Homer’s Odyssey, made the news recently when film director Christopher Nolan announced that he is working on an adaptation of the classic. Her 2017 version of the epic has been acclaimed as “a revelation” and “radically contemporary” by critics. Many hope he will use Wilson’s translation as a starting point for the film’s screenplay. Wilson also completed a translation of Homer’s Iliad…

Fellows, students, present work at Yale Annual Conference October 31, 2024 – Posted in: Uncategorized

(Photo, L-R: TIP fellow Tyriese Holloway, student Shaqueah Henry, School District of Philadelphia Deputy Superintendent Jermaine Dawson) The Yale National Institute Annual Conference provided an opportunity for TIP teachers to showcase their work to peers around the country. The event featured a presentation by TIP fellow Tyriese Holloway and his student, Shaqueah Henry, an Overbrook High School senior. The conference was held from October 25th-26th at Yale University in New Haven, CT. Among those in…

Workshop Leader Carol Muller on the Sound of Philadelphia August 29, 2024 – Posted in: Uncategorized

Teachers Institute of Philadelphia workshop leader Carol Muller, a professor of musicology in Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences, possesses a wide body of knowledge about the origins of music from around the world. In this Omnia podcast, Professor Muller discusses our city’s own musical heritage, focusing on Gamble and Huff’s “Sound of Philadelphia.” The podcast also features an interview by her graduate student Kwame Ocran with grammy-award winning hip-hop producer Jahlil Beats. A native…

TIP Fellows Attend Yale’s Summer Intensive Program July 22, 2024 – Posted in: Uncategorized

From July 5th – 19th, five TIP fellows traveled to New Haven for the Yale National Initiative’s 2024 intensive seminar program. The Philadelphia public school teachers were among 47 from 15 school districts across the United States chosen to participate in Yale’s Summer Institute. Like TIP, this national program helps teachers expand their knowledge base and improve their confidence in the classroom by studying with renowned university faculty members. The five national fellows, and the…

Holloway Receives Lindback Teaching Award May 29, 2024 – Posted in: Uncategorized

The Teachers Institute of Philadelphia congratulates Fellow Tyriese Holloway on receiving the prestigious Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award. Mr. Holloway teaches 11th and 12th grade English at Overbrook High School, a position he has held for the past 6 years. Each year, the Lindback Foundation awards 60 distinguished teachers and seven principals from The School District of Philadelphia public schools who demonstrate excellence in promoting learning at the highest levels. The teacher award recipients are chosen…

TIP Celebrates Completion of its 2024 Spring Seminars May 14, 2024 – Posted in: Uncategorized

TIP’s Spring 2024 Curriculum Lab Culminating Celebration took place on Wednesday, May 29th at 5:00 pm in the Sky Lounge of Harrison College House. The event marked the end of TIP’s semester-long seminars which have been led by Penn and Temple professors. During the Celebration, fellows from each of the spring seminars shared what they learned throughout the semester and how they incorporated their findings into the units of study they created. The Spring 2024…

TIP Fellows Attend Yale’s Summer Intensive Program May 6, 2024 – Posted in: Uncategorized

Bringing Philosophy into the K-12 Curriculum April 1, 2024 – Posted in: Uncategorized

Former seminar leader and Vice Provost for Education Karen Detlefsen has led the launch of the Philosopher-in-Residence program at the Academy of Palumbo, a magnet high school in south Philadelphia. The program is an initiative of the Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization (PLATO) and is implemented by Penn’s Project for Philosophy for the Young (P4Y). PLATO arranges for graduate students to teach high school students about ethical and philosophical theories. Penn’s P4Y originally began collaborating…

School District students learn dance with Rennie Harris Puremovement March 22, 2024 – Posted in: Uncategorized

The Teachers Institute of Philadelphia (TIP) and Penn Live Arts collaborated on a program that uses dance to enhance learning for students in the School District of Philadelphia (SDP). The program brought the hip hop troupe Rennie Harris Puremovement to two schools, Carver Engineering and Science and West Philadelphia High School. The visits were part of the company’s three-year residency at Penn Live Arts. The initiative aimed to use dance to help students navigate issues…

TIP Fellow Drives Change through Advocacy and Education February 28, 2024 – Posted in: Uncategorized

Deborah Wei, TIP fellow and Social Studies Curriculum Specialist at the School District of Philadelphia, has been making strides as an educator and community activist in Philadelphia. This past year, Wei’s impact contributions to the city earned her a feature on Philadelphia Magazine “150 Most Influential Philadelphians”” in 2023. She was highlighted for her work as co-founder of Asian Americans United, which in collaboration with other groups in the Save Chinatown Coalition, are actively working…

TIP Teacher Provides New Opportunities for Students at Southwark School – Posted in: Uncategorized

TIP fellow and STEM teacher, Justin Guida, has been diligently pursuing various opportunities to improve the educational development of students at Southwark School. In 2023, Guida received the following grants to enrich students’ educational experiences: Emerald Foundation Grant: Provided 6-8 grade students at Southwark School the opportunity to form an e-sports team through the Emerald League Initiative. REC Foundation Aerial Drone Grant: Funded the creation of a drone club at Southwark School and gave students…

TIP Fellows Honored by Lindback February 20, 2024 – Posted in: Uncategorized

Every year, TIP fellows set themselves apart with outstanding service to the teaching profession. This past year, two TIP fellows, Anna Herman and Andrea Barnes, received the prestigious Lindback Distiguished Teaching Award. Additionally, TIP fellow Tyriese Holloway was a Lindback Award Nominee. TIP prides itself on helping teachers like these stay in their roles as teachers in the School District of Philadelphia. Since 2011, the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation of Philadelphia has…

Penn highlights collaboration with School District of Philadelphia February 5, 2024 – Posted in: Uncategorized

A new Penn initiative, Penn & Philly, will showcase the university’s engagement with the local Philadelphia community, according to an article in Penn Today. Programs like the TIP, which support Philadelphia’s public schools, are a major part of that engagement. University of Pennsylvania’s Senior Executive vice President Craig R. Carnaroli noted that “Penn & Philly provides a platform to improve transparency into the multitude of ways our schools and centers leverage their missions to address…

Woubshet Teaches about Black Queer Culture January 23, 2024 – Posted in: Uncategorized

Associate Professor of English and previous TIP seminar leader Dagmawi Woubshet led a first-year seminar in the fall exploring the history and politics of Black queer media. The seminar was supported by a First-Year Seminar Grant from the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation and the College of Arts & Sciences. The course content mirrored what TIP fellows learned in a 2022 seminar with Woubshet. During the seminar, Woubshet led students in engaging discussions about Black…

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