TIfT and YNI-Tulsa Fellows

Oliver Shamel, 5th grade student @TulsaSchools, spoke at Yale about his experience studying “Plastic, Plastic Everywhere," a curriculum unit developed by Yale National Fellow @AkelaLeach. Leach’s unit: teachers.yale.edu/curriculum/vie… @DanielleNeves9 @erinlester @tarawaugh42 @TIfTfellows

⭐️Tulsa’s YNI application is open!⭐️TPS teachers, apply and share with others. It’s truly the most enriching professional learning opportunity out there. Here is the link to the application: forms.gle/2Cp5J5BoxBfP67…

⁦@dcpublicschools⁩ DC YNI fellows learning about innovative practices for professional development with Chicago’s ⁦@PrincipalBeck1⁩ #teachersupport

⁦@bancroftDC⁩ ⁦@dcpublicschools⁩ Superintendents and teachers from Chicago, Richmond, Tulsa, Philadelphia, and other cities were still singing the praises of Ms. Alvarez @smalvarez05 and the all important banana today ⁦@YNInitiative⁩

⁦ @dcpublicschools @HardyMSHawks Over the weekend, phenomenal students of ⁦@YNInitiative fellows shared their inspiring learning experiences from fellow created units! I want to take a Hawk next year! #artasadvocacy, #teachersandstudentsatyale

⁦@dcpublicschools⁩ These superintendents from San Jose see that retention of experienced teachers is incumbent upon providing opportunities for growth and leadership as teachers through models just like ⁦@YNInitiative⁩

A productive weekend at Yale for the ⁦@YNInitiative⁩ Annual Conference. So great to share our passion and work with school officials from around the country! ⁦@RPS_Schools⁩ ⁦@RPSMathTeam⁩ ⁦@CJBellTeach⁩ ⁦⁦@DTITeach⁩ ⁦ ⁦@TIfTfellows⁩

⁦⁦@dcpublicschools⁩ DC Yale National Initiative Fellows ⁦@YNInitiative⁩ Annual Conference with the divine Danielle Neves from Tulsa supporting her fellows ⁦@TIfTfellows⁩

✨It’s here! It’s finally here!!! ✨Here is the link to the Tulsa YNI 2022 application: forms.gle/FArjkL4BDtU5aR… TPS teachers, apply for the most rewarding PD around. 🌟Reach out if you have any questions about the application.

We will be wearing out Yale or TPS swag🤓🍎💜

🍎TPS teachers who have reached out about YNI, check your emails tomorrow! The 2022 YNI brochure is about to drop. 🗞Info session this Thursday 12/9 6-7pm🤓 Fill this out to get the zoom link: forms.gle/dC2KrhgGY2sZm1…

We’re enjoying reading #bornacrime and looking forward to zooming w/speakers from the @trevornoahfoundation tomorrow! This year we’re reading the book with 8 other @TulsaSchools classrooms and students are discussing the book with 5th graders across Tulsa. 💙💙💙💙

"The Power of Extracts" is a curriculum unit by Stevara Clinton, #ScienceTeacher at Armstrong HS @RPS_Schools, that aims to capture #students' interests and "promote their learning of #chemistry by appealing to their love of food.” #NationalNutritionMonth bit.ly/yni170404

“Women in World Cinema: Stories of Struggle and Resistance" is a curriculum unit by former Yale National Fellow @Clarycarleton—Principal at @openhighrva @RPS_Schools—explores films of women struggling against cultural traditions. #InternationalWomensDay bit.ly/yni060104

“Race and Racial Formation in Latin America: Racism Conscious Instruction in the Spanish Heritage Language Classroom” is a curriculum unit by Yale National Fellow @cristinalila—#SpanishTeacher @BTWHSTulsa—exploring race in Spanish lit & film. @TulsaSchools bit.ly/yni200205

To celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth2021, “Inspiring American Women: Painting Them into the Picture” is a curriculum unit by former National Fellow Patricia Kephart that uses biographical picture books to teach students about notable American women. #sschat bit.ly/yni130105

In our 2017 national seminar, "The Chemistry of Cooking," public school teachers serving as Yale National Fellows created #k12 #STEM curriculum units with hands-on experiments. Read their curriculum units here: teachers.yale.edu/curriculum/uni…

Congrats to 2019 National Fellow @AkelaLeach for her work on new curriculum @TulsaSchools about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Visit our topical index for curriculum units by Leach & other National Fellows, incl. units on #Tulsa history. #BlackWallStreet bit.ly/indexYNI

“Jim Crow, Civil Rights, and the Integration of Schools,” a curriculum unit by Valerie Schwarz (@runnervals), a teacher at Munford Elementary @RPS_Schools, uses local & national histories, fiction, and more to teach civil rights history. #BlackHistoryMonth bit.ly/yni150107