City Neighbors Communities of Practice

Join powerful, like-minded educators who are committed to great child-centered teaching practice.  Learn, share, push, and grow in a City Neighbors Community of Practice.

City Neighbors Foundation is excited to launch our seventh City Neighbors Community of Practice - an effort to build communities of practitioners striving toward a truly child-centered, democratic ideal of education.

We invite you to join us at our upcoming Community of Practice:

Bridging The Gap: General and Special Educators Can Purposefully Work Together Towards Student Success

Facilitator:    Michelle Tavares, Special Educator, City Neighbors High School

How can general and special educators can purposefully and in partnership work together toward student success.  Teachers and case managers are often plagued with questions that don't always get answered. Who's responsible for what?  When do I provide that service and why?  We will collaborate to answer all of the "W" questions (who,  what,  when,  where,  and why) that often cause barriers between the two roles - and find pathways to build the partnerships, clarity, and structures that support general educators and special educators and, ultimately, our students.

  • Communities of Practice will be facilitated by a City Neighbors Educator, but the content, focus, and sharing will be guided by the participants.    We welcome no more than 12 participants to each Community of Practice.   

  • Communities of Practice will launch in October 2024 and culminate in April 2025.

  • Each Community of Practice will take place monthly for 90 minutes.     

  • Meetings will take place in person, virtually or hybrid.   The community of practice may collaboratively elect to change platforms, venues, or the virtual/in-person form of the meetings. 

  • All members of the community of practice will be expected to attend the Progressive Education Summit in person on January 25, 2025.

Interested participants should complete this application by September 27 at 12 noon.

Participation in the Community of Practice is FREE, sponsored by City Neighbors Foundation. 

 

Past City Neighbors Communities of Practice:

  • The Power of Play in the PreK-5 Classroom

Imaginative sustained play - whether individual or collaborative - has such a powerful impact on a child's developmental, cognitive and social growth.    Yet, in schools, there are a variety of factors which often limit or even eliminate the fostering and facilitation of meaningful play in the classroom and curriculum.    Come join a Community of Practice where we can explore the power and possibility of play in the pre-K through 5 classroom.     What really is the power of play?    How, as a teacher, can I create the space, structures, and prompts for meaningful play?   How can play be connected to curriculum and classroom life?    Whether you are a seasoned practitioner in play-based learning or someone seeking to find ways to support play in your classroom, we can learn from and with each other!

  • Anti-Racist, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

Anti-Racism, Culturally Relevant, and Critical Race Theory were seemingly the buzzwords of education in 2021.  However, these theories and practices have been developed and implemented over the past few decades.  This group will create honest dialogue about how race and culture impact pedagogy, as well as practical solutions for problems with race and education.  This community is open to both new and returning members.

Communities of Practice will be facilitated by a City Neighbors Educator, but the content, focus, and sharing will be guided by the participants.    We welcome up to 12 participants to each Community of Practice.   

Communities of Practice will launch in July 2023.

Communities of Practice will meet monthly for 90 minutes. Both will culminate at the 13th Annual Progressive Education Summit in January 2024.   

Meetings will take place virtually.   The community of practice may collaboratively elect to change platforms, venues, or the virtual/in-person form of the meetings. 

All members of the community of practice will be expected to attend the 2024 Progressive Education Summit in person.



Participation in the Community of Practice is free, sponsored by City Neighbors Foundation.