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Community Contributions
Community Contributions are opportunities for MTII+ (teachers in their second, third, or fourth Master Teacher Fellowship) to deepen their connections within the MƒA community by becoming involved with admissions, recruitment, communications, facilitation, supporting new MƒA teachers, and other leadership activities. Please review each contribution for its unique structure and requirements.
Community Contributions
2022 MƒA Summer Think Planner
Coordinated By: MƒA Program Officer for Professional Development Courtney Ginsberg and MƒA Manager for Events & Programming Sherry Yang
MONDAYS, DEC 13, JAN 10, FEB 7, MAR 14, APR 11, MAY 16, JUN 13
ONLINE COMMUNITY
If you’re a creative and passionate teacher, have innovative ideas about conference programming, possess time management and organizational skills, have an open and collaborative spirit, and have attended at least one MƒA Summer Think, then this community contribution is for you! Planners meet monthly to design, plan, and lead the 2022 MƒA Summer Think from December 2021 through July 2022. They must also be willing to complete work in between sessions, including reading proposals, emailing teachers, and brainstorming ideas. Additionally, all Planners are expected to attend the 2022 MƒA Summer Think, which will take place the last week of July.
Equity Advisory Committee p Coordinated By: MƒA Staff: Keoma Distan, Tsamchoe Dolma, Michael Driskill, Eileen Murray, and Sherry Yang
TUESDAYS, SEP 28, NOV 9, DEC 14, FEB 8, MAR 8, APR 12, MAY 10
ONLINE COMMUNITY
How might we ensure that learning opportunities are equitable for all teachers at MƒA? As a member of the Equity Advisory Committee, you will have opportunities to advise MƒA leadership in our efforts to prioritize and build on diversity within the MƒA community. This team will consider the different perspectives on equity espoused by MƒA teachers, help to refine a shared definition for MƒA, and provide feedback and input on action plans designed to foster an inclusive and empowering learning environment for all teachers at MƒA.
Information Session Host
THURSDAY, OCT 28
ONLINE COMMUNITY + PLEASE NOTE: IN ADDITION TO THE ORIENTATION, PLEASE BE CERTAIN YOU ARE AVAILABLE FOR AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SESSION DATES: NOVEMBER 9, 2021 DECEMBER 7, 2021 JANUARY 4, 2022 JANUARY 11, 2022 FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Current MƒA teachers are essential in encouraging and supporting prospective applicants through the application process. A great way to do this is by being an Information Session Host this fall! We are looking for teachers interested in building on MƒA’s diversity and inclusion efforts and willing to share their MƒA experiences with others. All Information Session Hosts will prepare by attending a virtual orientation meeting to become familiar with their roles and responsibilities. They will then be required to help facilitate two virtual Information Sessions in the fall semester.
MƒA Connector
Coordinated By: MƒA Program Officer for Engagement & Communications Jennifer Cody
ONLINE COMMUNITY + PLEASE NOTE: REGISTRATION DOES NOT GUARANTEE A MATCH. YOU WILL BE EMAILED IN AUGUST WITH THE STATUS OF YOUR MATCH. FOR MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN READ THE MƒA CONNECTOR FAQ.
Become an MƒA Connector and help welcome new teachers into the MƒA fellowship community! In this semester-long community contribution, you will be matched with a teacher new to MƒA and help them navigate the early months of their fellowship. From giving insight into course selection and providing registration tips to answering questions and discussing ways to get involved, MƒA Connectors share information and insight from their own time at MƒA to help teachers get the most out of their new MƒA fellowship. MƒA Connectors will be matched to a teacher based on similar subject areas and/or boroughs. Upon being matched and introduced via email, the MƒA Connector and partner teacher may communicate as often and through whichever format works best for them. The goal of this community contribution is to facilitate connections between current and new MƒA teachers in ways that are flexible, informative, and rewarding.
*Community Contributions are opportunities for Master Teachers who have completed more than one fellowship.
Community Contributions
Praxis Prep Session Facilitator
THURSDAY, OCT 28
ONLINE COMMUNITY + PLEASE NOTE: IN ADDITION TO THE ORIENTATION, PLEASE BE CERTAIN YOU ARE ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE PRAXIS PREP SESSION ALIGNED TO YOUR CONTENT AREA: DECEMBER 8: ELEMENTARY MATH, ELEMENTARY SCIENCE, CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY DECEMBER 9: GENERAL SCIENCE, PHYSICS DECEMBER 14: MATHEMATICS, EARTH SCIENCE
Praxis Prep Session Facilitators play a key role in helping prospective MƒA applicants prepare to take the Praxis exam in their content areas. Often the facilitator serves as a person on the frontline of recruitment, not only answering content-related questions, but also responding to general questions about MƒA fellowships. As part of this community contribution, Praxis Prep Session Facilitators will attend a virtual orientation to learn about their roles and responsibilities, and will later lead a two-hour virtual Praxis Prep Session with prospective applicants in the subject area they teach.
Recruitment Advisor
THURSDAY, OCT 28
ONLINE COMMUNITY + PLEASE NOTE: THE DATES OF THESE RECRUITMENT INITIATIVES ARE TBD.
Are you interested in helping to build on MƒA’s diversity and inclusion efforts? Are you looking to support teachers as they apply for an MƒA fellowship? Recruitment Advisors will assist the Admissions and Recruitment (A&R) team’s recruitment efforts from October through April with phone outreach to candidates, facilitating special recruitment events, and working with the A&R team to create new recruitment opportunities. Recruitment Advisors will prepare by attending a virtual orientation meeting to become familiar with their responsibilities and will be contacted regularly throughout the year to support recruitment initiatives focused on increasing diversity at MƒA.
Small-World Network Community Mobilizer
Coordinated By: MƒA Director of Data Systems Miriam Ignatoff
TUESDAYS, SEP 14, DEC 7
ONLINE COMMUNITY
Are you interested in sharing your knowledge with the MƒA Community and connecting with your colleagues online? Join us as we help initiate discussions and respond to questions on the Small-World Network (SWN). Mobilizers will be asked to log into the SWN at least once per week to respond to posts or ask questions of their own. Mobilizers will also be responsible for selecting at least one post per week to be included in the community digest email.
Teaching Resources Screener
Coordinated By: MƒA Senior Education Researcher John Russell, and MƒA Master Teachers Jeffrey Lowenhaupt and Michelle Sims
TUESDAYS, SEP 21, DEC 7
ONLINE SCIENCE
Once a PLT ends, what happens with the materials that teachers created together? Are they destined to live in a Google Drive collecting electronic dust, or are there ways they can be shared with others through the Small-World Network? In this community contribution, we will lay the groundwork to build a repository of materials created by and for MƒA Teachers, whether in PLTs or through other courses or PD opportunities. We will also consider how other organizations screen and evaluate teacher-created resources and think through how materials at MƒA are created and how they might be vetted, organized, and retrieved.
*Community Contributions are opportunities for Master Teachers who have completed more than one fellowship.
