Category Archives: Greater Boston Area Site

Follow the Leader (Who Models)

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

One of the great benefits of working at ESE in Massachusetts has been that we have a couple of Education Pioneers alumni in the office who can make meetings and connections happen. In combination with the fact that I have … Continue reading →

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The Countdown Begins

Posted on August 5, 2011 by

It doesn’t quite feel as if ten weeks are nearly up for almost all of the fellows in the Boston cohort. Sure, we’ve had some long days, a healthy dose of ambiguity/freedom to creatively solve problems at our summer sites, … Continue reading →

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Temporary Fix, Sustinable Problem

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

A few weeks ago we had a workshop where a principal posed the question, “How do you make something new happen when you have the same people and the same resources?” He had been talking about this idea in regards … Continue reading →

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Forget Everything You Thought You Knew

Posted on July 13, 2011 by

“This will all have better context when you get here in June. We’ll see you in a few weeks!” That was how my supervisor ended our interview phone call back in April. Fast forward to July and I’m just now … Continue reading →

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It’s Who You Know

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

By the time you make it to the placement stage for the Graduate School Fellowship, you’re  already thinking about what your placement site will be like, what your project will actually entail, and who will make up the rest of … Continue reading →

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This summer in reflection

Posted on August 16, 2010 by

During my last week in my placement at Prospect Hill Academy (PHA) I’ve been doing a lot of reflection on this summer, and what it means in the larger scope of life and career.  In reflecting, I first think back … Continue reading →

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Reframing the Language of Education Reform

Posted on August 7, 2010 by

Entrepreneurship is a new word in my education vocabulary, but one that I am excited to explore. As a teacher, without knowing it, I had what you might call an entrepreneurial drive. During my first year at a Bronx high … Continue reading →

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Youth-Building

Posted on August 4, 2010 by

As the end of the Education Pioneers Fellowship experience approaches, many memories have surfaced on how I got here. My participation in EP stem from a commitment to give back to the field of education after an intellectually engaging first … Continue reading →

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Education- and business-oriented mindsets

Posted on August 2, 2010 by

To continue looking deeply at what I’m doing this summer, I’ll describe my second project– developing a proposal for the incorporation of Prospect Hill Academy’s (PHA) own Professional Development Center for the Dissemination of Best-Practices. If this title doesn’t convey … Continue reading →

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K1 project progress

Posted on July 29, 2010 by

Together with my colleagues in Education Pioneers (EP) and at Prospect Hill Academy (PHA), I’ve made considerable progress on my two projects.  Up until now, I’ve used a lot of space to describe my experience this summer from a mile-high … Continue reading →

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The Education Puzzle

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.  -Japanese Proverb Today I am writing from my learning edge. There are so many questions, a-ha moments, and experiences that deserve longer conversations that I cannot seem to … Continue reading →

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Education Law

Posted on July 27, 2010 by

Since leaving teaching to pursue my legal education and career, I have been trying to figure out what “Education Law” means and what it could mean for my future career. As a leader in BU Law’s Education Law Association, I … Continue reading →

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Confidants, colleagues, and friends

Posted on July 26, 2010 by

A huge lesson this summer has been the fact that meaningful work gets done quicker and with higher quality if done in tandem with other leaders.  In Education Pioneers (EP), it’s more about the journey to the outcome rather than … Continue reading →

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Balancing growth and success, hopefully achieving both

Posted on July 19, 2010 by

The Education Pioneers experience is, to me, a dual experience: my daily work with Prospect Hill Academy Charter (PHA) and the cohort’s bi-weekly workshops.  Given that I am a little over half way through this summer’s program I’ve had a … Continue reading →

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Haiti and Human Capital

Posted on July 16, 2010 by

According to the recent news, clearing rubble is one of the greatest challenges to rebuilding Haiti. A NY Times article earlier this week stated that it would take three to five years to remove all the debris from Haiti if … Continue reading →

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What I’m Doing and Why it’s Important

Posted on July 16, 2010 by

As Prospect Hill Academy’s (PHA) Education Pioneers (EP) Fellow, I’ve certainly received the opportunity to better understand the dynamics of urban education outside of the the classroom, the level I am most familiar with. PHA is a community-founded college-prep K-12 … Continue reading →

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Embracing Grayness

Posted on July 14, 2010 by

If you don’t expect the unexpected, you will be unable to find it.     -Heraclitus Early on the morning of Foundations, as I realized that I was lost in Downtown Boston, dreading I was going to be late on the first day, I wondered … Continue reading →

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Looking forward to growing

Posted on July 10, 2010 by

The path that led me to join Education Pioneers this summer as a member of the 2010 Greater Boston cohort began over four years ago. At that time, I was a brand new teacher in the Rio Grande Valley of … Continue reading →

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Foundations

Posted on July 6, 2010 by

Some parts of our first Education Pioneers session resembled orientations I’ve experienced at past jobs or volunteer programs: group introductions, ice-breaker activities, organizational rules or norms, and logistics for the upcoming summer. But one difference that struck me was that … Continue reading →

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