SLA Spring Social & Auction: Sparkle & Shine
A sparkling evening with amazing auction items, light bites, and lively beverages.
Come shine and connect with other SLA families.
6th Annual Educator Diversity Virtual Summit
PEDC 2025 Educator Diversity Summit!
Pennsylvania’s students deserve a diverse, inclusive educator workforce—and we’re taking action to make it happen. The PEDC 2025 Summit brings together educators, policymakers, students, and community leaders to address systemic barriers and advance real solutions for educator diversity.
Register HERE.
Job Fair
Register HERE. Read about event details HERE.
Members of the Philadelphia Learning Collaborative are looking to hire teachers and support staff now!
Meet with school reps and learn about our exciting educational models. Our schools feature strong advisory and real-world learning programs, project- and mastery-based learning curricula, and school cultures shaped by restorative justice practices.
Also learn about professional development opportunities at local universities.
Each participating school will offer seven 20-minute interview slots during the fair. They will be filled on a first-come first-served basis.
Instructions and a link to the online meeting will be emailed to you after registration.
2025 Maker Faire
Maker Faire is a gathering of fascinating, curious people who enjoy learning and who love sharing what they can do. From engineers to artists to scientists to crafters, Maker Faire is a venue for these "makers" to show hobbies, experiments, projects.
To participate, application deadline: February 28, 2025 | learn more HERE
To attend, buy tickets HERE
Lift Every Voice Philly City Council Hearing
Last year, in conversations with 600 parents, we heard why so many kids hated school—dehumanizing policies like silent lunches, limited bathroom access, and basic needs treated as privileges.
In response, we launched our Joy Campaign to demand better—to make schools vibrant places where kids want to be; where play, exploration, and support help them grow. Since then, we’ve made real progress: winning commitments to create the District’s first recess policy and end collective punishment, while fighting to protect our most vulnerable families.
Even as our schools and communities face new threats from the federal government, we remain committed to our vision: schools must be welcoming, affirming, and healing spaces that honor every child’s dignity and self-determination.
Now, we’re taking the Joy Campaign to the City Council—because every child deserves care. Join us at City Hall (Room 400) on March 24, 10 AM–12 PM, as we push for a Chief of Joy, expanded mental health supports, and a fundamental shift in how schools work.
We’ll stand with principals, school workers, and parents to demand action:
End dehumanizing, anti-Black practices like bathroom restrictions and silent lunches.
Secure basic standards for engaging learning, movement, and wellness.
Empowering Young Voices: Tools and Strategies for Teaching Student Journalism
This professional development workshop is available to teachers, school faculty, and educators of all kinds. Following the workshop, attendees are invited to stay for a panel discussion, Free Speech and the Press: Balancing Power and Responsibility, hosted at the National Liberty Museum. For more information, visit the event page on our website.
Pennsylvania educators who attend the full PD session and panel discussion are eligible for 3 hours of Act 48 credits.
Register HERE.
Learn Fresh: Using Sports & Entertainment to Teach STEM
Join us at this PHENND K-16 webinar for a “Sneak Peek’ at the enrichment programs available free of charge to schools and organizations courtesy of Learn Fresh.
Learn Fresh is a non-profit organization that partners with professional sports leagues and others to engage students in STEM and socio-emotional education. The games and programs utilize experiential learning and incorporate both classroom and community-centric components. Programs include NBA Math Hoops, MLB Players STEM League, MLS STEM Goals, and Eco Tour. NBA Math Hoops, probably their most well known program, has engaged over a million young people around the world with a comprehensive community program, board game, mobile app and classroom curricula.
The program is implemented in partnership with the NBA and WNBA and most teams across both leagues (including the Philadelphia 76ers). Programs are best suited for students in 4th through 8th grades.
Register to receive zoom link HERE
Workforce Development & Internship Fair
Meet representatives offering jobs, traditional and non-traditional training, certificate programs, work-based learning, and industry-specific job training.
2025 PA Association of Environmental Educators Conference: Waves of Connection
The PAEE Annual Conference is an opportunity to celebrate and grow in the fantastic environmental education field in Pennsylvania!
Learn more HERE
Making (Brain) Waves Strand B | Brain Science Goes to School
Register HERE. Read about event details HERE.
On February 19, The Philadelphia Learning Collaborative gathered nearly 50 Philadelphia leaders for a unique cross-sector convening around the science of the adolescent brain. With District and charter decision-makers, School Board members, funders, researchers, and City Council in attendance, it felt like nothing less than building a foundation for a city-wide strategy.
Teachers, counselors, parents, and staff are invted to join us on March 7th (a District PD day) to hear directly from experts, collaborate with educators from around the city, and have a say in how this research will inform city-wide policy and classroom practice. This critical work is starting to happen, and this a unique chance for on-the-ground wisdom to filter directly to system-wide decision-makers.
Co-Creating A Future Filled With Possibility Alongside Black Students
Join us on Wednesday, February 26th, to learn from education leaders and organizations who are co-creating a future filled with possibility alongside Black students. We’ll have workshops from organizations and leaders including Center for Black Educator Development, Black Girls Love Math, Coded By Kids, FamFrequency Productions and alums Ray Fields and LaTanya Simmons, and great food and drinks.
Parking and Transportation: Street parking is available around the school and two bus stops are ~.25 miles away
Family Fun Day: African American Heroes
The museum’s youth costume party invites children ages 13 and under to dress up as their favorite Black History figure, and join in on the “Wax Museum Activity,” where they can tell facts about themselves. The day will also conclude with a reading of a book from a Black History hero.
Making (Brain) Waves Strand A | Beyond Theory
An Interactive forum to learn from experts and participate in decision-making to improve outcomes for young people in our city!
EduCon 2025
What is EduCon?
EduCon is both a conversation and a conference.
It is an educational innovation conference where we can come together to discuss the future and the now of schools. Every session will be an opportunity to discuss and debate ideas — from the very practical to the big dreams.
Open House - The Crefeld School
Attending a Crefeld Open House gives students and parents an opportunity to hear about our exciting and unique program, followed by a tour of the school. School Day Open Houses begin at 9:00am in the Theater, and conclude at approximately 10:30am. Evening Open Houses begin at 6:00pm in the Theater, and conclude at 7:30pm. Saturday Morning Open Houses begin at 10:00am and conclude at 11:30am.
The next Open House is on Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 9am.
To schedule a tour, please contact Lexy Williams, Director of Admissions at 215.242.5545, extension 211 or email her at admissions@crefeld.org.
Workport@PLC Real Estate Entrepreneur Workshop Series
A tuition-free, 16-week, in-person business workshop for high school juniors and seniors interested in exploring a career in real-estate.
EduCon 2024
An innovation conference to come together, both in-person and virtually, to discuss the future of schools.
PLC Teacher Institute 5.0
The PLC Teacher Institute is an educator-led learning space that builds community within PLC membership; equips teachers with methods, tools, and a network for strengthening their individual practices; and provides opportunities to showcase methods from their practices at exhibitions and conferences.
EduCon
Posted by: Science Leadership Academy
EduCon is both a conversation and a conference.
It is an innovation conference where we can come together, both in-person and virtually, to discuss the future of schools. Every session will be an opportunity to discuss and debate ideas — from the very practical to the big dreams. Early bird pricing is in effect until 12/31/2022.
http://2023.educon.org/register
LIGHT Leadership Residency- Illuminating Innovation
Posted by: String Theory Schools
APPLICATIONS DUE JANUARY 13, 2023
Announcing a best-in-class, PDE-approved, post-baccalaureate, principal preparation residency program that equips excellent, diverse teachers with the skills, knowledge, experience, and confidence to lead schools in Philadelphia successfully.
Learning at the intersection of innovation and best practices, residents engage in intensive summer training and ongoing cohort study and site-based rotations to lead in their own school context. Residents leverage Design Thinking and collaborate with their mentor principal, LIGHT leadership coach, and cohort to improve student achievement and engagement at their school. Upon successful completion of the two-year residency and the School Leadership Licensure Exam, residents earn their PA principal certification.
Please see our LIGHT Leadership Residency Page at www.stringtheoryschools.org for more information and links to application materials