TIP provides academic professional development seminars to School District of Philadelphia teachers at Penn.
The Teachers Institute of Philadelphia (TIP) offers academic professional development seminars led by Penn professors. Seminars are open to K-12 teachers from public schools in West and Southwest Philadelphia (and across the city for STEM seminars). TIP is modeled after the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute and is part of the Yale National Initiative (http://www.teachers.yale.edu).
11/14/2025
Student Ameen Fleming and teacher Danina Garcia of Vaux High School representing the School District of Philadelphia and TIP at last week's Yale National Initiative conference:
Philadelphia Student Ameen Fleming Presents His Work from a Curriculum Unit At the Yale National Initiative's 2025 Annual Conference, Ameen Fleming, a twelfth-grade student at Vaux Big Picture High School in The School District of Ph...
11/10/2025
This past weekend, Vaux Big Picture High School student Ameen Fleming joined us at the Yale National Initiative's Annual Conference in New Haven. Ameen presented work he had done in TIP Fellow Danina Garcia's curriculum unit on Nurse Elizabeth Tyler's trailblazing efforts against tuberculosis. Link in comments.
10/31/2025
Deadline extended for applications to TIP spring 2026 seminars. See comments for a link to the application.
10/27/2025
A reminder that the deadline for applying to the Teacher Institute of Philadelphia’s Spring 2026 seminar program is Monday, November 3rd. See the comments for a link to the application.
10/13/2025
We are now receiving applications for the Spring 2026 Seminars!
Visit https://theteachersinstitute.org/apply-to-tip/current-seminars/ for more information and to access the application.
09/08/2025
A reminder to RSVP for the Teachers Institute of Philadelphia's USA 250 Showcase.
Visit https://forms.gle/CDtHCxWC8iRvHZUK7 to register for the Thursday, September 18th event.
08/14/2025
The Teachers Institute of Philadelphia (TIP) is holding two events, one virtual and one in-person, to introduce its fall workshops. Information and RSVP links at theteachersinstitute.org.
07/16/2025
The Teachers Institute of Philadelphia is honored to have its fellows, Marla Colondres, Kati Steiner, Alima Saffell McKnight, Anna Herman, and Danina Garcia, participating in the Yale National Initiative's summer intensive program.
07/08/2025
https://education.temple.edu/news/2025/06/strengthening-partnerships-teachers-institute-philadelphia
Temple University's College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) hosts its first TIP seminar.
Strengthening Partnerships with the Teachers Institute of Philadelphia Temple University's College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) is proud to contribute to public education through its partnership with the Teachers Institute of Philadelphia (TIP), a program that provides Philadelphia public school teachers with rigorous, university-level professional learnin...
04/16/2025
Chloe Glynn has been selected as TIP's newest Featured Fellow. Glynn has been an active member of TIP since 2021 and now serves on the Teacher Advisory Council. More at:
Our Fellows Chloe Glynn began teaching science at Furness High School in 2019. She was introduced to TIP a few years later, after coming across a poster advertising a seminar about the impact of critical minerals and their supply chains. Since joining TIP, Glynn has deepened her involvement by becoming a member...
04/02/2025
TIP Seminar Leader Peter Decherney recently traveled to Uganda to document the oral histories of the Abayudaya people, an African Jewish community. More at:
TIP Seminar Leader Records Oral Histories of African Jewish Community A Penn Global Seminar taught by TIP seminar leader Peter Decherney brought students to Uganda. During fall 2024, the Penn professor and TIP Advisory Council Member taught “Global Jewish Communities” with Sara Byala, in which students learned about the Abayudaya, an African Jewish community in Ug...
