WE and Teacher Action Group are among the educators working to reclaim professional opportunities across the city in the new year. We all know the best PDs are designed and facilitated by our own staff and the school district must stop outsourcing our PD to opportunist corporate consultants like Mastery and Danielson. So if you want to escape from another "data-driven" school district PD day, you are invited to register for meaningful workshops at this year's three Philly Collaborations of Educators at Science Leadership Academy, McCall Elementary, and Central High School. These events depend on our collective energy and participation so propose a workshop! See below for these and many other opportunities to reclaim PD and return the professionalism to our profession!

• January 8-10 - Reclaiming Our Future: The Black Radical Tradition In Our Time

• January 23 - Biology PD for middle and high school teachers.

• January 29-31 - EduCon - Register for Conversations here and create a Meetup with colleagues.

• February 11 through the spring - Teacher Action Group - Inquiry to Action Groups (ItAGs) - Inquiry to action groups are spaces for all invested in education for liberation and social justice to learn alongside each other around a theme, and plan actions for communal sharing and uplift. Contact TAGPhilly.

• February 26 (SDP PD day) - Philly Collaboration of Educators at Science Leadership Academy - Submit workshop proposals now.

• February 26-27 - Ethnography in Education Research Forum - Free for SDP educators.

• February 26-28 - United Opt Out Conference: Transcending Resistance, Igniting Revolution

• March 19-20 - Educational Conference sponsored by the PFT Health and Welfare Fund (Contact the H&W Fund to propose a workshop)

• April 14-17 - The White Privilege Conference: Understanding, Respecting, & Connecting

• April 26 (SDP PD Day) - Philly Collaboration of Educators at McCall School - Submit workshop proposals now.

• April 26 (SDP PD day) - Philly Collaboration of Educators at Central High School - Featuring Keynote Speaker (and supporting WE member) Edwin Mayorga - Submit workshop proposals now.

• April 30 - Education for Liberation Conference - Stay tuned to the TAG Philly website for information or email TAG Philly to propose a workshop.

• May 14 - Philadelphia Diversity Conference - A Philly student-led conference (for high school students only)! Stay tuned for 2016 details.

• Every Thursday – The Philadelphia Teachers’ Learning Cooperative – Contact Betsy Wice at [email protected] or Lynne Strieb at [email protected] for more information