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Oyster Teacher Collective

New YorkHarboris your classroom

A free three-year learning journey and lifetime community of practice for NYC teachers. Rooted in place-based learning frameworks, this journey offers you a pathway and a toolkit for teaching outside, with a values-aligned, professional network to lean on.

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Oyster Teacher Collective
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Make science matter

  • Bridge connections between your students, nature & our city
  • Make science relevant with hands-on, real-world curriculum
  • Feel re-energized in your profession through collaboration and discovery
  • Build a community with like-minded educators and the Billion Oyster Project crew

Learn by doing

Teachers around tables at a Billion Oyster Project workshop
Core trainings with fellow teachers
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Bringing students outside
Student recording oyster measurements at a table
Oyster research training
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Hands-on, real-world curriculum

Your resources

Here’s what Billion Oyster Project Schools offers and requires from each teacher, over the course of three years:

  • Open-Source Curriculumtailored to your teaching goals
  • Professional Developmentincluding outdoor teaching and oyster research training
  • Workshops & Symposiumsto share ideas and celebrate student learning
  • Networking & Eventswith BOP staff, partners, and peers
  • Swag & Recognitionto showcase some BOP pride
  • Personalized Supportthrough optional check-ins and feedback
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Spat

Attend core trainings for free; get familiar with BOP programming; bring students outside and to BOP’s Student Symposium.

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Cluster

Insider access to BOP science, restoration practices, pedagogy, and partner events to deepen confidence in teaching with BOP curricular resources outdoors. Work intentionally with other BOP Schools teachers.

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Reef

Deepen Professional Development leadership skills; broadcast lessons to other BOP Schools teachers and co-lead trainings, classroom lessons, or field lessons with other teachers and BOP staff.

Are you ready to teach outside?

Join a network of NYC educators who are transforming how and where students learn.

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Questions? Get in touch at educate@billionoysterproject.org