CWW Spring 2022 Course Catalog by Campus Without Walls

COURSE CATALOG

spring 2022 GRADES 6-12

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TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION 4 About Campus Without Walls Why Participate? How to Register

CORE CLASSES 9 English / Language Arts History & Humanities Math Science Health & Wellness Art

ENRICHMENT MODULES

ADDITIONAL TEACHER RESOURCES

about

CAMPUS WITHOUT WALLS

Campus Without Walls (CWW) is an educational initiative that leverages the power of public schools and technology to promote greater equity, access, opportunity, and liberation for all. Through a statewide, cross-sector collaboration of schools, universities, employers, nonprofits and out-of-schooltime providers, zip codes will no longer limit a student’s educational opportunity. Students will have access to talented Lead Teachers across the state - from district, charter, parochial and private schools. They will learn from educators skilled at providing student-centered digital learning experiences, as well as a culturally responsive, anti-racist decolonized curriculum. The goal is for all students to gain greater access and take full advantage of a range of learning opportunities that prepare them to thrive in a rapidly changing digital world during COVID and beyond.

Through our pilot that launched in Spring 2021, CWW has served 1200+ students in grades 6-12 through Fall of 2021. Our goal for Spring 2022 is to replicate the initiative in Gateway Cities in Massachusetts and expand statewide. Open Opportunity Massachusetts (OOMA) is leading this initiative in partnership with Boston Public Schools, BUILD.org, Boston Opportunity Agenda, and The Teachers’ Lounge. We are excited to continue the expansion of CWW this spring, harnessing the power of liberated learning without boundaries.

HOW IT WORKS Campus Without Walls seeks to reimagine education through the power of technology combined with innovative and culturally responsive curriculum.

THE BEST OF BOSTON CWW identifies talented Lead Teachers with strong content expertise. Teachers are committed to culturally responsive instruction, have a high bar for rigor, and embrace the concept of liberated learning.

OPEN ACCESS Selected Lead Teachers and Community Organizations identify an exciting unit or program offering in their curriculum. Through technology, these courses are open citywide to teachers throughout Massachusetts for free!

LIBERATED LEARNING Teachers and students throughout Massachusetts participate synchronously in the Lead Teacher’s class. Powered through a virtual learning platform, students are now learning in a Campus Without Walls!

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PARTICIPATE? PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ENGAGING CURRICULUM

LEARNING COMMUNITY

JOIN THE MOVEMENT

Earn Professional Development points and discover new and creative teaching strategies.

Receive resources to pull into your curriculum to keep content exciting and engaging for students.

Be part of a learning community to grow your network and improve your teaching practice.

Join the movement to reimagine education during COVID and beyond with a focus on racial equity.

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SCHOOL & COMMUNITY PARTNERS

The support of our inaugural school and community partners help us make liberated learning accessible to young people from across Boston regardless of their zip code or socioeconomic background. Courses offered for Campus Without Walls are hosted by our school and community partners.

LEAD SCHOOL PARTNERS Another Course to College Boston Latin School Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School Cathedral High School Charlestown High School Innovation Academy Charter School Jean Charles Academy Jeremiah E. Burke High School Josiah Quincy Upper School Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School Mario Umana Academy K-8 Noble and Greenough School John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science TechBoston Academy

COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS Bethel Institute for Community Development Boston College Boston Higher Education Resource Center Boston University BUILD.org Citizen Schools Citizen’s Bank Connect4Education Hale Northeastern University Sociedad Latina

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Interested in being a Partner Teacher and bringing Campus Without Walls to your school? Register for a course in 3 simple steps!

Our Core Classes are provided by Lead Teachers that have opened up their classrooms statewide. Through an online learning platform they can deliver core content via live synchronous and asynchronous instruction.

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CHECK OUT THE COURSE CATALOG

Our Enrichment Modules are provided by community partners (i.e. BUILD, Citizens Bank, Sociedad Latina, etc.). They can be run during the school day and after school.

Our Core Classes feature culturally responsive and decolonized curriculum, as well as project-based learning. They are taught synchronously, but adaptations can be made for asynchronous learning. Enrichment Modules are designed to be integrated into a teacher’s existing class during the school day. Enrichment Modules can also be offered asynchronously.

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FIND A COURSE THAT EXCITES YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS

Registration is easy and simple! Our Course Catalog Shopping period runs from February 14th - March 14th. Register Online at: https://bit.ly/CWWSpring22

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CORE CLASSES Taught by talented and experienced Lead Teachers across Boston, our Core Classes feature culturally responsive, anti-racist, decolonized curricula in the subject areas of English Language Arts, History and Humanities, Math, Science, and Electives. Teachers interested in offering one of these thematic units below should consider how it may integrate with their current course and register for the course through our registration process. Please note that courses can be taught asynchronously and do not have to perfectly align with your course time.

ENGLISH / LANGUAGE ARTS Why Doesn’t Everyone Get an Education? Session 1: March 21, 2022 - April 14, 2022 Critical Race Theory (CRT) is an interdisciplinary framework used to analyze the relationship between race, racism, and power, in order to make a change in our society. In a fast-paced version of a longer project-based unit, students will utilize CRT to analyze U.S. education, drafting their own creative responses to the question, “Why doesn’t everyone get an education?” This course relies heavily on the synthesis of multiple non-fiction texts and creative pieces, so that final products reflect a breadth of ideas.

Life After High School: A Senior Seminar on Mental Health and Life Skills Session 2: April 25, 2022 - May 20, 2022 Preparing for life after high school can be difficult, particularly in the midst of a pandemic. In this senior seminar, students engage in learning about mental health, self-care, and how to set themselves up for success as they exit high school. This flexible program invites in guest speakers and is student-driven so that course content will reflect the needs of learners in real-time.

Lead Teacher: Casey Andrews, TechBoston Academy Teacher Email: candrews3@bostonpublicschools.org Grade(s): 11, 12 Skills Learned: Critical Thinking, Text Analysis, Identifying Evidence

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CASEY ANDREWS

Casey Zella Andrews is a high school English teacher at TechBoston Academy. She holds a BA from Hampshire College, MAT from Simmons University, and MA in Critical and Creative Thinking from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Ms. Andrews has taught at TechBoston for the past six years; before that, she worked at City on a Hill Charter School, Circuit Street, and Nava Elementary School in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Ms. Andrews enjoys writing poetry, taking walks, and playing with her toddler in her free time. Ms. Andrews has never lost a push-up competition to a student, including while she was pregnant.

ENGLISH / LANGUAGE ARTS We Beat the Streets: Inspiring Hope through Literature and Spoken Word Session 1: March 21, 2022 - April 14, 2022 In this English Language Arts course, participants will read the novel “We Beat the Streets” by Sharon Draper to become inspired about real-life experiences that illustrate ways to overcome challenges in life. “We Beat the Streets,” tells the story of three doctors and how an established friendship pact allowed for them to beat the odds and the streets to become successful. Using real-life examples from the novel as well as from their own lives, participants will write poetry and create artistic pieces to illustrate ways people can navigate challenges in life. By the end of the session, students will present their written work in a Poetry Slam!

Facing Fear and Tackling Trauma Through Literature Session 2: April 25, 2022 - May 20, 2022 In this English Language Arts course, participants will read the novel “Ghost” by Jason Reynolds. Using this novel, students will learn about trauma and its deep-rooted impact on people’s behavior, which can cause internal conflicts and rage. By the end of the session, students will conduct research about different types of trauma people can experience in life and how they can be overcome. Using the knowledge that they’ve gained from the text and their own personal research, students will create a PSA (Public Service Announcement) for the public to be informed about trauma and its effects.

Lead Teacher: Bernadine Lormilus, King K-8 Inclusion School Teacher Email: blormilus@gmail.com Grade(s): 7 Skills Learned: Research, Writing, Critical Thinking

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BERNADINE LORMILUS

Bernadine Lormilus-Henry is a 7th Grade ELA teacher at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Inclusion School in Roxbury, MA. She has been an educator in both the public and private school sectors for over 15 years. Ms. Lormilus was the 2016 recipient of the Barbara J. Capron Award for Excellence in Teaching Social Studies. As an ELA teacher, Ms. Lormilus strives to teach from a critical race lens while infusing civics, social studies, and technology into her literacy lessons. Ms. Lormilus is on a journey to becoming an antiracist educator. She takes pride in promoting antiracist pedagogical practices in her classroom with her students while encouraging them to use their knowledge to become catalysts of change in their own communities.

ENGLISH / LANGUAGE ARTS Step by Step: Examining the Voices of Walking Democracy Session 1: March 21, 2022 - April 14, 2022 In the novel Finding Langston, the protagonist discovers his voice and power through the poetry of his namesake, Langston Hughes. In this course, we will use the novel as a guiding text that leads us into the Civil Rights Movement. Through close analysis of poetry, photography, and song, we will look at the power in the voices of this period of time that inspired people to vote with their feet. We will start our examination with the Great Migration and conclude with the March on Washington. Through the creation of poetry, our goal will be to continue a tradition of walking democracy, where we come together to speak our truths in our words and songs, lifting up all voices to be heard.

Writing to Move the Heart: The Journey of Salva Dut Session 2: April 25, 2022 - May 20, 2022 This course, built around the novel A Long Walk to Water, is designed to further the student’s understanding of persuasive writing while building skills in reading comprehension and story arc. Students will closely read the novel and complete a map of the emotional journey of Salva Dut, tracking his journey as a refugee from South Sudan to his new home in the United States. Studying the tools of persuasive writing, students will collaborate on a project to convince others to “purchase” everyday items that have little value in an attempt to be truly persuasive. The unit includes resources to understand the role of water and water scarcity in our lives, including an optional fundraising opportunity with Water for South Sudan.

Lead Teacher: Susannah Remillard, Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School Teacher Email: Sremillard@cclcs.info Grade(s): 6 Skills Learned: Text analysis, Writing, Critical Thinking

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SUSANNAH REMILLARD

Susannah Remillard is a middle school teacher at Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School, teaching sixth grade language arts and seminar classes on sustainability and restorative agriculture. She runs the Roots and Shoots Club at her school and manages the three sisters garden. In 2019, she completed a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching at Victoria University in Wellington, NZ, including a capstone on the importance of teaching difficult history and indigneous narratives and a TEDx on the same topic. She completed National Geographic Educator certification focusing on stories of immigration and works with the Qatar Foundation and Thinker Analytix as a teacher leader. Her teaching practice has been featured by First Book in its Empowering Educators Series on Antibias and Antiracist classroom practices.

HISTORY / HUMANITIES Local Civic Engagement: Making an Impact Step by Step! Sessions 1 & 2: Mar 21, 2022- May, 20, 2022 This eight-week course will help students develop a concrete plan to make or change a local school or city policy. Students will identify and research an issue of current debate and develop the skills to impact their local school committee or city council in a meeting related to the issue. The course will focus on observing and documenting policy-making processes locally, and developing a plan to discuss or debate the issue with those in charge. Students will present their perspectives during a public comment period in a public meeting or devise other ways to influence local leaders. Our goal is to have a student’s perspective heard directly with those who make local decisions!

Lead Teacher: Bruce Pontbriand, TechBoston Academy Teacher Email: bpontbriand@bostonpublicschools.org Grade(s): 11 Skills Learned: Civic Engagement, Problem-Solving, Public Speaking

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BRUCE PONTBRIAND

Dr. Pontbriand (known to TechBoston students as “Dr. P”) has been teaching Civics and Government at the school since 2005. His classes have been directly involved with civic and local government engagement, including working with a local elementary school to design “green homes” for the local community with local city councilors. He has been active in the local Youth and Government Program and helping to train teacher leaders through UMASS Boston’s Teach Next Year Program.

HISTORY / HUMANITIES Black Studies Session 1: March 21, 2022 - April 14, 2022 This course is an introduction to the study of people of African descent in the United States with linkages to Africa and the African Diaspora. Students will explore how domination, race, gender, and class shape Black life in the United States and how resistance and change have occurred. This course will provide an interdisciplinary intellectual arena where students learn to critically examine, analyze, and interpret the African, African American, and Caribbean experiences.

Slave Rebellions Session 2: April 25, 2022 - May 20, 2022 This course provides an overview of the major slave rebellions in both north and south America by people of African descent. Students will explore how those of African descent consistently rebelled against the institution of slavery. Students will discuss factors that may have contributed to the success and failure of the slaves’ struggles toward freedom. Lastly, students discuss more creative and subtle methods of resistance to the dehumanization imposed by slavery, such as the maintenance and creation of unique cultural traditions.

Lead Teacher: Nakia Navarro, Jean Charles Academy Teacher Email: nakia@jeancharlesacademy.org Grade(s): 10, 11 Skills Learned: Critical Thinking & Analysis, Interpretation

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NAKIA NAVARRO

Nakia Navarro is the CEO/Founder of Building Audacity, a nonprofit organization resourcing youth-led community change. She has 20 years of nonprofit leadership experience, including an extensive background in nonprofit management, creating youthfocused racial equity training, and a community organizing curriculum. Nakia holds a BA in Public Administration from Winthrop University, a MA from Tufts University in Education, and a MA from Tufts University in Urban Environmental Public Policy.

HISTORY / HUMANITIES How the Haitian Revolution became a Pathway for Dreams Session 1: March 21, 2022 - April 14, 2022 This unit takes a critical look at the promise of a revolution. Through the story of Toussaint Louverture, this unit asks students to critically examine and explore how revolutions are born. Using the Haitian Revolution, we assess how imagination for another possible world leads to action. Furthermore, we will analyze how the Haitian Revolution inspired others to dream today.

From Dreams to Liberation Session 2: April 25, 2022 - May 20, 2022 “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die?.” This unit asks students to practice imagination and dreamwork. Using the Langston Hughes text “Simple Stakes a Claim,” students will explore what it means to dream beyond the societal institutions of today. Students will practice the skill of imagination and critical thinking to envision what liberation looks like for them. Ultimately, we ask students to redefine what they have been told is possible. This encourages students to both find and practice using their voices to become agents of change.

Lead Teacher: Taylor Roberts, Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School Teacher Email: troberts@lgfnet.org Grade(s): 6 Skills Learned: Critical Thinking, Writing, Historical Analysis

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TAYLOR ROBERTS

Taylor Roberts is a middle school humanities teacher at Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School. She is a writer and educator focused on southern Black culture and Black futures. She is a graduate of Spelman College and has an M.Ed. from Boston University.

HISTORY / HUMANITIES Contemporary China: The People’s Republic from Ancient to Modern TImes Sessions 1 & 2: Mar 21, 2022 - May, 20, 2022 Students will use a case study method to examine China from ancient to modern times. Beginning with the idea of ‘Empire’, students will analyze ancient dynastic characteristics. Next, students will study ‘Imperialism’, and China’s rise to power from its inception to present day. Students will then examine the theme of ‘Nationalism’ in China’s development to understand the various forms of changes in government and its evolution over time. Developing their own approaches to history, students will gain a critical appreciation of China’s economic, literary, political, and cultural resources and its impact today.

Lead Teacher: Oris Bryant, Noble & Greenough School Teacher Email: oris_bryant@nobles.edu Grade(s): 9 Skills Learned: Critical Thinking, Historical Analysis, Research Skills

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ORIS BRYANT

Oris T. Bryant has been an educator for a total of 18 years. Raised in Mattapan and after graduating from Brown University with a law and public policy degree, he began his teaching and coaching career in New Hampshire. After six years in education, he attended Rutgers Law School - Newark and practiced corporate law for several large Boston law firms. Returning to education in 2010, he has worked at the Noble & Greenough School for the last eleven years. His responsibilities include social science and humanities teacher (grades 9-12), coaching varsity basketball, advising students and student groups, such as Mock Trial, and working with the school’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion department. He has been married for twenty years and has three children (19, 17, 14). In his spare time, Oris loves to shoot hoops, read science fiction, write and watch movies.

HISTORY / HUMANITIES Manifest Destiny - Revisiting the definition of “Ownership” Sessions 1 & 2: Mar 21, 2022 - May, 20, 2022 Manifest Destiny, a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States was destined to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent. The traditional narrative of Manifest Destiny is told from a U.S. Government/White-American male perspective at the expense of other groups of Americans. The U.S. Government/WhiteAmericans are portrayed as a relentless force that swept across the continent. At the same time, the original inhabitants of the land are characterized as passive recipients of U.S. governmental rule. This course challenges the traditional story of Manifest Destiny by showing the three dimensionalities of Native-Americans, Mexican-Americans, African-Americans, and Chinese-Americans. While each group suffered horribly at the hands of the US government and the majority of its inhabitants, they were more than victims. Each group has its own rich narrative, which we will explore in more depth as we revisit the concepts of Manifest Destiny and ownership.

Lead Teacher: Christopher Mee - Another Course To College Teacher Email: cmee@bostonpublicschools.org Grade(s): 9 Skills Learned: Critical Thinking and Historical Analysis, Research

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CHRISTOPHER MEE

About Christopher Mee: Christopher Mee teaches ninth-graders at Another Course To College (ACC) and lives in Hyde Park. He has taught US History and other classes in the Boston Public Schools for 25 years. Chris strives to teach methods of learning and knowing that can be utilized in students’ high school academic courses and the wider world and community. While Chris is too old to beat his 16-year-old son in 1 on 1 basketball, he still dominates his 2-year-old daughter if the hoop is 10 feet high.

HISTORY / HUMANITIES How Things Work and Who Does What – Priming Young Community Change Makers Session 1 & 2: March 21, 2022 - April 14, 2022 This mini-course will help students identify community issues that they care most about by briefly examining various local issues in Boston. During each class, students will take a brief look at different community issues, such as protections for undocumented residents, racial disparities in health outcomes, wealth inequity, housing shortages, public safety needs, criminal justice reform, firearms violence, and regulation, food insecurity, voting rights, racial and ethnic biases, and more. Each issue will be examined through the lens of specific actions that are being taken to improve the issue by local activists, non-profits, elected officials, etc. Students will learn how to identify where the levers of power are located for various issues and how to influence change.

Developing a Civics Action Plan – Become The Change You Want To See in the World Session 1 & 2: April 25, 2022 - May 20, 2022 This mini-unit will use the 10-Question Framework for Young Changemakers (Facing History and Ourselves) and the Leslie Maniotes Guided Inquiry Design. Students will work through the phases of the guided-inquiry process (Open, Immerse, Explore, Identify, Gather, Create, and Share) to identify, research, and develop an action plan for an issue they would like to improve at the local level. Students will: Develop and practice media literacy; Seek and organize information from a broad range of perspectives and multiple sources - including drawing on news and opinion pieces, surveys, interviews, etc. (explore); Formulate a question/focus for inquiry (identify); Conduct targeted inquiry research (gather/ collect); Evaluate sources and synthesize information to develop arguments supporting strategies and action that should be taken in the form of an Action Plan (create); and present their findings(share)!

Lead Teacher: Catherine Arnold, Boston Latin School Teacher Email: carnold@bostonpublicschools.org Grade(s): 8 Skills Learned: Historical Analysis, Critical Thinking, Research

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CATHERINE ARNOLD

Catherine Arnold graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1995 in her mid-30s with a degree in Philosophy and received her teaching certification right afterward from Harvard Divinity School. She has been teaching 8th grade for 20 years and loves it. Her interests include social justice, sustainability, history, politics, animals, and food. Cate is creative and loves to dance. She also enjoys travel and has been to Hiroshima, Auschwitz, and Antarctica. She hopes that she and her students will better understand themselves and the world they live in and continue on their paths as future changemakers.

MATH Movies and Math Session 1: March 21, 2022 - April 14, 2022 Grade(s): 9 Movies and Math is an eight-week course on enhancing mathematical foundation concepts. In this course, students will become teachers! While working in small groups or individually, students will create their own educational video that explains to an average person how they can process that concept and successfully complete a math problem. Over the eight weeks, we will go through a rigorous step-by-step process of critique and feedback to create an informative math video using mathematical language.

Road to Financial Stability Session 2: April 25, 2022 - May 20, 2022 Grade(s): 12 In this 4 week course, students will learn how to make smart financial decisions to promote financial well-being over their lifetime using math concepts. This module will be centered around purchasing a car. Students will learn and discuss how personal finance ties into one of the major purchases they will make as an adult. Through this process, students will learn about loans, ratifications, building credit, and how to ensure their finances are in good standing.

Lead Teacher: Brian McCray, John Quincy Upper School Teacher Email: bmccray@bostonpublicschools.org Skills Learned: Video Creation, Math Concepts

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BRIAN McCRAY

Brian McCray is an 8th/9th-grade math teacher at Josiah Quincy Upper School. He has been teaching for ten years in Newton Public Schools and Boston Public Schools. Brian is a graduate of UMass-Lowell and has a master’s degree from Emmanuel College. He is also a head football coach at Belmont High School during off-hours.

SCIENCE Investigating Forensic Science, Discovering the Unknown Session 1 & 2: March 21, 2022- May 20,2022 Ever wonder how crimes get solved? Is it as glamorous as it looks on CSI? In this course, you can learn how forensic scientists study physical evidence such as bodily substances. Concepts from biology, chemistry, biochemistry, and math are used to investigate and problem-solve in this hands-on course. Foundational skills in the areas of organization, documentation (i.e., writing, sketching), and lab work are helpful. All lab materials are included free of charge and can be quickly distributed to partner schools.

Blood Analysis In the blood analysis unit, scholars will learn about different forensic science methods used to analyze blood evidence. Scholars will engage in 3 hands-on experiments: 1) conduct a presumptive test to determine if a reddish-brown stain is possibly human blood, 2) look for signs of blood using a glow-in-thedark chemical, and 3) determine blood types.

Forensic Toxicology

In the forensic toxicology unit, scholars will learn about drug testing and complete 2 multi-day labs: 1) determine the identity of unknown substances and 2) analyze simulated urine samples to look for the presence of prescription medications and ethanol. Scholars may also explore injustice issues related to drug testing and/or dive deeper into the molecular structures of the chemicals we will study.

Lead Teacher: Raksmey Derival - Innovation Academy Charter School Teacher Email: rderival@innovationcharter.org Grade(s): 9, 10, 11, 12 Skills Learned: Scientific Research, Safety Analysis of Chemicals and Materials

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RAKSMEY (RAKS) DERIVAL

Ms. Derival (she/her) is a second-generation Cambodian woman, daughter of refugee immigrants, and mother of two Cambodian-Haitian sons. She graduated from Suffolk University with a degree in biochemistry and forensic science and worked in forensic toxicology and green chemistry labs before joining Innovation Academy Charter School. Ms. Derival teaches chemistry, green chemistry, forensic science, and science and social justice classes through anti-racist and culturally relevant lenses. She is also passionate about healing the world through kindness and science, creating positive energy in social justice movements, and empowering others to remember that they are always, and in all ways, more extraordinary than they think they are.

SCIENCE When Powers Combine: The Science of Collisions Session 1: March 21, 2022 - April 14, 2022 What happens when objects collide? In this unit, students will predict and observe changes in energy during collisions and analyze data from objects when forces are applied. Students will use mathematical models to analyze and interpret data and determine how changes in the mass and speed of an object affect the amount of kinetic energy that object has. Finally, students will develop and use system models to support explanations for how contact forces cause energy to be transferred from one part of the system to another before, during, and after a collision.

The Circle of Life: Matter Cycling & Photosynthesis Session 2: April 25, 2022 - May 20, 2022 This unit on the cycling of matter and photosynthesis begins with students reflecting on what they ate for breakfast. Students are prompted to consider where their food comes from and consider which breakfast items might be from plants. Students will learn that they can trace all food back to plants, including processed and synthetic food. They obtain and communicate information to explain how matter gets from living things that have died back into the system through the process of decomposition. In essence, students will learn that food is constantly recycled between living and nonliving parts of a system.

Lead Teacher: Darren T. Wells, Washington Irving Middle School Teacher Email: dwells@bostonpublicschools.org Grade(s): 7, 8 Skills Learned: Research, Problem-Solving, Analyzing Data

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DARREN T. WELLS

Mr. Wells has over 30 years of teaching experience and is a proud graduate of Hampton University. He is a nationally awarded educator who provides mentoring and training to new and veteran teachers in the middle school science curriculum for Boston Public Schools and those outside of BPS-affiliated spaces. Mr. Wells has an extraordinary will for his students to achieve/succeed and strives every day to impact their lives positively. He has been involved with several community organizations, including Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts, Black Educators Alliance of Massachusetts, and Network of Educators in Science and Technology. Additionally, he is an avid bike rider and loves fashion!

HEALTH & WELLNESS Wellness is your Right: Intersectional Health and Equity for the 21st Century Session 1 & 2: Mar 21, 2022- May, 20, 2022 Only 8% of Boston Public Schools High School students receive the minimum Health Ed requirements. As a result, students lack an in-depth understanding of important topics such as mental & emotional health, STDs, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, food deserts, racism, systemic trauma, and more. In this module we will explore what living a healthy life means to students and families in our communities. We will create definitions for what wellness means to us, and through that lens address how well our systems are able to provide this basic human right. We will analyze inequalities in access to healthcare, food, mental & emotional support, with a special focus on how this affects POC, women, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ communities. Students will then identify an area of interest and create a policy addressing the inequities in healthcare.

Lead Teacher: Zach English, Mario Umana Academy Teacher Email: zenglish@bostonpublicschools.org Grade(s): 8, 9, 10 Skills Learned: Critical Thinking, Analysis, Discussion

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ZACH ENGLISH

Zach has taught ESL, Spanish, Social Studies, Sex Ed, and Health and Wellness in Spain and Boston. He now teaches Spanish and Health in Wellness at the Mario Umana Academy. He is a graduate of Umass Dartmouth, attended the University of Granada, Spain, and is a Lifeguard/Divemaster for the Red Cross. He has lived all around the world and loves to bring different perspectives into the classroom to motivate students and encourage them to explore new opportunities. He loves to spend his free time traveling, meeting new people, learning new languages, and hiking. He champions nerd culture and meaningful conversations.

ART Leonardo DaVinci, A True Renaissance Man Session 1: March 21, 2022 - April 14, 2022 Who was Leonardo? Leonardo DaVinci was a renaissance man and genius. He was an active painter, draftsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. This class will place Leonardo in context with the world around him. We will learn about his life, looking closely at his notebooks, his most wellknown paintings, and what it is to be a great thinker. As a capstone project, we will create our own art inspired by Leonardo DaVinci.

Street Art as Protest: Basquiat, Fairey, and Banksy Session 2: April 25, 2022 - May 20, 2022 What is the difference between street art and vandalism? How do artists use the street as a canvas to get people thinking about issues such as race, identity, social justice, and power? We will be looking at three artists, starting with Basquiat’s expressionism in 1980, Fairey’s posters of the 1990s (and today), and ending with the activist stenciling of Banksy. As a capstone project, we will design street artwork that speaks to social justice.

Lead Teacher: Stephen Belyea, Cathedral High School Teacher Email: sbelyea@cathedralhighschool.net Grade(s): 10 Skills Learned: Contextual and Formal Analysis, Critical Thinking Skills

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STEPHEN BELYEA

Stephen is a fine arts educator with over 30 years of experience in the classroom. He is currently the lead teacher for the art department at Cathedral High School in Boston. He believes that everyone can be creative and that art is an essential part of life. Art helps make us fully human, tells our story, and gives us all joy. As part of the curriculum he has developed at Cathedral, he brings students into the untold stories of artists from different backgrounds and cultures, showing their shared human connection. He has developed a project-based learning curriculum in the arts that helps students form a real-world application of the arts. Along with his teaching, Stephen is a member of Cathedral’s professional development team dealing with issues of anti-racism and equity.

ENRICHMENT MODULES Offered by a network of over 10 community-based organizations, course offerings cover a vast array of topics, including Mindfulness and College Readiness. Enrichment Modules are designed to be integrated into a teacher’s existing curriculum or offered during homeroom, advisory, or after-school periods. Course schedules for Enrichment Modules are not listed in the course catalog because they will be aligned to the scheduling needs of the Partner Teacher.

ENRICHMENT MODULES So You’re Going to College?! Hosted by: Boston HERC Grade(s): 11 Session length: 60 Minutes, 1x a Week Number of sessions: 4 Skills Learned: Research, Financial Literacy, Communication, Critical Thinking So You’re Going to College aims to prepare students for postsecondary success and serves as a guide through the college application process. This 11th Grade College Readiness course will focus on helping juniors learn about potential career paths, how to research colleges, how to create a college list, and the in’s and out’s of Financial Aid.

Show me the Money: Navigating the Financial Aid Package Hosted by: Boston HERC Grade(s): 12 Session length: 60 Minutes, 1x a Week Number of sessions: 4 Skills Learned: Research, Financial Literacy, Communication, Critical Thinking With the complexity of paying for college, navigating the financial aid process can be challenging and confusing! This 12th Grade Financial Literacy class will focus on helping seniors read and understand their financial aid award letters, research & apply to scholarships, and answer general financial aid questions they have about colleges & financial aid awards. The goal of this course is to make navigating the financial award letter process as easy as possible!

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BOSTON HERC

Boston HERC equips first-generation college students to gain access to higher education, break the cycle of poverty and become agents of change in the community. We partner with Boston Public Schools to help them achieve their college and career goals and to help students navigate the college application process. Our Passport to College Coaches conduct weekly group workshops & 1:1 meetings with students. Coaches also provide an opportunity for students to visit colleges/ universities and to learn from other college and career professionals and guest speakers in the community.

ENRICHMENT MODULES Spotlight On African American Music Hosted by: Connect4Education Grade(s): 10, 11, 12 Session length: 90 minutes, 2 times a week Number of sessions: 16 Skills Learned: Critical thinking, Research Skills Insightful content explores the music and cultural connections of black music throughout history to the present day. Starting from the 1600s to the present, this course illuminates the historical depth and profound impact of black music in the United States and the world. Students will explore multiple genres, both secular and religious, such as plantation songs, folk spirituals, ragtime, blues, jazz, gospel, R&B, freedom songs, hip-hop, and neo-soul. Students will embark upon a journey of discovery providing an accurate history of the pivotal role music has played in shaping the lives of African Americans throughout American history. Come wade through the waters of African American music with places to pause, reflect upon, and gain an understanding of the many voices who have told stories of pain, joy, and perhaps most importantly, an unrelenting hope for the future.

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CONNECT4EDUCATION

Connect4Education Inc. (C4E) is an education technology company serving both academic and professional clients since 2001. C4E offers an extensive catalog of configurable web-based academic courses adopted annually at over 400 educational institutions. C4E enables personalized digital learning experiences powered by a variety of proprietary learning platforms and interactive learning tools.

ENRICHMENT MODULES Journey to Your Authentic Self Hosted by: Bethel Institute for Community Development Grade(s): 9, 10, 11, 12 Session Length: 60 minutes (1 hour) Number of Sessions: 8 Skills Learned: Mindfulness, Growth Mindset, Visioning Leave the world behind, and join us on this journey to discover your authentic self. Join fellow students in this class to learn techniques such as grounding, mindfulness, and other strategies to help you relax and focus on who you really are. Students will learn multiple self-regulation strategies to improve their quality of life. Expressive techniques will get them moving, dancing, drumming, writing/journaling, stretching, rapping, talking, listening – and more! Take time for yourself, and be a healthier you.

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BETHEL INSTITUTE

Creating Space for Yourself is hosted by Bethel Institute for Community Development (BICD). BICD’s mission is to provide academic and socio-emotional support for Greater Boston’s high-risk youth – and their families – using methodology that measurably transforms both their lives as well as the communities in which they live. Since 1992, BICD has been working with under resourced youth by helping them discover their strengths and further develop their innate skills, thereby building a lifetime of hope and success.

ENRICHMENT MODULES Money Talks! Let’s Make it Work for You! Hosted by: Citizens Bank Grade(s): 11, 12 Session Length: 60 minutes (1 hour), 1x time a week. Number of Sessions: 3 Skills Learned: Budgeting & Money Saving Strategies During this financial literacy course, students will learn the core tenets of financial planning, spending and budgeting, and financial markets and investing. This course is perfect for teens who are interested in learning more about personal finance. All of the information learned in this course will be practical and applicable to daily life. Students will ultimately learn how to create a financial plan, how saving and budgeting impacts future goals, and how to invest! Money talks, so let’s make it work for you!

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CITIZENS BANK

Citizens Bank is a financial institution since 1892 that has served our communities with both personal and business banking, insurance, and investment services. Citizens Bank is an institution committed to serving the needs of all communities within many markets.

ENRICHMENT MODULES Youth Entrepreneurship & Design Challenge Hosted by: BUILD.org Grade(s): 6-12 Session Length: 50 minutes, two times a week. Number of Sessions: 10 Skills Learned: Design Thinking, Collaboration, Problem-Solving, Entrepreneurship Nationwide, 41% of students say they want to be entrepreneurs and over half believe they will invent something that will change the world to make it a better place. In this fun interactive course, students take the driver’s seat to tackle real issues in their community and develop products, services, and campaigns to address those issues. Through this interactive project-based course, students will create youth-driven solutions to this year’s Challenge Question: How might we build powerful thriving communities where everyone enjoys safety, wellness, and economic freedom? Students will: • Discover how to use the 5-step process for Human-Centered Design -- Emphasize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test • Connect with a real entrepreneur in the community • Engage in an immersive 3D experience • Develop 21st Century Skills - communication, collaboration, problem-solving, Innovation, grit, and selfmanagement • Develop a greater sense of ownership and agency over their learning and goals The course ends with students pitching their solutions to community judges. Winning teams can apply for up to $250 in seed funding to bring their solutions to life. Join us, and let’s BUILD!

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BUILD.org

The Youth Entrepreneurship & Design Challenge is hosted by BUILD to empower youth nationwide and give them a sense of self-agency as they strive to achieve their goals. BUILD’s mission is to ignite the power of youth in under-resourced communities to build Career success, Entrepreneurial mindsets, and Opportunity. We help students become the CEO of their own lives.

BUILD'S YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP & DESIGN CHALLENGE Made by teachers, for teachers.

ENRICHMENT MODULES Finding Your Onramp to a STEM Career Pathway Hosted by: Sociedad Latina Grade(s): 7, 8 Session Length: 60 minutes (1 hour), once a week. Number of Sessions: 8 Skills Learned: Data Visualization, STEM Skills, Exploratory Skills Ever wonder which career you would like to pursue in the near future? Finding Your Onramp to a STEM Career Pathway Using Network Science introduces middle school students to the world of Network Science and the tremendous range of future career opportunities that become available as youth develop Network Science skills. The sessions combine engaging STEM learning with My Career and Academic Plan activities to showcase how their new emerging STEM skills transfer to a wide range of exciting careers.

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SOCIEDAD LATINA

Finding Your Onramp to a Stem Career Pathway is hosted by Sociedad Latina in Collaboration with Boston University. The goal of this module is to increase career exploration opportunities for middle school students while engaging in STEM. Sociedad Latina’s mission is to create the next generation of Latino leaders who are confident, competent, selfsustaining, and proud of their cultural heritage. Since 1968, Sociedad Latina has been working in partnership with Latino youth and families to end the cycle of poverty, unequal access to health services, and lack of educational and professional opportunities in our community.

ENRICHMENT MODULES Building & Strengthening Relationships through Games! Hosted by: Hale Grade(s): 6-12 Session length: 60 Minutes, 1x a Week Number of sessions: 4 Skills Learned: Self-reflection, Goal Setting, Communication During this class students will investigate various methods of self-reflection, goal setting, and ways of communicating their needs, ideas, and desired outcomes. They will discover a sense of self-worth through deeper conversations and reflection while participating in a shared experience of play and adventure. As students participate in several team-building activities they will develop closeness, trust, cooperation, and team spirit!

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HALE

Hale offers educational and recreational opportunities that develop self-confidence, inspire passion for learning, and encourage appreciation for the natural environment. They reimagine learning by guiding schools and students through experiential, interdisciplinary, community-based opportunities that empower and inspire a passion for learning and transform the education system.

ENRICHMENT MODULES Storytelling with Data Hosted by: Northeastern University Grades: 9-12 Session length: 90 minutes Number of sessions: 27 (3 times a week) Skills Learned: Data Literacy, Data Visualization, Communication In this 9-week experience, students are offered a paid opportunity to become data analysts. During this course, students will learn the basics of data literacy, data storytelling, and the fundamentals of statistics with ample support from Northeastern University staff. Students will learn about the skills needed to embrace a career in Data Analytics, and Tableau will be used to create visualizations and tell the stories behind the data. Upon successful completion of the course, students will receive a small stipend.

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NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

This course will be offered through The Analytics & Enterprise Intelligence Domain at the College of Professional Studies at Northeastern University. Northeastern University offers both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Data Analytics. Through a diversity and inclusion grant, Northeastern has developed a 40-hour curriculum for BPS students interested in data analytics. CPS Graduate School of Education is excited to partner with Campus Without Walls to increase student knowledge of data science.

ADDITIONAL TEACHER RESOURCES

ADDITIONAL TEACHER RESOURCES Career Connection Conversations Hosted by: Citizen Schools Grade(s): 7, 8 Session Length: 60 minutes (1 hour) Number of sessions: 5 Skills Learned: Career Exploration, Self Discovery, Research In these interactive learning videos, students will hear from Black and Latinx professionals in STEM, Finance, and Civic Engagement as they share their career journeys and expertise. Teachers may embed these videos into existing units or build an entire project around the engaging content.

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CITIZEN SCHOOLS

Career Connections Conversations are presented as part of Citizen Schools’ work bringing diverse career mentors into middle school classrooms in partnership with science teachers to create experiential learning opportunities in their classrooms.

ADDITIONAL TEACHER RESOURCES We Are Connected: Introduction to Network Science Hosted by: Boston University Center for Future Readiness Grades: 6, 7. 8 Session length: 1-2 Hours Number of sessions: 4-8 Demo Videos Skills Learned: Real-life applications of science, Increasing interest in STEM educational opportunities This course provides demo videos to assist educators in implementing interactive network science lessons targeting middle school youth. Each video focuses on different science concepts that connect students’ understanding with network science and real-life applications. In the Bucket Drumming lesson, for instance, students create their own instruments using recycled buckets and boom whackers. The instructor plays the ‘central beat’ while the students respond with their unique beats, creating rich harmonies. Students learn how different sounds interact, developing a deeper understanding of how a network is created and its application to our everyday lives.

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BU CENTER FOR FUTURE READINESS

The BU Center for Future Readiness focuses on generating and translating career and workforce development research into practice and policy. The Center collaborates with education systems and youthserving organizations that are interested in designing and implementing developmentally-appropriate and culturally-responsive career and workforce development programs and services.

Bring Back the Joy of Teaching You're a great teacher, share your talent!

THE OPPORTUNITY: Campus Without Walls {CWW) is an educational initiative that leverages the power of public schools and technology to promote greater equity, access, opportunity, and liberation for all. This open-access allows students to learn from educators skilled at providing student centered, project-based experiential learning using a culturally responsive, anti-racist decolonized curriculum. The goal is for all students to gain greater access and take full advantage of a range of learning opportunities that prepare them to thrive in a rapidly changing digital world during COVID and beyond.

HOW DOES IT WORK? Selected Lead Teachers identify an exciting unit in their curriculum or their program model and open their classrooms to teachers throughout Massachusetts. Teachers and students throughout the state participate synchronously in the Lead Teacher's class. Powered through Outschool's virtual learning platform, students are now learning on a Campus Without Walls!

BENEFITS: As a Lead Teacher, you will be part of a learning community that works together to challenge the current narrative of our students. Leading with culturally responsive instruction and setting a high bar for rigor, you will promote the power of liberated learning.

LEAD TEACHER STIPEND $5,000

APPLY FOR FALL 2022! (Applications Accepted & Reviewed on a Rolling Basis)

DISCOVER MORE AT www.openopportunityma.org/campuswithoutwalls

CWW Spring 2022 Course Catalog

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