BPS Innovation is excited to announce the next chapter of the BPS Innovation Incubator! In collaboration with School Retool, a professional learning fellowship from IDEO and the Stanford d. school, the BPS Innovation Incubator will help teams (school leaders + educators) redesign school culture using small-scale experiments.

There will be two winter cohorts available to teams throughout BPS, and this work will build off of the great work started in the first BPS School Retool cohort this fall.

We are seeking teams of leaders, innovators, creators, and designers who want to change the status quo of public education, are passionate about access to Deeper Learning for all students, are willing and ready to try out a new, immersive learning experience, and are committed to fully participating in the work of the fellowship.

The BPS Innovation Incubator is facilitated by School Retool and funded by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation.

Teams of 3 must include: the school principal or headmaster and two lead teachers.

Teams must submit applications to the fellowship, committing to engagement in:
- 4 full-day School Retool workshops on the designated dates with the cohort of their choice:
        - COHORT 2
          Workshop 1. Tuesday, January 15, 2019
          Workshop 2. Tuesday, February 5, 2019
          Workshop 3. Tuesday, March 12, 2019
          Workshop 4. Thursday, April 4, 2019
          Make up date. Thursday, May 9, 2019

       - COHORT 3
          Workshop 1. Wednesday, January 16, 2019
          Workshop 2. Wednesday, February 6, 2019
          Workshop 3. Wednesday, March 13, 2019
          Workshop 4. Friday, April 5, 2019
          Make up date. Friday, May 10, 2019
- 1 full-day to shadow a student in your school between workshop 1 and 2
- Approximately 1-4 hours per week of other School Retool activities, hacks, and coaching between workshops

If you would like to draft your team's answers to the questions before including them in your application, you can make a copy of this Google Doc to do so. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_B3pHZQl8Mk7r7r-rxXfqG5YSOeJUOAyZBjT7HVCBGc/copy

Applications are due by Friday, November 23, 2018 and are reviewed on a rolling basis, so if you're interested, apply as soon as possible.

If you have any questions, email kgoff@bostonpublicschools.org or schoolretool@dschool.stanford.edu.