City Neighbors Communities of Practice

Join powerful, like-minded educators who are committed to great child-centered teaching practice.  Learn, share, push, and grow in a City Neighbors Community of Practice.

We will offer three Communities of Practice for a group of 12-15 participants who will meet monthly over six months to dive collectively into a common topic of learning. 

We are excited to offer three opportunities this year:

Encouraging Curiosity: Inquiry in a Play-based Learning Classroom for preK-5 Educators

This Community of Practice centers on developing instructional practices that encourage curiosity and problem solving through play. The Curious Classroom, by Harvey Smokey Daniels, will serve as an anchor text and all participants will receive a free copy. (Platform: Virtual/Hybrid)

Centering Excluded Perspectives in Curriculum for Middle and High School Educators

This Community of Practice is designed to create a dedicated collaborative space where educators can support one another in our mission to center historically excluded perspectives in our humanities curricula.  Members will leave this community with an improved and more diverse curriculum, as well as a protocol that they can apply to their teaching. (Platform: Virtual)

Beyond the Prompt: Teaching and Learning with Gen-AI

This Community of Practice will meet regularly over six months to explore how AI is reshaping our teaching, student learning, and school culture. Together, we’ll surface hidden practices, test new ideas, co-create ethical guidelines, and plan on supporting students in using AI to think more deeply and communicate more clearly. Whether you want to build a custom GPT, write better student feedback, mentor peers, or create a new classroom norm, this CoP is where your work can grow, be supported, and be shared. Come shape what’s next. (Platform: Virtual/Hybrid)

Apply for a Community of Practice here by October 3, 2025

  • Communities of Practice will be facilitated by a City Neighbors Educator, but the content, focus, and sharing will be guided by the participants.   

  • Each Community of Practice will take place monthly for 90 minutes.     

  • Meetings will take place in person, virtually or hybrid.   The community of practice may collaboratively elect to change platforms, venues, or the virtual/in-person form of the meetings. 

  • Participation in the Community of Practice is FREE, sponsored by City Neighbors Foundation. 

  • Questions? Contact Gwendolyn Unoko.