Teacher Cohorts

The founding Teaching Fellows cohort joined IPaSS in the 2020/2021 school year. These highly experienced physics teachers represent schools from across Central and Northern Illinois, including the Chicago Metropolitan Area. In this first cohort, each Fellow teaches a section of AP Physics C, so the group has focused its efforts on the redesign of this course. All of these teachers also teach other levels of physics and are interested in expanding the scope of their work in the program to include revisions of these courses.

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The IPaSS community was joined by 8 new Teaching Fellows for the 2021/2022 school year. This exceptionally talented and dedicated cohort of teachers teach a range of levels of physics, from conceptual to AP, and teach at high schools across the State of Illinois. This cohort includes more AP Physics 1 teachers who are attempting to adapt to teaching the course following the College Board's curriculum revision. This cohort also includes a number of out-of-field teachers who are dedicated to developing reformed physics courses for their schools under the challenging circumstance of teaching many other preps.

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The IPaSS community was joined by 8 new Teaching Fellows for the 2022/2023 school year. This exceptionally talented and dedicated cohort of teachers teach a range of levels of physics, from conceptual to AP Physics C, and teach at high schools across the State of Illinois.

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The IPaSS community was joined by 23 new Teaching Fellows for the 2023/2024 school year. This new group of passionate physics educators came eager to share their practice with the community. Each Fellow brings a new and exciting energy to this program.

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The IPaSS community was joined by 9 new Teaching Fellows for the 2024/2025 school year. This new group of passionate physics educators came eager to share their practice with the community. Each Fellow brings a new and exciting energy to this program.

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The IPaSS community was joined by 11 new Teaching Fellows for the 2025/2026 school year. This new group of passionate physics educators came eager to share their practice with the community. Each Fellow brings a new and exciting energy to this program.

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