Alice ’23Workshop student
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The Workshop
The Workshop is an immersive, interdisciplinary program for spring-term seniors.
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9th-Grade Transitions Committee
The 9th-grade transitions committee was formed to create a set of competencies across Andover's 9th-grade curriculum.
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the ethi{CS} project
The ethi{CS} project helps computer science and other technical educators incorporate ethical thinking meaningfully into their coding and other classroom projects.
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Feedback First
Feedback First is an approach used in Andover’s math department that places more emphasis on the learning process than on grades—utilizing feedback, self-assessment, and reflection.
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Residential Curriculum for the All-Gender Dorm
The goal of this project is to develop a residential curriculum for the All-Gender Dorm so that residents have the comfort and capacity to identify, discuss, and act on intersectional dynamics.
The Tang Institute funds and supports Andover faculty fellowships. During this concentrated time, instructors explore and engage with central questions in education today.
Tang Fellows
Our work with Andover faculty is guided by the belief that teaching benefits from active collaboration, purposeful inquiry, innovation and experimentation, and thoughtful assessment.
María Martínez
Instructor in Spanish
María Martínez
Instructor in Spanish
Dr. María Martínez, a passionate educator from Mexico, joined Phillips Academy in 2018 after teaching in various colleges across New England. With a vibrant teaching style and deep knowledge of Spanish and Latin American literatures and cultures, she swiftly became an integral part of our academic community. In the 2022-23 academic year, Martínez led the "Climate Breakfast Club" project, focusing on enhancing inclusivity in environmental education. Her belief that students thrive when actively engaged in syllabus creation underscores her commitment to student-centered education. Driven by this ethos, her contributions at Phillips Academy reflect a dedicated effort to foster an inclusive, collaborative, and engaging learning environment.
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Lionel Amanfu
Instructor in Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
Lionel Amanfu
Instructor in Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
Lionel Amanfu has worked in the math department at Phillips Academy since 2014. In 2022, he began his Tang Fellowship, helping to advance the Feedback First project.
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Heidi Wall
Instructor in Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
Heidi Wall
Instructor in Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
Heidi Wall began working at Phillips Academy in 2014, first as a instructor and then as the assistant department chair. In 2018, Wall became a Tang Fellow and launched her project, Promoting Mastery through Portfolio Assessment, which later became Andover's Feedback First approach to teaching math. She loves all puzzles—jigsaw, crossword, tangrams, and anything that involves piecing things together (like math!). The poke bowl is her favorite Paresky meal.
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In the Workshop, I learned how to find more intrinsic motivation and how to explicitly ask for feedback.
Collaborators
Partnership is a central part of the our work. Embedded into the fabric of the Institute through the foundational support of Jay Precourt ’55, the Institute engages with fellow high schools, researchers in higher education, and educational nonprofits.
Experiments in education are a delicate balance of wandering, exploring, and organized chaos...
Frank ’22The Workshop
