Teachers Institute of Philadelphia
Philadelphia Team at the Intensive Session, July 2011. (Left to right: National Fellow Troy Holiday; Alan J. Lee, Director, Teachers Institute of Philadelphia; National Fellow Patricia Mitchell-Keita-Doe; Rogers M. Smith, Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania; National Fellow Stacia D. Parker; Herman Beavers, Associate Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania; and National Fellow Deborah Smithey.)
In the sixth largest city in the United States, the Teachers Institute of Philadelphia brings the resources of the University of Pennsylvania to a school district where 284 schools serve 163,000 students, of whom 80 percent are either African American or Hispanic – and the same percentage are eligible for free school meals. The Institute was admitted to the League of Teachers Institutes in 2007. The target audience is 20-25 schools adjacent to the University, with more than 18,000 students and 1,200 teachers. Successful completion of a seminar earns 30 Act 48 credits.
The founding director of the Institute is Alan J. Lee.
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