The Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools

Metro Learning Communities

Metro Learning Communities

Welcome to the Metro Learning Communities website!

Metro Learning Communities offers professional development opportunities for educators to promote facilitative leadership skills, collaborative learning spaces, data-smart schooling and early career teacher mentoring to improve instructional practices and increase equitable outcomes for all students. 

For additional information, contact us at metro.learning.communities@nyu.edu

Marlene Roy, Project Director

Metro Learning Communities Programs

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MLC's Facilitative Leadership Seminar

MLC's Facilitative Learning Seminar shares skills, tools and protocols to enhance participant's ability to facilitate meetings of all kinds: grade-level meetings, study groups, data analysis meetings, and more.

Who We Work With

Participants

  • Pre-K-12 teachers
  • Paraprofessionals
  • School leaders
  • District/Network staff
  • Parents

Partners

  • NYU Partnership Schools
  • New Visions for Public Schools
  • New York City Department of Education
  • The Center for Educational Innovation (CEI)
  • The School Reform Initiative (SRI)

Recent Professional Learning Opportunities

  • Facilitative Leadership Seminar
  • Fostering Equitable Practices and Culturally Responsive Curriculum
  • Supporting Students in Challenging Times
  • Early Career Teacher Institute 
  • Workshops for Classroom Paraprofessionals
  • Customized School Based Coaching and Training

Contact us, or see News and Events for more details.

The Team

Marlene Roy

Project Lead, Metro Learning Communities

Joseph P. McDonald

Joseph McDonald

Professor Emeritus, Teaching and Learning

MLC trainers and coaches are highly experienced facilitators including:

  • Pre-K-12 educators
  • School Administrators
  • Professors
  • Reform Leaders

Since inception, MLC has worked with more than 3,000 educators primarily from New York Tri-State area, impacting more than 30,000 students.

Contact Us

Address

Metro Learning Communities
726 Broadway, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003

Email

metro.learning.communities@nyu.edu