Margaret Metzger was a teacher at BHS for over 40 years, and not only taught high school students but advised and mentored many teachers. She believed that writing about the craft of teaching was an important part of the process and experience of teaching.
If you have an interest in writing about teaching, we strongly encourage you to apply for a Metzger Fellowship.
The 2023 Fellows have been selected – congratulations to Hannah Bjornson, Tim Hintz, Brendan McCarthy, Julia Mangan, Jeanette Sergeant, and Peter Sedlak! Please visit the Metzger Event page this fall to learn more about the 2023 “Tales From The Classroom” event.
Applications for 2024 will be available early this fall. Please note that you must have been working in the Public Schools of Brookline for at least three years to be considered for this fellowship, and you must commit to working each morning with the group during the week in July when their meetings occur.
For more information email us, email John Andrews, or call us at (617) 232-3846.
The Margaret Metzger Fellowship grants Brookline educators the opportunity to reflect on their life as educators and write an essay about those experiences. John Andrews, Brookline High School English teacher and chair of the English Department, will lead and support the six Metzger Fellows selected by the Metzger Committee. The group of Fellows work together and separately in a workshop format giving and receiving peer input. There is a wonderful culminating event in the Fall at which the essays are read by the authors.
The stipend for this project will be $1000 for each participant. Applicants should be employees of the Public Schools of Brookline who work in classrooms (including classroom teachers, paraprofessionals, specialists, administrators who also teach, etc.) and planning to return to PSBMA in the Fall. New and veteran teachers are encouraged to apply. Margaret Metzger believed strongly in encouraging all teachers, novice to expert, to reflect and share their work.
2022 Metzger Fellows
Congratulations to:
Ayala Galton Bassett, Xiaoxue Cao, Jon Weinberger, Michael Lewis, and Marcie Miller.
The Fellows gathered this summer, under the guidance of BHS English teacher (and past fellow) Zac Broken Rope, to work on their essays. They presented their essays on October 14th at the Lincoln School – you can click here to watch a video of this inspiring event!