This is an overview of the time commitment of FUSE activities for teachers entering their first year of Fellowship for the 2025-2026 school year:
Summer Commitments
Online module, to be completed independently between 6/13-6/23: 90 minutes
Summer Professional Learning Institute, between 6/24 and 7/24: Fellows choose 1 day
In-person options:
7/8 at Alief ISD (8:30-4:30)
7/10 at Cleveland ISD (8:30-4:30)
Virtual options:
6/18 Live session (8:30-4:30)
Asynchronous, available starting 6/19
Library of Practice modules (All Fellows Complete after joining either in-person or virtual options above):
Complete modules asynchronously: 4 modules, 90 minutes each
Virtual kick-off meeting before the first day of instruction, multiple scheduling options: 45 minutes
School year commitments
Teachers are assigned to one of two groups (Blue or Gold) during the school year for Professional Learning Institutes and Virtual Coaching sessions. Teachers will learn their group assignment in mid-June 2025. All sessions are virtual and available either synchronously or asynchronously.
2 Professional Learning Institutes (requires classroom coverage if attending synchronously)
Fall PLI (8:30 am - 4:00 pm Central Standard Time)
Blue Year 1 Group October 22nd, 2025
Gold Year 1 Group October 29th, 2025
Spring PLI (8:30 am - 4:00 pm Central Standard Time)
Blue Year 1 Group February 4th, 2026
Gold Year 1 Group February 11th, 2026
4 virtual coaching sessions (September, November, January, and April), with multiple scheduling options outside the school day: 4 sessions, 60 minutes each