Adam Kinory, an English as a second language teacher at School of the Future in Gramercy Park, always thought teachers could facilitate their own professional development if only they had a little paid time and a good book to guide them. Four years ago, that vision became a reality. Teachers from multiple subjects at the grade 6-12 school meet most Friday afternoons after the final bell. They review their students’ work together and discuss strategies for making it better, using “Collaborative Analysis of Student Work,” by Georgea Langer, Amy Bernstein Colton and Loretta Goff. A foundation grant pays teachers for their time at a per-session rate. The discussions were scary at first, teachers said, but they persevered. “We were all explicit about the fact that we were here to grow,” Kinory told UFT President Michael Mulgrew, who visited a session on June 6. “None of us brings our students’ best work. We bring the C’s and D’s and say, ‘OK, how do we help that kid?’” Mulgrew praised their efforts and said the new contract will encourage this work. “This is where we have to go as a profession,” he said.