Flushing International HS teacher Jordan Wolf (right) embeds English vocabulary in a lesson on plant structure for students while Chapter Leader Schweta Ratra looks on.

At a PROSE planning meeting on Sept. 22, 2014, UFT President Michael Mulgrew (center) shows off a T-shirt bearing the new PROSE logo to Chancellor Carmen Fariña and Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris.

At a press conference announcing the first group of PROSE schools at Community Health Academy of the Heights in Manhattan on July 7, 2014 are (from left to right): District 6 representative Mayra Cruz, Marianna Rodriguez, a parent and the co-president of the PTA; Debbie Mendez, a parent and the co-president of the PTA; Rob Karp, the chapter leader; Anthony deJesus, a 9th-grade special education teacher; Traycee Morris, the director of the Teacher Center on site and a mentor; and Aaron Axelson, an 11th-grade ELA teacher.

At a PROSE planning meeting on Sept. 22, 2014, teacher Sue-Ann Rosch (left) from the Community School for Social Justice in the Bronx spoke with colleagues Alex White (center) and Sharine Rowe from the Gotham Professional Arts Academy in Brooklyn.

Harvest Collegiate HS in Manhattan includes an open workspace for teachers and students called Harvest Central.

At Harvest Collegiate HS in Manhattan, English teacher Zoe Roben prepares for ethics and literature class.

At Harvest Collegiate HS in Manhattan, PE teacher John Tannuzzo gives a thumbs up to the school's gym.

Students at Flushing International HS get some pointers during a math lesson with teacher Maria Eloisa Villanueva.

“Writing across the curriculum is our school’s instructional focus,” says 6th-grade math teacher Takitha Lindsey.

ELA teacher Sharon Paradis is a fluent Spanish speaker and can work with English language learners on math.

At the PROSE Mid-Year Symposium on Feb. 6 are Principal Frederick Tudda, UFT chairperson Noemi Medina and PROSE chairperson Erica Maswary from of PS 188 in Brooklyn.

At the PROSE Mid-Year Symposium on Feb. 6 are (from left) Melissa Gibeson, a teacher at the Bronx Lab School, Nilda Dontaine, a teacher and chapter leader at the Bronx Lab School; Sarah Marcy, the principal of the Bronx Lab School and Meghan Harkins, a teacher team leader.

UFT staffer Jose Vargas (right) introduces PROSE school representatives (from left) John McCrann, the chapter leader at Harvest Collegiate HS in Manhattan; Anna Staab, a teacher at Highbridge Green School in the Bronx; and Tara Mayernick, the chapter leader at Kappa International HS in the Bronx.

In her role as a master teacher at Middle College HS in Long Island City, Romia Reid brainstorms with her colleagues to help consider effective strategies.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew, backed by Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina and Mayor Bill de Blasio, speaks at the press conference announcing new PROSE schools for the 2015–16 school year.

Math teachers at Lyons Community School in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, discuss ways to help their students during an after-school meeting.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew addresses the staff at Goldie Maple Academy in Far Rockaway, Queens, about their unique reconfiguration of the workday.

School teams interested in innovation get some answers from members from PROSE schools.