Training teachers around the world.
Phillips Exeter Academy features nine professional development institutes that attract teachers from a broad spectrum of schools, including private, parochial and public schools in the U.S. and abroad. Programs offer teachers the opportunity to fully engage with Exeter’s established Harkness approach to teaching and learning.
The Exeter for Educators conferences provide teachers with a five-day, intensive workshop that focuses on a variety of subjects, including math, science, technology, writing, environmental literature, humanities and diversity. These conferences provide educators 40 clock hours toward professional development and are primarily hosted on Exeter’s campus each summer.
Registration for the Exeter for Educators conferences opens on November 15, 2025.
The Exeter Mathematics Institute brings Harkness instruction and our custom-developed, continuously evolving math materials into schools around the U.S. and Europe. Workshops are taught by PEA math instructors and based on the problem-based materials we use in classes at Exeter.
Exeter for Educators Summer Conferences – June 21-26, 2026
Anja S. Greer Conference on Mathematics and Technology
30 courses to choose from during this weeklong intensive experience.
Exeter Humanities Institute
Explore Harkness, our student-centered, discussion-based teaching method, and learn how you can adapt it to your classroom.
Exeter Humanities Institute – West
A second iteration of the Exeter Humanities Institute, held in La Jolla, California. Explore Harkness with Exeter’s experienced instructors, and learn how to adapt our student-centered teaching approach to your classroom.
Exeter Astronomy Education Conference
Collaborate with astronomy teachers from across the U.S. in this biannual conference.
Writers’ Workshop at Exeter
Develop your writing on the campus that inspired John Irving, Roxane Gay, Paul Yoon and others.
Teaching in the Age of AI
Strengthen your own AI literacy while gaining strategies to help students build the skills they need to use AI thoughtfully and responsibly.
Biology Institute at Exeter
A lab-based experience for educators to explore content and phenomena-based instruction with classroom work and field trips. This biannual conference and will run again in 2027.
Exeter Diversity Leadership Institute
Acquire new methods for leading DEIB efforts, and for guiding lasting change in schools.
Summer Conferences General Information
Learn more about the cost, payment methods, and lodging for the New Hampshire Summer Conferences.
Exeter Mathematics Institute
Exeter faculty brings a hands-on professional development program to middle and secondary school mathematics teachers across the country.
