Training teachers around the world.
Phillips Exeter Academy features a total of 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 provide teachers with 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.
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
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.
Biology Institute at Exeter
A lab-based experience for educators to explore content and phenomena-based instruction with classroom work and field trips.
Writers’ Workshop at Exeter
Develop your writing on the campus that inspired John Irving, Roxane Gay, Paul Yoon and others.
Exeter Diversity Leadership Institute
Acquire new methods for leading DEIB efforts, and for guiding lasting change in schools.
Environmental Literature Institute at Exeter
Develop courses, refine the environmental curriculum and enjoy field sessions in this intensive interdisciplinary course. The ELI Conference is not offered in 2025.
Exeter Astronomy Education Conference
Collaborate with astronomy teachers from across the U.S. in this biannual conference. The Astronomy Conference is not offered in 2025.
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.
