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Vertical Alignment of School-Wide Advisory Curriculum

Interdisciplinary, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, 2018, High School

East Palo Alto Academy, East Palo Alto The goal of these five high school teachers is to strengthen their school’s Advisory program. They want to equip Team Members (grade-level Advisory leads) with deeper understanding of how a vertically aligned Advisory...

Project Based Learning to Improve Equity in Learning

Interdisciplinary, Alameda County, 2018, Middle School

Roots International Academy, Oakland Five middle school teachers endeavor to learn the skills for, gain exposure to, and create a sustainable culture for project-based learning at their school. In the first year of their inquiry, they will apply skills from the Buck...

Improving Personalized Learning: School-Wide, 4-8

Interdisciplinary, San Francisco, 2018, Elementary School, Middle School

De Marillac Academy, San Francisco The team of elementary and middle school educators aims to 1) create a cohort of faculty leaders to design and implement a personalized learning program to meet the needs of individual students, and 2) expand personalized learning to...

Cycle of Inquiry Committee Looking Closely

Interdisciplinary, Alameda County, 2018, Middle School, High School

Encinal Junior and Senior High School, Alameda This team of six middle and high school teachers will systematically consider their students’ learning, with a structure of collegial discussion focused on data. As teachers, classroom time occurs rapidly with little time...

Assistive Technology Team

Interdisciplinary, 2017, San Francisco, Elementary School, Funded Projects

Alvarado Elementary, San Francisco The five-member special education team will attend the 2018 Assistive Technology Industry Association (AITA) Orlando Conference. The team will learn how to best utilize assistive technology to help students with a range of...

Building Teacher Leadership Capacity

Interdisciplinary, 2017, Santa Clara County, High School, Funded Projects

Mountain View High School, Mountain View An instructional support coach and five course team leaders from each of the core academic departments (history, English, math, world language) will receive on-site Professional Learning Community leadership training from...
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2018

  • Vertical Alignment of School-Wide Advisory Curriculum
  • Upper Grade Writing Development
  • Si Se Puede: (Re)Building Community Through Teacher Development
  • Revolutionizing How Students Engage With Climate Change Education
  • Project Based Learning to Improve Equity in Learning
  • Project Based Learning to Develop Language Skills
  • Learning to be Glad
  • Leadership with Passion
  • Improving Personalized Learning: School-Wide, 4-8
  • Cycle of Inquiry Committee Looking Closely
  • Teacher Learning Lab

2017

  • STEAM Team
  • Assistive Technology Team
  • Building Teacher Leadership Capacity
  • AP Success & Equity Project
  • Mathematics and Industry Curriculum Redesign
  • Making ELD Hands-On for New Speakers of English
  • Developing Readers & Leaders in our School Community
  • Bringing World Languages Alive in Davis Joint Unified
  • Spanish Teacher Professional Learning Community
  • Be GLAD
  • Orchestra Teacher Professional Development

2016

  • Transformational Teacher Mentoring
  • Project Based Learning with a Maker Mindset
  • Algeomulus Prep Academy
  • Interdisciplinary Real World Challenges
  • Teaching Garden
  • Improving Mathematical Literacy: School Wide, TK – 12
  • Building NGSS Knowledge and STEM Education
  • Reader’s Workshop
  • Culture of Mindfulness
  • “¡Adelante Juntos!” Developing a Dual Immersion Model in a Blended Program
  • Taking Flight

2015

  • Reading Lab Sites
  • Spanish for Native Speakers Professional Learning Community
  • Peer Coaching: Using Video in Collaborative Inquiry Groups
  • Inquiry into ELD
  • STEM Writing Project
  • Blended Practices to Achieve a Project-Based Learning Culture
  • Deepening Student Engagement: School Wide, K-12
  • Bringing AVID Back
  • World Language (Japanese)

2014

  • A Summer Prep Course for AP Students
  • A Common Core Professional Learning Community
  • Peer Coaching to Augment Literacy Content Instruction
  • A New Computer Science Principles Course
  • A School-Wide Approach to Teaching Writing
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