Interdisciplinary, San Mateo County, 2025, Elementary School, Funded Projects
Our school aims to grow a generation of students from all backgrounds with a foundation in Mandarin Chinese language, literacy and knowledge of Chinese culture, which affords them to be multilingual global stewards . Establishing a global professional learning community (PLC) with those who share our vision and goals toward a student centered, social and environmental justice 21st Century Transdisciplinary Mandarin Dual Language Immersion (DLI) Curriculum will support our aim. The Light Award will be instrumental in cultivating a continuous, collaborative, cross cultural, cross linguistic learning community while also developing our leadership skills.
2024, San Mateo County, STE(A)M, High School, Funded Projects
As SMHS science classes grow more diverse, our dedicated team aims to challenge and support all students, including language learners in college prep. Our goal is fostering a love for science and ensuring success for everyone.
2023, San Mateo County, Interdisciplinary, High School, Funded Projects
We are a team of interdisciplinary teachers committed to the equitable and engaging education of newcomer English learners. We seek to leverage our expertise as we create and implement Project Based Learning (PBL) units specifically designed for our students.
2021, Social & Emotional Learning, San Mateo County, Elementary School, Middle School, Funded Projects
This team of reading teachers has been teaching in East Palo Alto for 7-20 years, and they want to become conversationally fluent in Spanish. Team members will each complete an intensive program of online Spanish tutoring through Verbalicity and attend trainings by the Center for Applied Linguistics to connect their language lessons to their teaching.
Social & Emotional Learning, 2020, Santa Clara County, San Mateo County, Alameda County, High School, Funded Projects
This team from across the Bay Area will launch a professional learning community focused on learning and growing in the area of Ethnic Studies.
2019, Santa Clara County, San Mateo County, San Francisco, Reading/Writing, Elementary School, Funded Projects
This team of six teachers at 5 different school sites across the Bay Area aims to deepen teacher knowledge of digital literacy and adult learning while supporting each other in adapting instruction to support 21st century learning.
