Orchestra Teacher Professional Development
The team of five middle and high school music teachers will organize and take part in a twice-monthly Orchestral Methods class.
Transformational Teacher Mentoring
The team of five high school teachers and one middle school teacher at four schools across the Bay Area are part of the Trellis Mentor Fellowship, through which they have all made a five-year commitment to mentoring new teachers.
Spanish for Native Speakers Professional Learning Community
The team of six Spanish language teachers currently teaches Spanish heritage speakers without the support of textbooks, networks or pedagogical training aligned with their student populations.
World Language (Japanese)
The team of four Bay Area Japanese teachers seeks to invest in more productive networking circles to overcome the limitations of the typically small, “one-man-program” Japanese language departments in their schools.
Peer Coaching to Augment Literacy Content Instruction
The team of six teachers is using the LIGHT Awards grant to learn skills in collaboration and coaching.