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#BestSchoolDay for Students and Teachers in San Joaquin County

#BestSchoolDay for Students and Teachers in San Joaquin County

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 #BestSchoolDay Across the USA We are excited to share news of a recent effort by a partner in championing teachers. In an “act of mass philanthropy” called #BestSchoolDay, DonorsChoose.org has coordinated a flash-funding of teacher projects in cities and counties...

In the Driver’s Seat: PacTIN Survey Highlights Benefits of New Models for Teacher Professional Development

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The Pacific Coast Teacher Innovation Network (PacTIN), housed at the UC Davis School of Education, was an early inspiration for the LIGHT Awards. Like the LIGHT Awards, PacTIN supported small teams of California teachers to implement professional development adapted...

Teachers Know Best: Gates Foundation Findings Highlight Importance of LIGHT Awards Strategy

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“Teachers who choose most or all of their own professional development opportunities are more than twice as satisfied with professional development as teachers with fewer options.” In 2014, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation contracted with the Boston...

2021

  • Igniting Educator Passion Through Service-Learning
  • School of Environmental Leadership: Community Engagement – Climate Equity
  • PBL Pilot: Empowering Oakland
  • Outdoor Learning Labs
  • Operation RISE Above
  • Know Better, Do Better – The Science of Reading
  • Investigating Illuminated Inequities as an Opportunity to Transform
  • Improving Instruction and Engagement through Spanish Professional Development
  • Indigenous Voices in the Music Classroom
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with Youth Outside
  • Educators Designing History Curriculum Through a Global Lens

2020

  • Social Justice and Empowerment Through Literacy and Dialogue in English Classes
  • Meaningful Integration of Special Needs Students in PE
  • Literacy GLADiators
  • Integrated Learning for Equity
  • High School Teachers in Lodi Making Sense of Earth Science
  • Facing History’s Professional Learning Community for Ethnic Studies
  • Equitable Grading Strategies through Portfolio Projects
  • Developing Teacher Leaders for Interdisciplinary Collaboration
  • Complex Instruction at the International School of Monterey
  • Building a Community of Literacy Leaders
  • Berkeley High School World Language Makeover
  • Amplifying Student Voice: Developing Teachers to Support East Oakland’s Young Writers

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