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Cultivating our Collective Efficacy to Support Future Social Justice Leaders

2024, Alameda County, Interdisciplinary, High School, Funded Projects

Through professional development, retreats, peer observations and feedback cycles, and collaborative curriculum development, we will cultivate our collective efficacy. Our focus will be to develop our capacities to facilitate community circles, create interdisciplinary projects, and align our writing practices across the curricula.

Ecosystems of Ethnic Studies for Social Justice (ESSJ)

2024, Santa Clara County, Interdisciplinary, High School, Funded Projects

William C Overfelt High School, San Jose Our goal with this professional development project is to create a self-sustaining ethnic studies program with increased education and planning time to make interdisciplinary ES Pedagogy a reality across campus. This project...

Equity for SMHS Science Students

2024, San Mateo County, STE(A)M, High School, Funded Projects

San Mateo High School, San Mateo 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. Although...

Bilingual DEI Learning through Project Based Learning

2024, Social & Emotional Learning, Alameda County, Elementary School, Funded Projects

Yu Ming Charter School, Oakland This project aims to develop and implement DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) curricula through project-based learning that incorporate diverse perspectives, cultures, and voices in a K-8 Mandarin immersion school. We aim to create...

Inquiry to Empower Collective Efficacy

Marin County, Social & Emotional Learning, 2024, High School, Funded Projects

Tomales High School, Tomales Our goal is to empower staff to conduct classroom inquiry to galvanize our collective efficacy – a shared belief that through our collective action, we can positively influence student outcomes. This grant would enable us to contract...

Cultivating Conversation: Increasing Student Talk in the Classroom

2024, Alameda County, Language, Middle School, High School, Funded Projects

Madison Park Academy 6-12, Oakland Our project aims to transform our classrooms into spaces filled with the voices of our English language learners and newcomers (rather than teachers). With this funding, we will hire Lead by Learning (LxL) to get much more out of our...
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2024

  • Cultivating our Collective Efficacy to Support Future Social Justice LeadersJune 10, 2024
  • Ecosystems of Ethnic Studies for Social Justice (ESSJ)June 10, 2024
  • Equity for SMHS Science StudentsJune 10, 2024
  • Bilingual DEI Learning through Project Based LearningJune 10, 2024
  • Inquiry to Empower Collective EfficacyJune 10, 2024
  • Cultivating Conversation: Increasing Student Talk in the ClassroomJune 10, 2024
  • Transforming Our Kinder-First Grade Literacy ProgramJune 10, 2024
  • Unlocking the Science of BiliteracyJune 10, 2024
  • Returning to our Roots: Crafting Empowering LearningJune 10, 2024

2023

  • Using Science and Social Justice to Raise Teaching Practice
  • The Power of Play
  • Raising a Community of Writers
  • Project Based Geometry and The Trades
  • PBL for Newcomers: Language Development, Engagement and Empowerment
  • Our Changing Planet – Community of Practice
  • Engaging Diverse Youth through Strong Dual Immersion

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