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AP Bootcamp Year 1: Getting Ready

AP Bootcamp, Case Studies

Creating a Summer Prep Course for AP Students - Funded Project Watch this video on...

AP BootCamp Year 2: In the Classroom

AP Bootcamp, Case Studies

AP BOOT CAMP funded by the LIGHT Awards Program Watch this video on...
Mills Teacher Scholars Showcases Work of LIGHT Awards Team

Mills Teacher Scholars Showcases Work of LIGHT Awards Team

Inquiry into ELD, Announcements, Case Studies, News

Summer 2016 – Congratulations to the Inquiry into ELD LIGHT Awards team at Life Academy in Oakland, whose work is highlighted in this video produced by Mills Teacher Scholars. Partnership with MTS provided the theoretical framework, timeline, and outside...
LIGHT Awardee Receives Dual Honors for Language Instruction

LIGHT Awardee Receives Dual Honors for Language Instruction

World Language, Announcements, News

Spring 2016 – We are proud to share the recent accomplishments of Tomokazu Morikawa, teacher at George Washington High School in San Francisco and Cohort 2 “World Language: Japanese” LIGHT Awards project team member. Tomokazu has recently received two exciting...

Project Based Learning with a Maker Mindset

Alameda County, PBL-Maker Mindset, Elementary School, STE(A)M, 2016, Funded Projects, News

The team of four elementary school teachers will pilot a Project Based Learning (PBL)/Maker-Centered program.

Taking Flight

San Joaquin County, Elementary School, STE(A)M, 2016, Funded Projects, Portfolio

The team of five elementary school teachers will develop vertically-aligned STEM Project Based Learning (PBL) units on a central theme: Flight.

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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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