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AP Bootcamp Project featured on NBC Telemundo

AP Bootcamp Project featured on NBC Telemundo

AP Bootcamp, Announcements

We are proud to share a recent accomplishment of one of our 2014 LIGHT Awards cohort teams! The AP Bootcamp project at Overfelt High School in San Jose was featured on NBC’s and Telemundo’s Comunidad Del Valle in late November 2015. The segment includes an...

A Summer Prep Course for AP Students

Interdisciplinary, Santa Clara County, AP Bootcamp, 2014, High School, Funded Projects

Five teachers representing a wide range of subject areas are teaming to create an intensive summer “AP Bootcamp” to help prepare their students for success in their Advanced Placement (AP) courses.

Inquiry into ELD

Language, Alameda County, 2015, Inquiry into ELD, Middle School, High School, Funded Projects

The team of three middle and three high school teachers will design and investigate their own inquiry questions on best practices in English language development.

World Language (Japanese)

World Language, Language, San Mateo County, 2015, Middle School, High School, Funded Projects

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.

Next Entries »

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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Sept 17, 2024 /  LOI application opens


Nov 12, 2024 at 10am PDT /  LOI application closes


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