Maker Mindset at Grass Valley Elementary School
Updates from Paula Mitchell on two notable projects she organized with her team this year.
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.
2019
- Writing Achievement for All: A Path for 9th – 12th Grade
- Revving Up for Dual Immersion
- Reading and Writing For Real – We Love Lucy!
- Promoting Bilingualism and Biliteracy through DI in SCUSD
- Practical Skills to Develop Creative Interdisciplinary Literacy
- Math Teaching for Inquiry and Problem-Solving
- Making Sense of SCIENCE with Earth Science Phenomena
- Increasing Access to AP Curriculum for Language Learners
- Graham Middle School STEAM Digital Heroes
- GLAD Enhanced Project Based Learning
- Fluency First
- Deepening Mathematical Practices and Improving Student Access to College Math
- Content Area Literacy in the Digital Age
2018
- Vertical Alignment of School-Wide Advisory Curriculum
- Upper Grade Writing Development
- Si Se Puede: (Re)Building Community Through Teacher Development
- Revolutionizing How Students Engage With Climate Change Education
- Project Based Learning to Improve Equity in Learning
- Project Based Learning to Develop Language Skills
- Learning to be Glad
- Leadership with Passion
- Improving Personalized Learning: School-Wide, 4-8
- Cycle of Inquiry Committee Looking Closely
- Teacher Learning Lab
2017
- STEAM Team
- Assistive Technology Team
- Building Teacher Leadership Capacity
- AP Success & Equity Project
- Mathematics and Industry Curriculum Redesign
- Making ELD Hands-On for New Speakers of English
- Developing Readers & Leaders in our School Community
- Bringing World Languages Alive in Davis Joint Unified
- Spanish Teacher Professional Learning Community
- Be GLAD
- Orchestra Teacher Professional Development
2016
- Transformational Teacher Mentoring
- Project Based Learning with a Maker Mindset
- Algeomulus Prep Academy
- Interdisciplinary Real World Challenges
- Teaching Garden
- Improving Mathematical Literacy: School Wide, TK – 12
- Building NGSS Knowledge and STEM Education
- Reader’s Workshop
- Culture of Mindfulness
- “¡Adelante Juntos!” Developing a Dual Immersion Model in a Blended Program
- Taking Flight
2015
- Reading Lab Sites
- Spanish for Native Speakers Professional Learning Community
- Peer Coaching: Using Video in Collaborative Inquiry Groups
- Inquiry into ELD
- STEM Writing Project
- Blended Practices to Achieve a Project-Based Learning Culture
- Deepening Student Engagement: School Wide, K-12
- Bringing AVID Back
- World Language (Japanese)