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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...

PBL for Newcomers: Language Development, Engagement and Empowerment

2023, San Mateo County, Interdisciplinary, High School, Funded Projects

Sequoia High School, Redwood City We are a team of interdisciplinary teachers committed to the equitable and engaging education of newcomer English learners. We seek to leverage our expertise as we create and implement Project Based Learning (PBL) units specifically...

Our Changing Planet – Community of Practice

2023, Alameda County, Interdisciplinary, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Funded Projects

Maya Lin School, Alameda Wood Middle School, Alameda Island High School, Alameda We want to deepen our understanding of environmental justice, indigenous wisdom and creative practice, to better understand our world, and as educators advocate for just climate...

Differentiation through Student Self-Efficacy

Interdisciplinary, Alameda County, 2022, Elementary School, Funded Projects

Schafer Park Elementary, Hayward This team of elementary school teachers wants to learn best practices in developing differentiated instruction to meet students at their current academic levels. With the pandemic widening gaps in competencies for students, these...

Deeper Learning & Stronger Support for Teachers

Interdisciplinary, Alameda County, 2022, Middle School, Funded Projects

The Academy of Alameda, Alameda A team of seasoned teachers plans to foster greater passion and engagement in their classrooms by building a professional learning toolkit around Deeper Learning. By attending conferences and participating in site visits at schools with...
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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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