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Transformational Teacher Mentoring

Alameda County, San Francisco, San Mateo County, STE(A)M, 2016, High School, Funded Projects

The team of five high school teachers and one middle school teacher at four schools across the Bay Area are part of the Trellis Mentor Fellowship, through which they have all made a five-year commitment to mentoring new teachers.

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.

Algeomulus Prep Academy

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

The team of five high school math teachers will design and develop a home grown project called “Algeomulus Prep Academy”, in which students work in collaborative groups to create math tutorial videos.

Interdisciplinary Real World Challenges

Interdisciplinary, Alameda County, Middle School, 2016, Funded Projects

The team of four middle school teachers will work collaboratively on Project-Based Learning (PBL) techniques to address two pressing student needs: increase student readiness for Algebra 1 and improve English/Language Arts writing skills across subject areas.

Teaching Garden

Santa Clara County, Elementary School, STE(A)M, 2016, Funded Projects

With professional development and technical assistance provided by Life Lab at University of California, Santa Cruz, the team of six elementary teachers will transform its school’s garden space into an inquiry-based teaching garden.

Improving Mathematical Literacy: School Wide, TK – 12

Alameda County, Elementary School, STE(A)M, Middle School, 2016, High School, Funded Projects

The team of five teachers, spanning elementary through high school, will engage in a two-year study around best practices to improve mathematical literacy.

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2022

  • Deeper Learning & Stronger Support for Teachers
  • Differentiation through Student Self-Efficacy
  • Equity Learning Walk
  • Improving Outcomes for Multilingual Scholars through Collective Capacity Building
  • Operation Lesson Study
  • Studying Climate Justice Through Science, Art, and Action!
  • Cultivating Anti-Racist Bilingual Learners Through Service and Action

2021

  • Igniting Educator Passion Through Service-Learning
  • School of Environmental Leadership: Community Engagement – Climate Equity
  • PBL Pilot: Empowering Oakland
  • Operation RISE Above
  • Know Better, Do Better – The Science of Reading
  • Investigating Illuminated Inequities as an Opportunity to Transform
  • Improving Instruction and Engagement through Spanish Professional Development
  • Indigenous Voices in the Music Classroom
  • Educators Designing History Curriculum Through a Global Lens

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