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Vertical Alignment of School-Wide Advisory Curriculum

Interdisciplinary, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, 2018, High School, Funded Projects

The goal of these five high school teachers is to strengthen their school’s Advisory program.

Upper Grade Writing Development

Reading/Writing, 2018, Monterey County, Elementary School, Funded Projects

This team of four elementary school teachers hopes to implement skills and strategies learned at the Teachers College Writing Institute at Columbia University.

Si Se Puede: (Re)Building Community Through Teacher Development

Language, San Francisco, 2018, Elementary School, Funded Projects

This five-member Dual Immersion (DI) Leadership Team will attend a series of conferences/workshops and meet monthly to focus on professional readings, analyze teacher and student work, and develop tools and resources.

Revolutionizing How Students Engage With Climate Change Education

Alameda County, 2018, STE(A)M, High School, Funded Projects

These four high school teachers will develop climate change units through four disciplines (life science, earth science, chemistry, and physics).

Project Based Learning to Improve Equity in Learning

Interdisciplinary, Alameda County, 2018, Middle School, Funded Projects

Five middle school teachers endeavor to learn the skills for, gain exposure to, and create a sustainable culture for project-based learning at their school.

Project Based Learning to Develop Language Skills

Language, San Francisco, 2018, Elementary School, Funded Projects

This team of six elementary school teachers hopes to create a culture of Project Based Learning using open-ended and collaborative projects to increase student engagement and language skills.

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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

2020

  • Social Justice and Empowerment Through Literacy and Dialogue in English Classes
  • Meaningful Integration of Special Needs Students in PE
  • Literacy GLADiators
  • Integrated Learning for Equity
  • High School Teachers in Lodi Making Sense of Earth Science
  • Facing History’s Professional Learning Community for Ethnic Studies
  • Equitable Grading Strategies through Portfolio Projects
  • Developing Teacher Leaders for Interdisciplinary Collaboration
  • Complex Instruction at the International School of Monterey
  • Building a Community of Literacy Leaders
  • Berkeley High School World Language Makeover
  • Amplifying Student Voice: Developing Teachers to Support East Oakland’s Young Writers

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