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Equitable Grading Strategies through Portfolio Projects

Interdisciplinary, 2020, Contra Costa County, High School, Funded Projects

This team plans to build student-centered classrooms through relevant curriculum and equitable structures for student feedback.

Developing Teacher Leaders for Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Interdisciplinary, 2020, Contra Costa County, Middle School, Funded Projects

The team plans to study best practices for facilitating Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) with the goal having the same intentionality for educator staff meetings as the plans they make for their students.

Complex Instruction at the International School of Monterey

Monterey County, 2020, STE(A)M, Middle School, Funded Projects

This team plans to deepen their knowledge of effective teaching practices and, in the process, build the capacity of the math team to serve as peer coaches.

Building a Community of Literacy Leaders

Reading/Writing, Alameda County, 2020, Middle School, High School, Funded Projects

This team of teachers plans to level up their existing Literacy Inquiry Group by attending literacy and EL trainings and partner with experts.

Berkeley High School World Language Makeover

Language, Alameda County, 2020, High School, Funded Projects

This team’s goal is to modernize their World Language Department by training in teaching strategies that focus on communication and meeting the national standards created by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL).

Amplifying Student Voice: Developing Teachers to Support East Oakland’s Young Writers

Amplifying Student Voice: Developing Teachers to Support East Oakland’s Young Writers

Alameda County, Arts, 2020, Elementary School, Funded Projects

This team will regularly meet with the Bay Area Writing Project (BAWP) coaches to design a project-based, action-oriented, writing curriculum that integrates expository, persuasive, and narrative writing into standards based social studies and science units.

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2025

  • Restorative Justice from Diverse PerspectivesMay 13, 2025
  • PLC Global Ambassadors – College Park ElementaryMay 13, 2025
  • Mindful Mentoring for Teacher Leaders at GarfieldMay 13, 2025
  • Marshall Elementary Multilingual Learner Support ProjectMay 13, 2025
  • GLAD Training for ELD TeachersMay 13, 2025
  • Foundational Literacy and Syntax for Newcomer Multilingual LearnersMay 13, 2025
  • Engaging Minds: Multisensory Learning Interventions for Elementary ClassroomsMay 13, 2025
  • Developing Strong Mathematical Thinking in the ClassroomMay 13, 2025
  • Creating Culture through CollaborationMay 13, 2025
  • Collaborative Problem Solving: Help Ignite a Future of HopeMay 13, 2025
  • Building Equitable Access to Learning for Multilingual Learners in the Secondary ClassroomMay 13, 2025

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

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 IMPORTANT DATES

June 1, 2025 / Cohort 12 Awardees Announced


July 2025 / LIGHT Awards Convening of Awardees


October 2025 /  LOI Application Cycle Opens


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