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School of Environmental Leadership: Community Engagement – Climate Equity

Interdisciplinary, 2021, Marin County, High School, Funded Projects

Marin School of Environmental Leadership, San Rafael This team of high school teachers seek to learn how to teach through a racial justice lens using cutting edge instructional practices that promote inclusivity, social emotional learning for universal student...

PBL Pilot: Empowering Oakland

Interdisciplinary, Alameda County, 2021, Middle School, Funded Projects

West Oakland Middle School, Oakland This team of middle school teachers plans to implement Project Based Learning (PBL) at our school. The team will attend trainings with the Buck Institutes and PBL Works to better understand how to design and implement a PBL...

Operation RISE Above

San Francisco, Social & Emotional Learning, 2021, High School, Funded Projects

KIPP San Francisco College Preparatory At this team’s school, every staff member serves as an advisor to a cohort of 12-16 students (a ‘RISE’) from freshman year to graduation. The team of teachers plans to create a professional learning series that...

Know Better, Do Better – The Science of Reading

Reading/Writing, Alameda County, 2021, Elementary School, Funded Projects

Longwood Elementary, Hayward Burbank Elementary, Hayward Schafer Park Elementary, Hayward This team of primary grade teachers strives to learn more about evidence-based best practices to support early reading acquisition for all students, including English Learners...

Investigating Illuminated Inequities as an Opportunity to Transform

San Francisco, Social & Emotional Learning, 2021, Funded Projects

Sherman Elementary School, San Francisco A team of six elementary school teachers will engage with professional learning provider Feathership to create a structure and space for an Equity Centered Professional Learning Community. Feathership will strategically partner...

Improving Instruction and Engagement through Spanish Professional Development

San Mateo County, Social & Emotional Learning, 2021, Elementary School, Middle School, Funded Projects

East Palo Alto Charter School, East Palo Alto This team of reading teachers has been teaching in East Palo Alto for 7-20 years, and they want to become conversationally fluent in Spanish. Team members will each complete an intensive program of online Spanish tutoring...
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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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