Projects We’ve Funded
As of Spring 2024,we have supported the professional learning of over 500 Bay Area teachers as part of 105 funded projects.
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Reading Lab Sites
The team of three elementary school teachers will conduct “job-embedded” professional development in the form of lab-sites (action research in the classroom during the course of an entire lesson) to help increase the effectiveness of classroom Reading Workshops.
READ MORESpanish for Native Speakers Professional Learning Community
The team of six Spanish language teachers currently teaches Spanish heritage speakers without the support of textbooks, networks or pedagogical training aligned with their student populations.
READ MOREPeer Coaching: Using Video in Collaborative Inquiry Groups
Six full-time teachers will become facilitators of Collaborative Inquiry Groups (CIGs) aimed at improving literacy in all subject areas.
READ MOREInquiry into ELD
The team of three middle and three high school teachers will design and investigate their own inquiry questions on best practices in English language development.
READ MORESTEM Writing Project
Five K-8 teachers will pursue STEM teacher professional development with a focus on experiential, project-based science education that will strengthen students’ writing proficiency.
READ MOREBlended Practices to Achieve a Project-Based Learning Culture
The six team members will pursue professional development opportunities in Blended Practices, with the objective of ensuring that students gain the technical and communication skills necessary for a rapidly changing workforce.
READ MOREDeepening Student Engagement: School Wide, K-12
The four-member teaching team, spanning first through tenth grade, will engage in a two-year study of best practices in student engagement.
READ MOREBringing AVID Back
AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a four-year program dedicated to closing the achievement gap by providing underrepresented students with the support and tools needed to navigate through the rigor of A-G requirements and prepare them for college.
READ MOREWorld Language (Japanese)
The team of four Bay Area Japanese teachers seeks to invest in more productive networking circles to overcome the limitations of the typically small, “one-man-program” Japanese language departments in their schools.
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