Projects We’ve Funded

As of Spring 2023, we have supported the professional learning of nearly 450 Bay Area teachers as part of 96 funded projects.

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Igniting Educator Passion Through Service-Learning

Renaissance Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Social Justice, San Jose Renaissance Academy at Fischer, San Jose Renaissance Academy at Mathson, San Jose Six teachers across disciplines will cultivate a service-learning focus that can help them meet their academic goals and ignite their passions as educators towards addressing real community needs. Team members will work in […]

School of Environmental Leadership: Community Engagement – Climate Equity

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 thriving, and equity building with and centering local Indigenous, Latinx and Black climate-vulnerable communities. The team will […]

PBL Pilot: Empowering Oakland

Operation RISE Above

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 codifies the expectations and supports for teaching lessons during daily RISE time, mentoring advisees, […]

Know Better, Do Better – The Science of Reading

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 and students with disabilities. By attending training sessions with a variety of professional development providers like The Reading League, as […]

Investigating Illuminated Inequities as an Opportunity to Transform

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 with the team and facilitate monthly workshops on radical self-love and anti-racist leadership. Through its learnings, the team will […]

Improving Instruction and Engagement through Spanish Professional Development

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 through Verbalicity and attend trainings by the Center for Applied Linguistics […]

Indigenous Voices in the Music Classroom

Educators Designing History Curriculum Through a Global Lens

Oct 5 – Nov 14, 2023	LOIs Accepted for 2024 Grant Cycle (rolling submissions)
By mid-Dec 2023	Invitations to Apply Extended to Selected LOI Submissions
Spring 2024	LIGHT Awards Grants Made

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