Projects We’ve Funded

As of Spring 2025, we have supported the professional learning of over 550 Bay Area teachers as part of 115 funded projects.

Year Awarded

Level

Subject

County

Cultivating our Collective Efficacy to Support Future Social Justice Leaders

Through professional development, retreats, peer observations and feedback cycles, and collaborative curriculum development, we will cultivate our collective efficacy. Our focus will be to develop our capacities to facilitate community circles, create interdisciplinary projects, and align our writing practices across the curricula.

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Ecosystems of Ethnic Studies for Social Justice (ESSJ)

Our goal with this professional development project is to create a self-sustaining ethnic studies program with increased education and planning time to make interdisciplinary ES Pedagogy a reality across campus.

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Equity for SMHS Science Students

As SMHS science classes grow more diverse, our dedicated team aims to challenge and support all students, including language learners in college prep. Our goal is fostering a love for science and ensuring success for everyone.

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Bilingual DEI Learning through Project Based Learning

This project aims to develop and implement DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) curricula through project-based learning that incorporate diverse perspectives, cultures, and voices in a K-8 Mandarin immersion school.

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Inquiry to Empower Collective Efficacy

Our goal is to empower staff to conduct classroom inquiry to galvanize our collective efficacy – a shared belief that through our collective action, we can positively influence student outcomes.

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Cultivating Conversation: Increasing Student Talk in the Classroom

Our project aims to transform our classrooms into spaces filled with the voices of our English language learners and newcomers (rather than teachers).

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Transforming Our Kinder-First Grade Literacy Program

Our team is committed to doing all we can to ensure that all our students are successful readers. We are setting out to transform our kinder-1st grade literacy program by doing a series of personalized professional development with The Reading League.

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Unlocking the Science of Biliteracy

This project serves to enhance our professional capacities as teachers by providing us with the requisite knowledge and skills to instruct emergent biliteracy students effectively.

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Returning to our Roots: Crafting Empowering Learning

We will reinvigorate SEED’s mission by designing Project-Based Learning units infused with best practices in Dual Language and Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

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