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We are a community of educators working to transform public schooling
to create a more just, equitable, and humane society.

 

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UCLA Center X is dedicated to dramatically changing schooling for the underserved students of Los Angeles.

Center X provides a unique setting where researchers and practitioners collaborate to design and conduct programs that prepare and support K-12 teachers and administrators committed to social justice, instructional excellence, the integration of research and practice, and caring in low-income urban schools.

Center X's work extends across two graduate credential programs

and many professional development initiatives.

 

>> View all Center X Upcoming Events

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Upcoming Programs

Programs for Teachers


Cognitive Coaching Foundation Seminar

Begins June 17, 2013

This eight day seminar capitalizes upon and enhances teachers' cognitive processes in order to support the complex intellectual process of teaching in order to produce self-directed persons. Read more...


UCLA California Reading and Literature ProjectKeys to Success for English Language Learners (K-5)

June 19
A one-day workshop focused on strategies for ELLs. Connect best research-based metacognitive strategies for English Language Learners to scaffold their instruction... Read more...


CGI for Non-Beginners UCLA Mathematics Project Logo

June 19-21, 2013

A three day Math Project institute designed for K-5 teachers who seek to deepen their knowledge and understanding of Cognitively Guided Instruction. Prior experience with CGI is required.  Read more...


Improving Students' Academic Writing -- Grades 9-12UCLA Writing Project Logo

June 24-27

A four day workshop for teachers of grades 9-12 plus 3 academic year Saturday meetings. What strategies can teachers use to prepare students for college level reading and writing? Read more...


Center X Common Core Institute

June 24-26, 2013

Discover the Core with Center X
A three day institute offering workshops about implementing and integrating the Common Core State Standards in K-12 classrooms. Read more...


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Teaching Mathematics to English Learners Grades K-5

June 24-26, 2013

This three-day workshops are designed for teachers of grades K-5 mathematics teachers, coaches, and mathematics leaders. Read more...


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New Teacher Math Methods Institute

June 24-28, 2013 & July 2-3, 2013

This seven-day institute is designed for grade 6-12 teachers with less than three years of experience in teaching mathematics or elementary teachers who wish to obtain a supplemental authorization to teach through ninth grade Geometry. Read more... 


Adaptive Schools Foundation Seminar

July 8-9, August 24, and Sept. 21, 2013

Learn how to build strong collaborative and caring work cultures, in which results-oriented faculties work together for continuous school improvement. Read more...


UCLA California Reading and Literature ProjectCRLP Invitational Leadership Institute

July 8-12, 2013

A one-week institute for grade K-12 teachers of literature and reading instruction. Read more...


Complementing the Common Core: Teaching Our Youngest Learners to Write Deeply

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July 8-12, 2013

A one week workshop for teachers of grades PreK-5. Read more...


Getting to the Core: Grades K-6 &
Getting to the Core: Grades 7-12 UCLA Mathematics Project Logo

Jul 15-19, 2013 | University High School
What do the Common Core Standards in Mathematics mean for you? A free institute for instructional leaders and teachers of Mathematics. Read more...


Secondary Science Professional DevelopmentUCLA Science Project Logo

July 22-24, 2013
A Common Core Approach to the Secondary Next Generation Science Standards
Come join the three-day institute to learn how to integrate Common Core Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. Read more...


Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) Institute - Beginners UCLA Mathematics Project Logo

Jul 29-31, 2013 | Lawndale

Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI), based on over 20 years of research, helps teachers to map out how basic number concepts and skills develop in the early grades. Read more...


 

Programs for Students

UCLA Young Scholars

Grades 4-8, Three weeks: July 15 - August 2, 2013
Grades K-3, Two weeks: July 22 - August 2, 2013
John Muir Elementary School, Santa Monica

We are excited to offer our summer program for K-8 students with math, writing, reading and science components. Registration is now open. Click here for more details.



UCLA Center X
1320 Moore Hall, Box 951521
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521
(310) 825-4910