Since his arrival eight years ago, Carlos has worked to change the culture at Washington. “It is our moral imperative at Washington Middle School that we instill in our students the personal responsibility and love for learning, this way they can reach their full potential for a successful life.”
Principal Leadership Institute: Not So Lonely at the Top
The PLI program grooms principals to capitalize on teachers’ strengths and provides peer support for school leaders to lead for justice. Principals and administrators who are graduates of PLI carry the concept of equity and access toward leading their teachers as well as ensuring it for their students
Center X’s AP Readiness program helps propel local high school students to AP test success
For 15 years the AP Readiness program has held workshops for thousands of Los Angeles high school students. AP Readiness Program is held monthly from September to April, in eight four-hour sessions, leading up to the AP exams in May. The program provides instruction and support in AP subjects. An average of 1,500 to 3,900 students and 125 to 230 educators from 73 Los Angeles-area schools participate in the workshops.
Data science class offers L.A. Unified students a new handle on math
Introduction to Data Science is an experience-based curriculum where students use data collection and computer programming to learn computational thinking. The Introduction to Data Science curriculum was developed with a National Science Foundation grant called Mobilize.
TEP Launches Exploration of Well-Being for Teachers
TEP staff and faculty organized workshops presented by teacher candidates for self-realization and self-nurturing for educators.
“Those of us who work with TEP students recognized that they were under a significant amount of stress so we wanted to do something to support their well-being. It’s amazing how complex the life of the classroom is,” observes McMullin. “That’s why it baffles me that we hardly pay attention to teachers’ well-being in our profession.”
Shannon Garrison: TEP Alumna Appointed to Second Term on National Assessment Governing Board
“I take special care to represent the fact that I work with English language learners, the fact that I work with students who maybe don’t have the resources that other students may have,” says Garrison. “We look a lot at bias and cultural relevance. I feel that it’s a big responsibility on my shoulders to make sure I represent teachers but more importantly, that I represent my students and parents in what I say and bring to the table.”
Two Teacher Education Program Alumni Named LAUSD Teachers of the Year
“Opportunities to learn and thrive should exist in all communities, regardless of socioeconomic status. I chose to become a teacher to provide students like me with a rigorous and inspiring educational experience.”
College-going rate has tripled in neighborhood now served by UCLA Community School
95 percent of last year’s seniors at the UCLA Community School in Koreatown plan to attend college. Before the school opened in September 2009 and the high school opened in 2010, only one-third of the high school graduates in the area now served by the school went on to attend college. Now, as the school celebrates its fifth anniversary, that percentage has increased almost threefold.
In June, the first group of seniors who spent all four years at the high school graduated. Of them, 95 percent plan to attend college this fall, more than half were admitted to four-year schools (up from 13 percent in 2009) and one-quarter were admitted to UC campuses (up from 4 percent).
Six-Part Documentary about TEP’s Urban Teacher Residency Program (IMPACT)
The IMPACT Urban Teacher Residency program brought together teacher candidates from TEP and accomplished teachers throughout LAUSD for an apprenticeship experience that benefited both students and mentors.
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PLI Grad Ian Eddy Honored with Social Justice Teacher Award
Ian Eddy (PLI Cohort 13) was awarded the Social Justice Teacher Award and was promoted to the position of PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention and Support) Coordinator at Hawthorne High School…
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Effective teacher training critical to success of Common Core math
The quality of teacher training will be crucial to the success of the new Common Core State Standards in math, educators say, and the pressure is on districts to give elementary school teachers the skills they’ll need to provide students with a firm foundation in early arithmetic.