Professional Development

CovEd: Continuing K-12 education during COVID-19

CovED is a community of undergraduates from some of the top colleges/universities across the U.S. who are interested in supporting K-12 students in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our goal is to create a virtual platform for pairing mentors from higher-ed institutions with K-12 students affected by school closures. We...

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ExcEL Leadership Academy

The mission of the ExcEL Leadership Academy is to provide professional learning opportunities for all K-12 teachers to support high quality, equitable education for English Learners. We believe every teacher wants, and needs, the skills needed to ensure English Learners are successful in their classrooms. ExcEL provides personalized, collaborative, purposeful...

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Leveraging Equity and Access in Democratic Education (LEADE) Initiative

Housed at UCLA and UC Riverside, the Leveraging Equity and Access in Democratic Education (LEADE) initiative works with communities and districts to ensure students have access to high quality civic learning opportunities. LEADE presents a conceptual framework, develops tools to help districts collects data on equity and access, contributes to...

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Jumpstart

Jumpstart is a national early education organization that recruits and trains college students to work with preschool children in low-income neighborhoods. Through a proven curriculum, these children develop the language and literacy skills they need to be ready for school, setting them on a path to close the achievement gap...

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Institute for Cultural Sustainability and Educational Equity (ICSEE)

Develop educator’s knowledge base of culturally responsive instructional strategies that support diverse student populations academic success while sustaining their cultural norms, beliefs and values.  Provide educators with the tools to rethink and re-imagine relationships, policies and teaching and learning through a cultural and equity lens.

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Coaching Partnerships

Center X Coaching Partnerships supports schools in becoming self-directed, resourceful, and collaborative communities committed to social justice. We support schools and districts in growing their leadership capacity through on-site coaching and our offering of the Cognitive Coaching℠ and Adaptive Schools® Foundations Seminar.

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AP Readiness Program

The AP Readiness Program uses an academy model; mentor Advanced Placement instructors work with pre-advanced placement and advanced placement teachers to teach them how to help their students with the skills necessary to be successful in college level classes while they are instructing their students. AP teachers learn from each...

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Introduction to Data Science (IDS) Project

The Introduction to Data Science (IDS) Project at Center X prepares high school teachers to teach a mathematics curriculum and to develop pedagogy that helps students learn to reason with, and think critically about, data in all forms. The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for High School Statistics and Probability,...

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Project EXCEL

Project EXCEL addresses the unique needs of school districts with substantial EL populations by providing professional development and support to educators in K-12 schools. The project uses a data-driven, tiered approach to instruction that builds on community partnerships to create personalized learning opportunities for students inside and outside of school....

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Teaching Heritage Languages: An Online Workshop for Educators

Three self-paced, online modules that introduce teachers of world and heritage languages to basic concepts of heritage language pedagogy. Modules 1 will help you gain a better understanding of the important differences between heritage language learners (HLLs) and foreign language learners (FLLs). In the second module, you will learn about...

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Professional Development at UCLA Lab School

Our professional development programs for educators offer a dynamic learning experience in an inspiring, collaborative environment. We provide support for helping students become active, engaged learners who have the academic foundation to be successful in an increasingly complex world.

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Principal Leadership

The purpose of the Principal Leadership Institute (PLI) is to recruit, train, and support a diverse group of individuals committed to the principles of academic excellence, equity, and integrity as a way to maximize achievement and opportunity for students in urban schools. The PLI at UCLA has designed a rigorous...

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Near Eastern Studies K-12 Outreach

The Center’s outreach activities in the area of K-12 education strive to create dynamic and diverse professional development opportunities for Los Angeles-based school teachers.

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National Center for History in the Schools UCLA

Threefold mission is to develop and provide teachers with curricular materials that will engage students in exciting explorations of U.S. and World History; professional development for K-12 history teachers; and to collaborate with schools in building their history curricula.

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Nanoscience Institute for 3-12 Educators

This program trains teachers Nanoscience experiments, supports teachers’ efforts to use Nanoscience topics in teaching the NGSS standards, and provides one free kit each workshop for teachers to use with 90-180 students.

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UCLA Mathematics Project

The UCLA Mathematics Project (UCLAMP) at Center X is part of a statewide program that strives to make a positive impact on TK-12 educators, students, communities and school districts in the Los Angeles basin. Our goal is to partner with these entities to provide rich and transformative Mathematical experiences in...

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Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement

Assists students at middle and senior high schools (and some elementary schools) so they excel in math and science and become competitively eligible for the most rigorous colleges and universities. The MSP partners with teachers, administrators, school district officials and industry representatives to provide this academic enrichment model.

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Mathematics Diagnostic Testing Project

MDTP serves Los Angeles and Ventura county teachers by distributing, scoring, and reporting the results of tests that measure student readiness for secondary mathematics courses. The diagnostic information resulting from MDTP testing can help students and teachers identify specific areas where additional study or review is needed. New online testing...

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Latin American Institute (LAI)

Outreach at the LAI offer academic enrichment and professional development opportunities to local K-12 educators. Funded through a Title VI Federal Area Studies grant sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, the LAI workshops offer analyses of major themes related to the Latin American Region. The workshops include comparative and...

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The UCLA History-Geography Project

The UCLA History-Geography Project at Center X is one of the sites of the California History Social Science Project.  We collaborate with educational researchers, historians and practitioners to design and lead professional development programs that enrich K-12 history-social studies instruction. The focus of our work is teachers and students in...

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Hammer Museum Teacher Resources

Resources for K-12 teachers include professional development workshops and downloadable guides for engaging with art before, during, or after your visit to the museum.

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Extension’s Education Department

Extension’s Education Department provides staff development, in-service, and professional outreach to practitioners at all levels of education. You can earn university professional development credit applicable to state licensing/credentialing requirements, salary advancement, or university/college degrees.

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Exploring Computer Science

Exploring Computer Science is a year-long, research-based, high school intro-level computer science curriculum and teacher professional development program that focuses on broadening participation in computing. We support teachers and districts through implementation of the course regardless of school resources. ECS provides professional development for teachers only to deliver the curriculum...

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College Counseling Certificate

This online program is designed to be a preparation for counseling high school students effectively and helping them identify their postsecondary options.

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California Mathematics Project

The California Mathematics Project (CMP) is a K-16 network dedicated to providing students a rich, rigorous, and coherent mathematics curriculum taught by competent and confident mathematics teachers who foster ALL students’ proficiency in mathematics—achieving equity in quality. CMP enhances teachers’ mathematical content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge that is aligned...

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