To fund a pilot of a teacher development and assessment system project that triangulates: 1. community-specific “Indicators of Impact” (III); 2. teacher effectiveness; and 3. classic academic indicators (CA State Achievement data). Data will be used to design teacher growth plans and to measure the impacts of teacher development on teacher performance and student outcomes.

To support the development of a plan for an early childhood leadership post-BA program at San Francisco State University. The planning will lay the groundwork for the establishment of a program that will leverage EDvance’s current model of preparing first-generation college students, from underrepresented populations, to be future early childhood leaders in Oakland.

To support a five-week summer school program with daily reading instruction for 600 rising kindergarten to fourth grade students from district schools. Program includes weekly workshops that train parents to teach reading at home, teacher professional development and coaching and home visits.

To help maintain the take home book program for 174 classrooms and 3,383 children. Launch the program in 8 new classrooms supporting 132 children and their families. Through technical assistance visits, and workshops, Tandem will serve 261 educators at school sites.

To support Unity Council’s Children & Family Services department in creating a set of strategic objectives that build on and improve program performance. This effort will also assess client outcomes and impacts, and provide recommendations to improve data capture, analysis, and action planning.

To support SEEDS of Learning, an eight month professional development program for Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten teachers, that includes materials, classroom tutor resources and ongoing coaching support. Funding will support 18 classrooms. 

To fund a book access program that allows students to choose the books they are most excited to read (with level guidance from their teachers), and keep them for their home libraries.

To fund the pilot of a technology platform that will allow community volunteers, parents and other lay people to support students with one-on-one and small group instruction.

To support the final stage of development of CCC’s Social Emotional curriculum that supports teacher’s capacity to integrate social emotional development supports into academic instruction.

To support East Bay Agency for Children’s (EBAC) early childhood education program at the Hawthorne Family Resource Center. This program will include Parent-Child Education Support Program and EBAC’s early childhood education program, La Academia.