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.

To support gathering data and conducting research that will inform how resources can best be used to expand equitable access to high-quality early care and education programs that serve families furthest from opportunity in Oakland.

To support the academic growth and proficiency of English Language Learners with a multi-pronged approach: 1) a summer program to develop kindergarten-readiness skills for incoming kindergarten students; and 2) a professional development program for teachers, SEEDS of Learning, which will help teachers develop their capacity to integrate English Language Development strategies into daily instruction.

To support existing Learning Station in Oakland Unified School District classrooms and transition e-readers classrooms to use Kidappolis, a learning application software. Litlab will launch Kidappolis in Oakland  to increase access to high quality, personalized, and engaging early learning content.

To support Lotus Bloom’s and Allendale Elementary School’s vision to grow the on-site Family Resource Center to offer a full service of early childhood, literacy-rich programs, for families with children birth to age five. Plan includes: strategic alignment of birth-to-five activities, adding another day to the playgroup program and afternoon literacy program for transitional kindergarten […]

To support a Program Manager position to develop and implement a series of continuous learning programs for the Oakland Literacy Coalition’s membership Literacy Service Providers. Funds will also support securing an outreach coordinator for the Oakland Reads Mini-Grants programs and establishing additional partnerships with community and faith based organizations.