• Shasta county teachers: Public schools including charters

• Teachers or TOSAs who teach or coach Math, Science or Computer Science

• Teachers who teach grades 4 - 12

• Teachers who would like to focus on increasing student engagement in one or more of these subject areas

• Minimum of 12 hours of professional Learning 

• $1,000 stipend per teacher upon completion

• $200 per teacher toward resources from an approved list

• You must attend both the Blast-Off and Touchdown sessions. 

• You must attend all Implementation Coaching sessions.

• You must complete a minimum of 12 hours of PL from the approved list.

• Consistently engage in a chosen change project(s) utilizing the PDSA cycle. This could involve implementing a new practice, strategy, routine, tool, or method, modifying a lesson on enhancing student engagement. The project should align with the content of your professional learning workshops and hold personal significance.

You are expected to attend both the Blast-Off and Touchdown sessions, as well as all professional learning sessions of the courses you have chosen to take. (A minimum of 12 hours of PL)

Professional Learning Sessions - TBD for 2025-26

You are expected to attend all the monthly coaching sessions.  Please put them on your calendar so you don't get double-booked with an IEP, SST, etc. Every other month we will meet as a whole group for the virtual coaching session. On the other months your school team will meet individually with your team's implementation coach.

Implementation Coaching Sessions - TBD for 2025-26

The vision of the Shasta-MSCS grant is to provide Shasta County educators with access to high-quality professional learning and the necessary support to implement effective strategies, practices, and tools that enhance student learning and engagement in mathematics, science, and computer science.

The Shasta-MSCS goals are to...

• 1. increase student engagement in math, science and computer science courses. 

  2.  improve student and teacher mindsets about these subjects.

  3. support teachers as they implement new and familiar methods that improve engagement.

  4. increase parent involvement in their child's learning in these subjects.

• The Practices, Strategies, Routines or Tools being taught in the PL courses are expected and encouraged to be integrated into all the subjects a teacher teaches.

• Social-Emotional Learning practices will be incorporated into each of the professional learning courses that we offer with the hopes that you will also incorporate these practices in your classroom to create a more inclusive learning environment.