In 2018, I received a $4.8 million Teacher Quality Partnership grant from the United States Department of Education to build capacity for Citizen Science in three Teacher Residency Programs. This Project weaves STEAM, computer science, and civics to address issues of community concern and contribute to science policy discourse at all levels of governance. Several partnerships contour this work, including TeachingWorks, WestEd, UC Davis C-STEM Center, Project Lead the Way, National Geographic, Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Project Summit, Bakersfield City School District, Greenfield Union School District, Kern High School District, the CSUB Department of Computer Science, the CSUB Teacher Education Department, and the Kern Teacher Residency Consortium, as well as several local non-profits and industry leaders.
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In 2019, I was awarded $130,000 from The California Endowment to research education injustice and develop advocacy tools for Kern County education leaders and activists. Learn more about The California Endowment here.
In 2019, I was the lead evaluator for a $1.2 million Student Support and Academic Enrichment grant from the California Department of Education. The final report will be available soon.
In 2019, I received $22,000 from TeachingWorks to build the capacity of our Teacher Education Department to layer content, practice, and equity in our work with teacher candidates and mentor teachers. Learn more here.
During the 2018-2019 academic year, I received $10,000 from WestEd to build capacity for improvement science in our Teacher Education Department. Learn more about WestEd here.