Every year, the Cotsen Foundation provides a cost-free fellowship program for teachers all across Southern California. Last year, the ART of TEACHING impacted more educators than ever before. The 2017-2018 school year saw incredible growth for teachers and administrators and continues to show remarkable progress. Here’s a little recap of what happened this past academic […]
Trisha Callella, Ed.D., is a 2007 alumna mentor and is currently the Director of Innovation and Instruction for the Rowland Unified School District. Trisha has accomplished much in the 20+ years she has worked in education. In this spotlight, Trisha talks about how she started down the path of innovative instruction and teaching excellence. How did you get involved […]
The Cotsen Foundation hosted an end-of-year celebration for its graduating ART of TEACHING mentors and fellows at the Skirball Cultural Center on May 20th. The afternoon was a celebratory luncheon in honor of the graduating Cotsen Class of 2018. Kicking off the luncheon, Margit Sperling Cotsen, founding director and board chair, and Barry Munitz, president […]
Since 2001, the ART of TEACHING has been involved with more than 145 schools across Northern and Southern California, and impacted an estimated 1150 educators who have enriched the lives of thousands of students. We are extremely proud of these educators and schools, and the remarkable work they do everyday. Over the years, many of these […]
On March 29th, 2018, the Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING, held a CGI counting collections lab day for grades 3-5 at Juan De Anza Elementary School. The focus of the day was counting collections and how it can connect to upper-grade math. Counting is an essential building block of mathematics. In many ways […]
On Saturday, April 7th, The Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING was recognized by Loyola Marymount University’s School of Education during its annual Kappa Delta Pi SOE awards ceremony and honor society convocation. Citing the ART of TEACHING’s collaboration with the university to improve mathematics instruction though the Mathematics Leadership Corps Initiative, LMU honored […]
I live my ambition; I am a teacher. My days are spent in a light-filled classroom, opening to a cheery garden, a seagull’s cry from the great Pacific Ocean. Over these many years my students have walked from my classroom out into the great world, creating their own unique imprint with their footprints. As a […]
Huong Dao is a 2010 alumna mentor who teaches third grade at Tamura Elementary School in the Fountain Valley School District. Huong shares her incredible story about fleeing Vietnam in the 70s to immigrate to the US — and along the way—being nudged into teaching by her colleagues and friends. What led you to immigrate to the United States? After April 30, […]
More than sixty Cotsen alumni and current principals, teachers and district office administrators from across Southern California gathered at The Centre at Sycamore Plaza for a working breakfast meeting. The instructional leaders came to explore the wide range of supports available to them as administrators of Cotsen schools. The four-hour breakfast meeting was the first […]
At the end of every summer a new school year begins and with it a new cohort of Cotsen mentors and fellows. To prepare our mentors for a successful year of coaching and mentoring, the Foundation offers an initial two-day training session, as well as three days of follow up training aimed toward preparing these teachers […]