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 […]
Implementing meaningful technology in a classroom and throughout a school to provide opportunities for students to communicate, create, collaborate, and/or code, is no easy or cheap task. For Principal Dr. Damita Myers-Miller at Jackie Robinson Academy, this is one of many issues that she, along with other countless administrators, in public schools face in the […]
The growth and development of technology in the 21st century has rapidly risen to staggering heights. The desire to enhance learning with technology integration is palpable, but like any tool, it can be used poorly and ineffectively. With iPads, Chromebooks, smart boards, projectors, and thousands of educational applications and websites readily available, principals face the […]
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 […]
There is something palpably electric about the start of a new school year. Students bounding down gleaming freshly polished hallways that custodians worked through the hottest part of the summer to prepare, and heading into classrooms where teachers have toiled countless hours to create environments that dazzle the eyes and ignite the mind. Principals […]