Cotsen Foundation Recognizes Retiring Alumni Teachers
As we begin the 2019-2020 school year, the Cotsen Foundation would like to recognize the exemplary alumni teachers who retired this past year. These consummate professionals have spent the last few decades refining their craft in an effort to open up the world of learning and exploration for the children in their classrooms and school […]
The Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING Celebrates Its 2019 Graduates at End-of-Year Luncheon
On Saturday, May 18th, the Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING hosted the annual End-of-Year Luncheon Celebration at the Skirball Cultural Center. This annual celebration honored the newly graduated Cotsen Class of 2019 as they finished their two-year fellowship program. Kicking off the luncheon, Founding Director and Board Chair Margit Sperling Cotsen, President and […]
Carl Anderson Leads Third Session of the Cotsen Alumni Speaker Series
How’s It Going? A Practical Guide to Conferring with Student Writers author and literacy consultant, Carl Anderson, led the third Cotsen workshop in the Alumni Speaker Series on Saturday, March 9th. This half-day workshop took place in the morning at The Center at Sycamore Plaza and centered on Writing Conferences. As a literacy consultant, Carl Anderson has […]
Culver City Unified School District takes part in week-long workshop with author and literacy consultant Jan Burkins
In January, Culver City Unified School District teachers and administrators took part in a week-long professional development workshop with author and literacy consultant, Jan Burkins. The workshop was funded through a Cotsen Foundation Strategic Opportunity Grant. For the last decade, the Cotsen Foundation has offered grants to the growing network of current and alumni mentors […]
Jan Burkins Leads Second Workshop in the Cotsen Alumni Speaker Series
Who’s Doing the Work? author and literacy consultant, Jan Burkins, led the second Cotsen workshop in the Alumni Speaker Series on Saturday, January 12th. This half-day workshop took place in the morning at The Center at Sycamore Plaza and centered on the research in Who’s Doing the Work? by Jan & Kim Yaris. As literacy consultants, Burkins […]
Principal Lucy Salazar of Alvarado Elementary School Honored as National Distinguished Principal
During a prestigious event in Washington, D.C. on October 12th, the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) honored Lucy Salazar of Alvarado Elementary School as a 2018 National Distinguished Principal. Nominated by her peers and chosen by the state of California’s NAESP, Lucy began her career in Long Beach Unified School District at Bobbi […]