Cotsen Schools Recognized as the 2018 California Distinguished Elementary Schools
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 […]
Counting Collections: Bridging the Upper Grade Continuum
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 […]
Cotsen Honored by Loyola Marymount University’s School of Education
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 […]
Alumna Reflection on the ART of TEACHING: Kitty Donohoe
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 […]
Growing Technology in an Elementary School: The Jackie Robinson Academy Approach
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 […]
Cotsen Spotlight: Huong Dao
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, […]