Cotsen Spotlight: Celia Sosa
Celia Sosa is a 2016 alumna mentor who teaches third grade at Braddock Drive Elementary School in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Shortly after finishing the ART of TEACHING Fellowship in 2016, an opportunity to work with Megan Franke, a renowned expert in Cognitively Guided Instruction and a professor of education at UCLA, presented itself. Celia now opens […]
Alvarado Elementary is Recognized as a National Title I Distinguished School
Each year the National Title I Association recognizes and honors Title I school programs across the nation that display a wide array of strengths that make it a “Distinguished School.” This academic year, Alvarado Elementary School, a Cotsen alumni school since 05′, is one of two California schools named a National Title I Distinguished School for […]
Principals’ Technology Network
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 […]
Cotsen Spotlight: Jeffrey Ng
Jeffrey Ng, a 2012 alumnus, shares his journey from student teacher to assistant principal of Andrews Elementary School in Whittier City School District and the importance of saying yes to opportunities for growth. Share a little about how you started teaching. I began working with an after-school program called Gear Up (Gaining Early Awareness and […]
Cotsen Schools and Teachers Receive Grants to Support Professional Learning for the 2017 – 2018 School Year
The Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING has awarded over $211,000 in grants to alumni schools and teachers in order to support teacher collaboration, professional learning and parent involvement for the 2017 – 2018 school year. Each year the foundation offers several categories of grants to support its participants’ continued professional growth. The categories include Parent […]
The 12th Annual ART of TEACHING Conference
In the fall of 2006 the Cotsen Foundation held its first Annual ART of TEACHING Conference with just over 200 in attendance. The conference’s intent was to jump start mentors’ and fellows’ ideas and motivation for enhancing their teaching practice in both content and pedagogy. To achieve this, the Cotsen Foundation brought in speakers with […]