The calendar still says summer, and the days, though growing increasingly shorter, continue to be baked by a sun that seems not quite ready to give way to the crispness of fall. Yet across the country, teachers and students fill classrooms as they enter into another year of intellectual exploration and growth. It’s the beginning […]
During the opening session, Jerry Harris, the ART of TEACHING’s executive director, welcomed the group. “Today is our opportunity as a professional family to reconnect, share a meal, engage in stimulating conversation, and strengthen the ties that bind us together as a family as we continue to grow into a formidable force committed to […]
On Saturday, September 13, 2014, the Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING hosted its 9th Annual the ART of TEACHING Conference, where hundreds of educators – mostly alumni and current participants in the ART of TEACHING fellowship – gathered in Long Beach for a full day of professional development. Watch opening remarks by Jerry […]
As another academic year begins, and students settle into the rhythm of school, I am reminded of how teaching isn’t just a noble profession. It is for most educators, indeed a calling. A calling that challenges them to link the present with the future, by preparing our nation’s most important asset for a life we […]
As a long-time educator, my excitement about new beginnings generally emerges in August with the arrival of a new school year. I love seeing the eagerness, joy, and anticipation in the eyes of teachers, students and parents as they embark on yet another 180-day odyssey into the world of learning. I have always believed […]
Today, the Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING welcomed Jerry Harris as its new executive director, succeeding Judy Johnson, the founding executive director of the ART of TEACHING, who retired at the end of June 2013. Mr. Harris has served as a program officer for the foundation since 2007, focusing on the development of […]
NEWS RELEASE April 4, 2013 Judy Johnson, Executive Director of the Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING, to Retire Jerry Harris appointed as new executive director LOS ANGELES — Judy Johnson, the executive director of the Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING, will retire from the position, effective June 30, 2013. Dr. Johnson, […]
By Cotsen Staff, Cotsen Foundation for the ART of TEACHING — Noting that this is the ART of TEACHING’s tenth year, Executive Director Judy Johnson greeted the 2011 graduating cohort of mentors and fellows, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Cotsen, members of the board and guests in the Cotsen Auditorium of the Skirball Cultural Center on […]
