Resources for Educators

Resources for Educators Links

• MathCoach Elementary math program designed to help California students achieve proficiency with the new Math Content Standards.
  
• Clean Air Challenge Free workshops for middle and high school level educators from or near Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
  
• Teacher Education At the University of California K-12 educators - preparation and professional development; a University of California Priority
  
• California Educational Data Processing Association Supporting California's educational technology community.
  
• California Area Resource for Educators Non-profit community-based agency that collects surplus goods, recyclables and over-runs, from business and industry and recycles them to educators.
  
• Education for the Future Supports systemic change in schools and districts for increased student learning, assisting schools with systemic reform largely through School Portfolios and Data Analysis.
  
• USC California Science Project (CSP) Seeks to coordinate science instruction between grades and schools; seeks to increase instructional time allocated to science, especially in the lower grades; and seeks to assist teachers in implementing solid, well-defined inquiry-based learning in their classrooms.
  
• California Poets in the Schools Provides poetry residencies for students in grades K-12 throughout California. The web site features student poetry, biographies of poet-teachers, and information about statewide anthologies.
  
• California Technology Entrepreneurship Center Training teachers to conduct tech-industry-based self-employment educational programs.
  
• K-12 Alliance A statewide organization dedicated to improving student performance and achievement in mathematics and science in California.
  
• Eureka! California in Children's Literature 1988 - 1997 Bibliography of noteworthy children's and young adult literature set in California and highlighting California history and culture.
  
• Joseph Matteucci Foundation JMF's youth non-violence programs make a positive impact on youth through speaking in schools, funding mediation programs, promoting sportsmanship and frustration management techniques for athletes.
  
• Getting Results Strategies in designing and implementing their drug prevention programs, as well as youth violence prevention programs.