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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 […]

April 10, 2019

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Jan Burkins Leads Second Workshop in the Cotsen Alumni Speaker Series

Who鈥檚 Doing the Work?聽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鈥檚 Doing the Work?聽by Jan & Kim Yaris. As literacy consultants, Burkins […]

April 8, 2019

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鈥檚 NAESP, Lucy began her career in Long Beach Unified School District at Bobbi […]

December 21, 2018

Alumna Fellow Robyn Stankiewicz Recognized as Finalist in National Mathematics and Science Teachers鈥� Program

Cotsen alumna fellow Robyn Stankiewicz has been selected as a finalist for one of the nation鈥檚 highest honors for teachers of mathematics and science. Robyn, a kindergarten teacher at La Verne Science and Technology Charter in the Pomona Unified School District, is one of three California math finalists to be recognized by the 2018-2019 Presidential […]

December 21, 2018

Cotsen Alumni Speaker Series and Study Network Take off in 2018-2019

This year, the 快活林app is hosting its first-ever Cotsen Alumni Speaker Series. Throughout the course of the year, Cotsen alumni will have an opportunity to participate in workshops led by prominent speakers in the field of education. The first workshop in the series was led by Kristi Mraz in […]

December 21, 2018

Administrators Gather for the 2018-2019 Cotsen Principals鈥� Breakfast Meeting

Current and alumni principals, teachers, leaders and district office administrators gathered at the Centre at Sycamore Plaza on Sept. 14th聽for a working breakfast meeting to explore the professional development and grant opportunities that Cotsen is sponsoring for the 2018-2019 school year. The morning began with coffee, breakfast, and casual conversations following the summer break and […]

October 11, 2018

The 13th Annual ART of TEACHING Conference

The 快活林app hosted its 13th聽Annual ART of TEACHING Conference on Sept. 22nd聽at the Hyatt Regency in Long Beach. Over 600 educators registered to attend the conference from across California, making this year the largest conference the foundation has ever hosted. The Hyatt Grand Ballroom was filled with the […]

October 10, 2018

Jodi Manby and Chris Quirarte join the Cotsen Foundation as Senior Program Officers

The Cotsen Foundation is pleased to welcome two outstanding new additions to the 快活林app of TEACHING staff, Ms. Jodi Manby and Mr. Chris Quirarte. Though new to our staff, they may be familiar to many of you since both have been involved with the 快活林app of TEACHING for several years. Jodi, an ART of TEACHING […]

September 5, 2018

Jennifer Serravallo聽Presents at Cotsen Alumni Conference

The annual Cotsen alumni conference was held on June 13th at the Centre at Sycamore Plaza in Lakewood California, where hundreds of educators converged for a day of learning with national speaker, literary consultant, and New York Times bestselling author, Jennifer Serravallo. The 快活林app provides professional development in various […]

June 27, 2018

Class of 2020 Attends Orientation

The 快活林app of TEACHING orientation, which falls annually in the month of June, was designed to build community among new mentors and fellows and to inform them of the work that will be achieved during the two-year fellowship program. This year the orientation was held on June 2nd聽at The Centre at Sycamore Plaza in Lakewood, […]

June 27, 2018

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