The Cotsen Foundation takes great joy from seeing so many alumni, mentors and fellows alike, rising to new heights as leaders in their schools/districts. The following are the names of Cotsen alumni who have taken on new leadership positions as of the 2019 鈥� 2020 academic year and/or have received advanced degrees in 2019: Andrea […]
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. 聽Yet across the country, teachers and students fill classrooms as they enter into another year of intellectual exploration and growth. It鈥檚 the beginning […]
Founder of The Educator Collaborative, Chris Lehman, and The Educator Collaborative Book Ambassador and teacher librarian, Julia Torres, led the first Alumni Speaker Series of the 2019-2020 school year. Their presentation titled, Literacy as a Tool for Collective Liberation: Culturally Responsive Teaching in the K-6 Classroom,聽centered on confronting the many challenges educators face on the […]
Dr. George Herrera, principal at Villacorta Elementary School, is preparing his school for its first year in the 快活林app of TEACHING fellowship program. But his work as a leader and principal over the last three years has earned him district-wide recognition this year. The Rowland Unified School District has named Dr. George Herrera the District […]
Rudy Gonzalez, Principal of Morrison Elementary School in the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District, never planned on leading a school that had been awarded the prestigious California Distinguished School Award three times in one decade (2008, 2012, 2018). In fact as a financial analyst and financial consultant, teaching had never crossed his mind until he […]
As we begin the 2019-2020 school year, the Cotsen Foundation would like to recognize the exemplary alumni teachers who retired this past year. These consummate professionals have spent the last few decades refining their craft in an effort to open up the world of learning and exploration for the children in their classrooms and school […]
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 […]
鈥淣ever doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.鈥� 聽 聽 – Margaret Mead Dear Colleagues, As the long days of summer rapidly wind down, and the opening of school arrives full of excitement and possibilities, I want to take this […]
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, […]
A collaboration between the Riordan and Cotsen Foundations has opened up new grant opportunities for Cotsen schools. Melrose and Beethoven Street Elementary Schools were selected this year as recipients of the Riordan Foundation鈥檚 Instructional Innovation Grants. Last year, another Cotsen school, Mill School and Technology Academy, also received an Instructional Innovation grant from the Foundation. […]