April 26th – Centering Students in Science Classrooms

This workshop focuses on creating inclusive and engaging science classrooms for all students. We’ll explore research-based strategies that center student experiences, valuing their backgrounds, languages, and cultures. Participants will engage in interactive activities and learn how to incorporate these diverse perspectives into their science teaching. By leveraging and promoting student-centered learning, we can foster a more inclusive and engaging science learning environment for all.

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April 26th – Lines in Motion: Investigating Contour Drawing, Southern Counties California Arts Project *Partner offering

Explore the art of contour line drawing, develop your drawing skills, and discover approaches to bring visual arts in the classroom. For TK-12 educators, no Visual Arts experience necessary.

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June 9 – 11 – CRLP Learning How English Works Summer Institute

Learn more about how CRLP’s Learning How English Works (LHEW) can help educators identify the language demands of classroom tasks and student language production, explore linguistically-responsive routines that are ELD standards-aligned to engage students in content and language learning, collaboratively analyze student work and consider instructional responses based on their use of language.

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June 10, 11, 24, 25 – Computer Science Community of Practice Cohort 2

The UCI Science Project is exploring strategies and structures to develop teacher efficacy and understanding of computer science for upper elementary to middle school STEM teachers by establishing a Community of Practice (CoP) during the Summer. This CoP will focus on three primary outcomes:
Integration of Computational Thinking Practices into STEM pedagogy.

Shared understanding of approaches to embed computer science topics, ideas and experiences into classroom practice.

Increased collective teacher efficacy towards computing

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June 10 & 11 – Oral History as Community History: Foundations and Futures Summer 2025 Workshop

Teachers selected for the Oral History as Community History: Foundations and Futures workshop will learn with scholars, archivists and teacher leaders in order to integrate oral histories into their classrooms K-12 classrooms. The program’s goal will be to create learning opportunities for students to engage in the work of documenting and analyzing community stories to create a classroom archive.

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June 16 – 18 – CRLP Results for Reading Comprehension Summer Institute

This institute is designed to help educators understand how CRLP Results for Reading Comprehension (RRC) can support teachers by providing instructional routines that can be used with any curriculum to link holistic reading comprehension instruction to grade-level text and diverse literature, through the lens of an assets-based pedagogy. Teachers will explore ways to design effective instruction to help their students make meaning from complex grade-level text and use evidence from the text to demonstrate their comprehension. Learn more about RRC.

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June 23 – July 18 – Summer Institute 2025 – Into the Wild: Writing Beyond Boundaries

The Summer Institute is the centerpiece of the UCI Writing Project. It is an invigorating four-week seminar for teachers (pre-k through university). This year, the theme is “Into the Wild: Writing Beyond Boundaries.” Each fellow accepted to our program might interpret the theme differently. It might mean throwing caution to the wind in our writing, defying writing norms, going wild with writing strategies, supporting our students in their wild writing, or even literally going into the wild to write! In the summer of 2025, we’re going to challenge our fellows to expand the boundaries of what counts as writing (and “good” writing), and to consider how they can provide their wild students with writing access and opportunities. Our project always recruits teachers of all levels. We often get many middle and high school teachers, so we also want to encourage elementary and early childhood teachers to also apply this year. This project is great for elementary teachers, too. Those young kids are also wild!

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June 23 – 24 – Desarrollando competencia sociocultural con lecturas en voz alta en español 

“Potencie su aula de lenguaje dual con lecturas en voz alta en español para promover la competencia sociocultural y mejorar las habilidades de alfabetización en español. Este taller para maestros de K-6 ofrece orientación sobre cómo elegir y utilizar literatura española culturalmente relevante para fomentar la identidad cultural y la apreciación de la diversidad, mientras se mejoran las habilidades de lenguaje y alfabetización. Los participantes recibirán libros y recursos en español para implementar estas estrategias de manera efectiva en sus aulas.

Building Sociocultural Competence with Spanish Read Alouds

Enhance your dual language classroom with Spanish read-alouds to promote sociocultural competence and boost Spanish literacy skills. This K-6 teacher workshop offers guidance on choosing and using culturally relevant Spanish literature to foster cultural identity and diversity appreciation, while enhancing language and literacy skills. Participants will receive Spanish books and resources to effectively implement these strategies in their classrooms.”

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June 26, July 10 & 17 – Demystifying the CAST: Unlocking Student Success through Assessment

Dive into the heart of science assessment with our focused two-hour workshop. We’ll dissect the structure of the California Science Test (CAST) and unravel its crucial role in the California School Dashboard, highlighting the impact on students, schools, and districts. Participants will have the opportunity to survey test and dashboard details, examining performance tasks as powerful assessment tools, and exploring a wealth of resources to navigate the landscape of student understanding. This is the foundational session of a three-part series, paving the way for deeper exploration of the CAST and impactful classroom assessment strategies.

Secure your spot for $25 if registered early (June 1st), or $50 thereafter.

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April 26th – TCAP’s 17th Courageous Creativity Conference, Southern Counties California Arts Project *Partner offering

Courageous Creativity is an arts education leadership conference grounded in the aspirations of the CA Arts Education Framework, CA Arts Standards, and the opportunities presented by the Arts and Music in Schools Funding (AMS).

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July 10 & 17 – Demystifying the CAST: Unlocking Student Success through Assessment

Dive into the heart of science assessment with our focused two-hour workshop. We’ll dissect the structure of the California Science Test (CAST) and unravel its crucial role in the California School Dashboard, highlighting the impact on students, schools, and districts. Participants will have the opportunity to survey test and dashboard details, examining performance tasks as powerful assessment tools, and exploring a wealth of resources to navigate the landscape of student understanding. This is the foundational session of a three-part series, paving the way for deeper exploration of the CAST and impactful classroom assessment strategies.

Secure your spot for $25 if registered early (June 1st), or $50 thereafter.

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July 22, 24 & 29 – Climate Literacy and CA AB 285: Supporting Science Education in a Changing World

California’s Assembly Bill 285 (CA 285) calls for 1st-12th grade science teachers to address the causes and effects of climate change, and to explore strategies communities can use to mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis. This workshop series is designed to directly support you in addressing this important topic within your curriculum. We will focus on building your understanding of climate literacy, providing practical examples of classroom implementation, exploring relevant data and resources, and offering opportunities to learn from climate specialists. You will leave with the tools to develop a climate integration plan for your classroom. This is the first of three workshops that will guide you in preparing students to navigate a future in a changing world.

Early registration is $50 (before June 1st), with a fee of $75 thereafter.

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August 23rd – Literacy is STEAM: Books for Science Workshop

The STEAM P-K Books program will create opportunities for TK-6 grade students to explore environmental topics through engaging interdisciplinary lessons. Funding from our partners at Pacific Life will allow us to collaborate with a cohort of teacher leaders and UCI faculty, who will design learning experiences for elementary educators. The goal of the program is to provide teaching resources for TK-6 educators that anchor grade-level picture books for science learning. Each of the lessons will align to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Common Core State Standards (CCSS), and California Environmental Principles and Concepts (EP&Cs) to support interdisciplinary literacy and inquiry-based collaborative learning among elementary students. Each lesson will include a variety of media, opportunities for students to engage in collaborative conversations, literacy skills-building, and culminate in a learning activity that promotes student interpretation using evidence to generate solutions to local issues. Each of these lessons will be shared with elementary teachers from the Orange County region at a workshop held at UCI in the summer of 2025. Teachers registered in the program will then have the opportunity to implement the lessons with their students and will return to engage in dialogue with colleagues about implementation in fall 2025.

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