This Community of Practice brings together 6th - 12th grade educators with a shared goal: to build lifelong writing skills in all students. Together, we will explore strategies that promote student autonomy, confidence, and growth in writing. Our work will focus on creating strong, sustainable classroom writing systems that support diverse learners and empower writers to see themselves as capable, independent communicators. Participants are encouraged to bring both ideas and questions to fuel collaborative inquiry, deepen our collective understanding, and learn from one another. Whether you're refining your current approach or building something new, this CoP will provide a space to reflect, explore, and grow alongside passionate colleagues.

This community of practice is focused on those that would like to learn and grow in the area of professional leadership. If you are interested in moving in to administrative roles in the future, serving as a teacher leader, or leading district wide initiatives this is a chance to learn and grow together. Those that participate in this CoP may have the opportunity to access EvoPrep which is a test prep system for the CPACE exam which leads to a letter of eligibility in administration. They will also be eligible to have fees covered for the CPACE exam in the year in which they are attending.

Join us for an engaging in-person 6-part professional learning series with Dr. Jeff Zwiers, who has worked as a senior researcher at the Stanford Graduate School of Education and is currently consulting in the areas of improving language development and student interactions across disciplines. The focus of this comprehensive professional learning series is to help educators improve student writing by strengthening the oral language experiences that precede, accompany, and extend academic writing across a l content areas and grade levels. We wi l emphasize district- & school-wide implementation. This series is composed of two parts: Part 1 (the first two sessions) provides practical foundations for the work and will take place at the COE. The next four sessions wi l be hosted at different school sites with classroom observations in the morning and analysis and leadership discussions in the afternoon.

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This Community of Practice will focus on strengthening foundational number sense in TK–5 classrooms by diving into Chapter 3 of the California Mathematics Framework and implementing daily Number Talks. Our goals are to: Build teacher understanding of how number sense develops over time. Support implementation of research-based routines that promote mental math and mathematical discourse. Explore the vision and guidance in Chapter 3 of the CA Math Framework and what it means for early math instruction. Share resources and practices to create inclusive, equitable math environments that empower young learners.

This CoP will explore arts integration and the creative process as tools to support holistic learning across all subject areas. In community, we will further our understanding of both the social-emotional benefits and academic benefits of arts engagement and arts learning as a group. Through workshops and conversations, we will explore art practices that can easily be brought into classrooms and explore these larger themes together in real time. This CoP is designed to feed teachers’ creativity while realizing the vision of the Strategic Arts Education Plan: to increase access, support and capacity for an equitable, empowering and student-centered creative arts education. No prior art experience is required.

This Community of Practice will support grades 6–12 math teachers in implementing the new California Mathematics Framework. Our goals are to: Deepen understanding of the framework’s vision and recommendations. Explore and implement Building Thinking Classrooms strategies that foster student agency and problem-solving. Integrate purposeful technology to enhance engagement and learning outcomes. Reimagine student notebooks as powerful, personalized learning tools that support metacognition and academic success.