Recent Donors
We would like to express our appreciation to our 2 most recent donors for their generosity and support. UCLA SMP has received a donation of $20,000 from The Boeing Company for supporting our work with the Antelope Valley Union High School District. JPMorgan Chase has also donated $20,000 for our work with the Alliance for College-Ready Public High Schools.
Publications
UCLA SMP works closely with hundreds of educators each year, providing them with strategies to enhance their classroom practice and leadership skills. Our publications highlight this work, providing opportunities for our readers to share in each school’s successes. UCLA SMP publications include:
Breaking Through to Effective Teaching: A Walk-Through Protocol Linking Student Learning & Professional Practice “...a modest, practical book with
a powerful, revolutionary purpose.”
--Richard Elmore, Ed.D., Harvard University
a powerful, revolutionary purpose.”
--Richard Elmore, Ed.D., Harvard University
article by SMP faculty: “Classroom Walkthroughs as a Catalyst for School Improvement” by Laureen Cervone & Patricia Martinez-Miller
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UCLA SMP is a non-profit school reform initiative that is committed to the sustainable transformation of public schools into learner-centered organizations where all students can achieve at high levels. Our professional development team of practitioners has partnered with over 800 public schools since 1992, working with educators, administrators, and community members to improve student achievement by fostering well-managed schools where professional development enhances teacher effectiveness, builds community, and results in personal transformation.
Our model of school improvement planning involves developing a deep understanding of the unique needs of the district or school site and providing sound tools and processes that can be employed to support the continuous improvement of both the individual and the organization.
A second office in the Northeast Region of the country was opened in January 2006. UCLA SMP Northeast Region provides the same high level of school improvement programs for urban and rural schools in the New England states and New York.
Upcoming Institutes
- February 10-12, 2009
- Kellogg West Conference Center
Cal Poly Pomona campus
- June 29-30 and July 1, 2009
- The Riverhouse
Haddam, CT
- August 17-19, 2009
- The Riverhouse
Haddam, CT
- February 23-26, 2009
- Almansor Court, Alhambra, CA
- March 2-6, 2009
- Almansor Court, Alhambra, CA
- February 2-4, 2009
- The Center at Cathedral Plaza, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
- January 22, 2009
- Pickwick Gardens Conference Center, Burbank, CA
- February 5, 2009
- The Center at Cathedral Plaza
Downtown Los Angeles, CA
Education Headlines
Charters Lead State’s Traditional Schools in Achievement for Poor Children, Survey Finds
Los Angeles Times
Veto of SB 1446 Ends Years of Uncertainty
California Teachers Association
Springing into Active Learning The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Modeling: It’s More Than Just Imitation BNET
Seven Skills Students Desperately Need eSchoolNews.com
Better Education Through Innovation Los Angeles Times
