SSU will train 6 students as "Reading Rescue Tutors". These students will be tutoring elementary-aged children in local elementary schools. Tutors will enroll in EDUC 295 and receive 1 unit credit for 45 hours of in-person tutoring. They will also be paid for the 10 hours of tutor training. This project is being support by the Benedict Silverman Foundation (BSF) who will provide funding for faculty time, tutor training, travel/mileage, supplies, etc.

This project will enable the Hutchins School of Liberal Studies to establish new criteria for transformative texts; revise and revitalize curriculum pathways and advising to conform to state and institutional demands; and most importantly, develop an implementation proposal to expand the Hutchins GE lower division curriculum to a large percentage of the incoming student body through SSU's First Year Experience (FYE) program.

The award is for the Create an Integrated Teacher Preparation Program for the PK-3 Early Childhood Education Specialist Instruction Program (ITPP-PK3). This grant will pay for faculty and staff time to prepare all documentation and materials needed for CSU and California Commission on Teacher Credentialing approval of the ITPP-PK3, faculty time for professional development with local teachers, and compensation of personnel from school districts, Santa Rosa Junior College, and the Sonoma County Office of Education for consultation on the design of the program.

BCAIP will bring together content area and bilingual authorization preservice teachers, their mentors, content method and language/literacy university educators, and families in solidarity to strengthen teacher preparation for emergent bilingual learning through coursework, field experience, culturally and linguistically sustaining mentorship, and a language and literacies learning lab that all integrate biliteracy with content area learning.

To meet the increasing demand for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) teachers in California public schools, Petaluma City Schools (PCS) and Santa Rosa City Schools (SRCS), in partnership with Sonoma State University's (SSU) School of Education (SOE) will develop a collaborative partnership, called the North Bay STEM Teacher Residency Program (NBSTEM).

To meet the increasing demand for bilingual teachers in California public schools, NVUSD and SRCS, in partnership with SSU's School of Education, will expand the existing NBTR Consortium to include multiple- and multiple plus single-subject credentials (both w/added bilingual authorization) to support the growth of dual language TK-8 programs in both districts.

California has adopted Dyslexia Guidelines for future teachers. These must be incorporated into each basic credential program (education specialist, multiple subject, single subject). The legislature has made funding available so that teacher education programs can align their coursework with the guidelines (AB 128). Course revision and program revision to include pedagogy related to literacy and dyslexia may result from this work.

Drs. Elizabeth Ducy and Jennifer Mahdavi received a U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Grant of over $1 million for the next five years. The Seawolf to Education Specialist Project (SeEds) aims to increase the number of diverse (e.g., race, ethnicity, culture, language, and disability status) fully credentialed special education teachers with the knowledge and skills to serve children and youth with disabilities.

This grant will support a combined format, virtual and in-person, 3-week NEH summer institute for 25 secondary English teachers from across the country. The institute will be held for 2 weeks on SSU's campus and includes field trips to various locations in Northern California. Participants will learn alongside literary scholars, teacher-artists, naturalists, and media literacy scholars. The institute will guide participants through an in-depth inquiry into the human/nature dichotomy and connections through climate futurism.

SSU will train 15 students as "Reading Rescue Tutors". These students will be tutoring elementary-aged children in local elementary schools. Tutors will enroll in EDUC 295 and receive 1 unit credit for 45 hours of in-person tutoring. They will also be paid for the 10 hours of tutor training. This project is being support by the Benedict Silverman Foundation (BSF) who will provide funding for faculty time, tutor training, travel/mileage, supplies, etc.