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Improving Teacher Quality Project Abstracts

Click on the links below for additional information on current projects funded by the California Postsecondary Education Commission’s Improving Teacher Quality Program. Each project abstract also includes direct contact information for project staff.

Projects Funded in 2007 - Early Elementary Education - Grade K-2

• ITQ-07-400 ArtsCore K-2: The Teaching Artist Project
• ITQ-07-401 K-2 STARTS: Science and Technology Assistance for Rural Teachers and Small Districts
• ITQ-07-404 Math in the Early Grades (MEG)
• ITQ-07-412 Project SMART: Integrating Science, Mathematics, Reading and Technology in the Primary Grades
• ITQ-07-413 Strategic Alliance of Robla/UC-Davis/Sacramento County Office of Ed. ?????
• ITQ-07-415 Mathematics and English Language Development (MELD)
• ITQ-07-418 Science and Math Impacting Learners of English (SMILE)
• ITQ-07-420 K-2 Teaching Learning Collaborative (TLC)
• ITQ-07-424 Mathematics Understanding Learning and Teaching (MULT) Project

Projects Funded in 2006 – Retention of Science and Mathematics Teachers

• ITQ-03-350 California Science Project Teacher Retention Initiative (CSP-TRI)
• ITQ-03-360 California Math Project Supporting Teachers to Retention (CMP STIR)
  • CSU Bakersfield
  • CSU Chico
  • CSU Dominguez Hills
  • CSU Fresno
  • CSU Sacramento
  • CSU San Bernardino
  • San Diego State
  • UC Irvine
  • UC Los Angeles
  • UC Santa Barbara

Projects Funded in 2005 – Academic Literacy in Secondary Education

• ITQ-02-301 English Language Development Professional Institute
• ITQ-02-316 Developing Rigorous Education in the Arts to Motivate (DREAM)
• ITQ-02-319 Redwood Area Academic Literacy Initiative (RAALI)
• ITQ-02-335 Reading, Thinking and Writing in History and Science
• ITQ-02-337 Accelerating Academic Literacy: A Pathway to College Success
• ITQ-02-339 Literacy in the History Classroom
• ITQ-02-342 Access to the Core: Support for Secondary English Language Learners