Improving Teacher Quality - Teacher-Based Reform (T-BAR) Pilot Program
The goal of the Commission's Teacher-Based Reform (T-BAR) Pilot Program is to provide an
entrepreneurial aspect that allows the knowledge and skills of K-12 teacher teams to
collaboratively assess their own needs and design good professional development that
meets those needs, with the assistance of university experts. The T-BAR grants will
partner university faculty from two distinct departments with their partner school(s)
to improve the effectiveness and content knowledge of K-12 school teachers thereby
improving student performance. The Master grantees will administer the T-BAR Pilot
program in their regions.
- 09-T600 - Teacher-Initiated Inquiry Projects (TIIP)
- 09-T601 - Pacific Coast Teacher-Based Reform Initiative (PCTBRI)
- 10-T700 - South Counties Reform Initiative Benefiting Educators and Students (SCRIBES)
- 10-T701 - Teacher PD-INC
The RFP states, "In 1994, CPEC issued a special request for proposals targeted directly at K-12 teachers that
said: 'This program recognizes that many outstanding teachers in California's public and private schools have
creative and innovative ideas for enriching teaching and learning in their classrooms and/or schools. Funding
to put these ideas into practice is limited and not usually available for most classroom teachers. This program's
goal is to provide classroom teachers with 'seed monies' for making their ideas a reality in their schools.'
By linking professional development directly to school-based projects, the Teacher Academic Achievement Program
(TAAP) was able to capitalize on each of these principles: recipients only proposed activities in which they were
interested; because of their interest, they were willing to seek out and master challenging material, enabling
them to improve their teaching and successfully complete their projects.” The T-BAR project has three major goals:
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To provide support to teams of teachers in support of school reform;
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To scale up the original TAAP program with a more efficient, regional approach to program administration;
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To supplement that administration with a rigorous research program focused on teacher-based school reform.
The Master grantees are as follows:
T-BAR Project Contacts
