Teachers along California’s Pacific Coast (representing twenty
counties between Del Norte and Ventura Counties) are benefitting
from a California Postsecondary Education Commission grant. The
Pacific Coast Teacher
Innovation Network (PacTIN) supports 48 teams of three to
five teachers over a two- to three-year period as they develop
and implement creative and innovative approaches to engaging and
motivating students.
Recognizing that many outstanding teachers in California’s
schools have creative and innovative ideas for enriching teaching
and learning in their classrooms and schools, the goal of PacTIN
is to provide classroom teachers with “seed monies” for making
their ideas a reality. The program will encourage an
entrepreneurial spirit by granting the teachers their own
resources (up to $30,000 per team) and holding them responsible
for planning their own professional development and for
translating new knowledge and skills into classroom practice and
student learning in the classroom.
A team of educational partners, including the UC Davis School of
Education CRESS Center, Humboldt Science and Mathematics Center,
the School of Education at Humboldt State University, and Parejo
Valley Unified School District, provide project leadership. For
more information, visit teachergrants.ucdavis.edu.
