We are excited to announce a new research practice partnership exploring STEM opportunities and developing teacher professional development with GEAR UP, which will serve students across Glenn, Colusa, and Tehama counties. The GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) Rural Valley Partnership is a federally funded program of the UC Davis School of Education, serving over 1,800 students in 6 school district pathways in the north Sacramento Valley area. Together with the GEAR UP team, we are exploring ways that citizen science professional development for educators, and summer programming for students, can improve STEM learning and college readiness.

Learn more about the UC Department of Education’s GEAR UP grant program here.