| California Teach/Math Science Initiative (SMI)
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The University of California launched the California Teach Science and Math Initiative in 2005 in response to the critical shortage of highly qualified math and science teachers in the state |
Faculty Outreach
Collaborations (FOC) |
The core activities that directly connect university faculty, their graduate students, and undergraduate students to partner schools. |
Teacher
Leader Cadre (TLC) |
The Teacher Leader Cadre will endeavor to impact all students in the partnership schools because it targets the teachers who interact with them every day. |
Future
Teacher Highway (FTH) |
The vision for the Future Teacher Highway (FTH) is to pool regional resources to recruit and support future teachers along the education continuum, from K-12 to the community college and the university level. |
Discipline
Dialogues (DD) |
The Discipline Dialogues address issues in mathematics and science instruction reflected in the California State Board Adopted Science and Mathematics Content Standards for K-12 as well as the content of introductory level college classes. |
SMARTS Pre-Kindergarten/Kindergarten
Leadership Institute |
SMARTS Pre-Kindergarten/Kindergarten Leadership Institute which specializes in science, math, and literacy and works closely with PreK district leaders from three partnership districts. |
| Research and Evaluation (Eval) |
FOCUS! activities and outcomes are assessed continually through research and evaluation, engaging all stakeholders in the process of program reform. |
