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GRANTS AWARDED 1999

Developmental Studies Center
$50,000 for 2 years:  1999 – 2001
To support the Preservice Initiative, which focuses on expanding the number of schools of education that use DSC approaches and materials; supporting further dissemination of this work to a developing national network of teacher educators dedicated to the ethical and social as well as intellectual development of children; and to adapt and augment existing materials so that university educators can use them effectively in teacher preparation programs.

White Plains Public Schools
$45,000 for 3 years:  1999-2002
To support the Learning Community Project at the Middle School for the Humanities at Eastview, which seeks to foster student’s engagement in learning and to cultivate a sense of membership in a school community, which has a clear educational purpose, strives for fairness, provides personal support and opportunities for students to experience success, and is committed to creating a caring environment.

Linking San Francisco:  San Francisco Unified School District
$5,000 for 1 year:  1999
To support exploration and action research in schools and community agencies involved in service learning, to reflect on the key practices occurring in the field, to provide intensive support at schools and agencies based on the findings from research and reflection, and to guide the creation of district-wide service learning policies.

San Francisco Urban Service Project
$40,000 for 2 years:  1999-2001
To support the professional development and training program for AmeriCorps members to build the skills and knowledge they need to perform their service – at public schools, community agencies and child development centers – efficiently and effectively; to deepen their ability to reflect on their learning and personal development; to encourage a life long commitment to serving others in the future; and for staff to focus on developing and refining their own skills and knowledge.

Coalition of Essential Schools
$60,000 for 2 years:  1999-2001
To support a pilot project, the Essential Moral Questions Project, that will help high school teachers develop skills and curriculum materials to help them explore moral and ethical questions in a thoughtful way with their students, so that students can hone their moral thinking skills and can practice the kinds of in-depth discussions that are essential to a democratic society.

Project Respect
$40,000 for 2 years:  1999-2001
To support work with students, parents, and educators to promote diverse cultural values that support intellectual growth, creativity, self-discipline, understanding and sense of community; and to connect students and their families of diverse backgrounds and beliefs to public schools and to influence the school environment to be a place where all students can succeed academically.

Cleo Eulau Center
$16,000 for 1 year:  1999
To support the work of professional consultants – mental health and child development experts at two school sites in East San Jose in fostering teachers’ caring and supportive relationships with their students; consultants work one-on-one with individual teachers both in and out of their classrooms as well as with key administrators, and provide workshops for staff that focus on helping children become competent, confident and caring adults.

Northeast Foundation for Children
$30,000 for 1 year:  1999
To support the development of two books in the series of seven books, Strategies for Teachers, that articulate classroom practices which will enable K-8 classroom teachers to set up and run a classroom where the social context of learning is honored and where the knowledge of children’s development informs all decisions.

Community Educational Services
$50,000 for 2 years:  1999 –2001
To support the REAL Program, which focuses on nurturing a more caring and respectful classroom environment, promote service to the community, deepen student learning and motivation, build relationships across differences and contribute to positive change for students in middle and high schools in San Francisco by providing training and support for participating teachers as well as for young high school and college age REAL interns who work side by side with teachers in classrooms over the course of the year.

Cupertino Union School District
$40,000 for 2 years:  1999-2001
To support on-going positive change for two school communities – Sedgwick and Stocklmeir, by integrating the principles, values and practices of developing a caring school community with high academic standards for all students through a variety of professional development activities and trainings that will focus on the large number of new teachers at both schools as well as support for leadership development for principals.

Hawaii Association of Independent Schools
$12,500 for 1 year:  1999
To renew support for the Summerbridge Hawaii Program, an academic enrichment program for middle school students who are taught by talented high school and college- age students interested in considering teaching as a future career; and to explore the potential future development of coursework designed for high school students interested in teaching at Summerbridge Hawaii and pursuing a career in education.

San Francisco Beacon Initiative
$30,000 for 2 years: 1999 – 2001
To support Beacon Centers – family centers that operate in San Francisco public schools – that offer opportunities, services and activities for the healthy development of children, youth, families and communities; and to focus on a youth development approach that seeks to build a variety of competencies in youth people so that they become caring, successful, healthy adults.