Grants that support Teacher TRAC:

Boeing Grant - The Partnership to Develop Special Education Teachers (SETuP) is a K-12 Special Education Teacher Preparation Program

This project will prepare future special education teachers through a streamlined, blended program that allows students to complete a baccalaureate degree, student teaching, multiple subject teaching credential, and educational specialist credential in four calendar years.  For more information, please visit the Special Education Intern Program Page.

California Community Colleges, Chancellors Office Teacher Preparation Pipeline Grant

The project is intended to address the need for Career Technical Teacher/Educators at the secondary and community college level.  This project, CTE Pathways in Teacher TRAC, will develop the necessary infrastructure to create six new CTE Teacher Preparation Pathways: three for future high school teachers, and three for future community college teachers.  For more information, please visit the Teacher TRAC CTE Pathways Page.

Carnegie, Hewlett Grant

This initiative is part of an ongoing collaboration between The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.  The grant affords us the opportunity to introduce a systematic approach to implementing new and innovative pedagogical strategies in developmental English and Mathematics.  These funds also support a faculty development program that will increase the success and retention of all students, particularly those requiring pre-collegiate courses in English and Math.  In addition to this, the Grant provides support for a much needed systematic approach to improve student learning by structuring activities and assessing learning outcomes.

National Science Foundation TS3P Grant

Funding from the National Science Foundation is provided to the Teacher TRAC program to develop a secondary school Mathematics and Science Teacher Preparation Program called Teaching Secondary School Scholar Partnership (TS³P).  The overall goal of TS³P is to increase the number of secondary school teachers who have a single subject credential in Mathematics or the Sciences.  For more information, please visit the Teaching Secondary School Scholar Partnership (TS³P) Page.

Former Grants that have supported Teacher TRAC:

American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Teaching Scholar Partnership:

Funded by the National Science Foundation, co-sponsored by AACC, The Council of Independent Colleges and the Independent Colleges Office, the project awarded the two-year grants to 28 community colleges and four-year colleges. The TSP Project aims at enhancing science and math instruction in K-12 classrooms while encouraging undergraduate students to consider teaching in the areas of math and science.  Teaching Scholars graduating from the Teacher TRAC-TSP project at Cerritos College will be able to transfer directly to California State University, Long Beach for completion of their degree with a concentration in math or science.  For more information, please visit the Teaching Scholar Program Page.

Preparing Tomorrows Teachers to use Technology (PT3) Grant:
{Provided by the U.S. Department of Education}

California State University, Long Beach and Cerritos College were awarded a PT3 grant over a period of four years to “implement specific teacher preparation improvements, ” by the U.S. Department of Education.  Across the nation 127 colleges and universities were awarded the PT3 grant, as part of the Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology program.  These grants will support teacher preparation improvements in virtually every state and region across the country, with a focus on improving the use of technology in teaching in low-income communities and rural areas, and among minority groups and special populations.  For more information, please visit Preparing Tomorrows Teachers to use Technology, PT3 Page.

Teacher Reading Development Program Chancellor's Grant

The purpose of the Teacher and Reading Development Partnerships effort is to encourage community college students to pursue a career in teaching.  Applications initiated by the community colleges in teacher preparation will be articulated with teacher education programs at California State Universities (CSU) and local school districts.  Each partnership will offer a curriculum that includes elementary classroom fieldwork to assist students in developing improved reading skills.

Long Beach Elementary Science & Mathematics Teacher Education Program (LBESTEP):

LBESTEP {1999 - 2004} was a National Science Foundation {NSF} funded 3 year collaborative effort between California State University, Long Beach and Cerritos College Teacher TRAC to focus on and improve K-8 teacher preparation in mathematics and sciences in Southern California.