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Academic Achievement ProgramsUS Department of Education/TRIO programs including student support services--the Academic Enhancement Program, the Computer Instruction Program, and the Transfer Student Program--and the McNair Scholars Program and the Miller Scholars Program; programs offer academic support and computer instruction for advanced secondary and first generation college students whose families' income falls within US Department of Education guidelines. http://www.aad.berkeley.edu/webchat.view.fcgi$aad.mainpageHarold Campbell
University of California at Berkeley
Academic Achievement Programs
2515 Channing Way # 2410
Berkeley, CA 94720-2410

Last update: 1/20/2005

Academic Talent Development Program (ATDP)The Academic Talent Development Program (ATDP) offers rigorous and challenging academic courses during the summer for highly motivated, high-achieving students. Students completing Grades 7-11 attend Secondary Division (SD) courses on the Berkeley campus, taking six-week accelerated and enrichment classes. The Elementary Division (ED), held at a local school for three weeks, is for students completing Grades K-6. Classes emphasize hands-on activities and collaborating learning in a diverse and stimulating environment.

Elementary Division
Outstanding K-6 students are invited to a three-week summer session at Castro Elementary School in El Cerrito.
Dates: July 11 - July 29 (3 weeks)
Times: Morning(8:30 a.m.-noon) or afternoon (1-4:30p.m.). For an extra fee, students may attend an on-site half-day sports camp sponsored by Cal Youth and Outdoor Programs.
Level: Completing Grades K-6 in June
Fees: Processing fee $30; Tuition and materials: $405-$425; sibling discount: $25 per student (not including processing fee); need-based Financial Aid available.
Application Deadlines: Postmark deadline for returning ED students: Tuesday, March 15;
Postmark deadline for new ED applicants: Thursday, March 31; late applications accepted on a space-available basis.

Secondary Division
Academically talented students attend a six-week session of challenging summer classes held on the UC Berkeley campus. Successful completion of a course includes a recommendation of high school credit.
Dates: June 20 to July 29 (6 weeks)
Level: Completing Grades 7-11 in June
Times: Morning (8:30a.m.-noon) or afternoon (1-4:30p.m.)
Weekly Schedule: 5-unit classes (2 days per week); 10-unit classes (3 days per week)
Fees: Processing fee: $30; Tuition: 5 units, $375; 10 unites, $550; AP biology, $750; lab/materials, $35-$200 (varies by course); need-based Financial Aid available.
Application Deadlines: Postmark deadline for returning SD students: Monday, February 14;
Postmark deadline for new SD applicants: Monday, February 28; late applications accepted on a space-available basis. http://atdp.berkeley.edu/
Office Location:
Academic Talent Development Program
University of California at Berkeley
Graduate School of Education
3639 Tolman Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-1670
Phone: (510)642-8308
Fax:(510)642-0510

Last update: 2/22/2005

Alliance for Collaborative Change in School Systems (ACCESS)A partnership program of UC Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science and Bay Area school districts, ACCESS provides ongoing professional development in mathematics for teachers and administrative staff for grades 6-12; site-based coaching and assistance to teachers in developing and implementing challenging standard-based mathematics curricula, and in-class instructional support to students, helping them develop the motivation, mathematical knowledge, and problem-solving skills they need in order to competitively prepare for four-year colleges and careers. http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/ACCESS/ACCESS.htmlHarriette S. Stevens
University of California at Berkeley
ACCESS
Lawrence Hall of Science # 5200
Berkeley, CA 94720-5200

Last update: 2/16/2006

Archaeological Research Facility Public Outreach ProgramThe Archaeological Research Facility Public Outreach Program connects archaeology graduate students from the Department of Anthropology with a variety of interested constituencies in the local community. Graduate students visit local schools to lecture about archaeology and past peoples in hopes of augmenting the school districts' social science curricula; in turn, schools are encouraged to visit a variety of archaeological laboratories on campus. The program is also in the process of expanding its commitment to local schools by forging long-lasting partnerships with a group of underserved schools in Oakland and Berkeley, and by involving undergraduates within the Department of Anthropology. http://www.mactia.berkeley.edu/outreachKevin M. Bartoy
University of California at Berkeley
Archaeological Research Facility
2547 Channing Way # 1076
Berkeley, CA 94720-1076

Last update: 2/6/2002

ArtsBridge ProgramArtsBridge is the arts education outreach program at UC Berkeley. Its mission is to help redress the scarcity of arts education for California youth by providing hands-on arts instruction in Bay Area public schools, with particular focus on schools identified as low performing. ArtsBridge provides scholarships to UC Berkeley arts students to travel to local K-12 schools and conduct hands-on workshops in visual art, dance, drama, music, video, digital art and more. Each ArtsBridge Scholar works in one classroom over the course of an entire semester, collaborating with the supervising teacher and under the guidance of a UCB faculty mentor. The projects are designed to help students meet the Standards for Visual and Performing Arts set by the State of California Department of Education. ArtsBridge charges host schools nothing for the services of its Scholars. http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/bca/artsbridge.htmlLea Shikuma
University of California at Berkeley
ArtsBridge Program
362 Kroeber Hall # 3750
Berkeley, CA 94720-3750

Last update: 2/22/2005

Bay Area Mathematics Project (BAMP)A collaborative program of UC Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science and Bay Area schools and districts dedicated to providing professional development services for K-12 teachers; offers summer and academic year professional development workshops on teacher leadership development and California Mathematics Framework-based curriculum support; school year support includes classroom observations, coaching, and lesson planning sessions; fosters a network of Bay Area teachers sharing ideas for teaching and learning mathematics. http://csmp.ucop.edu/cmp/bamp/Director: Jaine Kopp
University of California at Berkeley
BAMP
Lawrence Hall of Science # 5200
Berkeley, CA 94720-5200

Last update: 2/16/2006

Bay Area Science Project (BASP)A teacher leadership network committed to quality science education that is equitable and accessible for all students, and is based on research, sound teaching strategies, and teachers' experience of effective classroom practice; teacher professional development resources include Saturday seminars, summer institutes; Web site includes online links to nearly a dozen sites containing curricula and lesson plans. http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu:80/BASP/Claudio Vargas
University of California at Berkeley
BASP
Lawrence Hall of Science
Berkeley, CA 94720-5200

Last update: 2/16/2006

Bay Area Writing Project (BAWP)Summer and school-year professional development programs by K-college teachers for teachers and administrators, dedicated to improving writing and the teaching of writing at all grade levels and across all disciplines. http://www-gse.berkeley.edu/outreach/bawp/bawp.htmlCarol Tateishi
University of California at Berkeley
Bay Area Writing Project
5511 Tolman Hall # 1670
Berkeley, CA 94720-1670

Last update: 10/31/2001

Bears United in Literacy Development - Literacy Tutoring ProgramsThe Cal Corps Public Service Center partners with the schools, after-school programs and summer programs to provide paid UC Berkeley students as trained literacy tutors for K-8 youth in Oakland, Berkeley and Richmond. http://calcorps.berkeley.eduJose Ramirez
University of California at Berkeley
Cal Corps Public Service Center
2515 Channing Way #5150
Berkeley, CA 94720-5150
510-643-0303
ramirezj@berkeley.edu

Last update: 3/7/2005

Berkeley AllianceThe Berkeley Alliance is a nonprofit partnership between the City of Berkeley, UC Berkeley, Berkeley Unified School District, and the broader Berkeley community. The Alliance strengthens collaborative efforts among the partners; connects individuals, families, organizations, and institutions; synthesizes and mobilizes local resources; and develops creative solutions to address critical community issues. The Alliance developed guides both for Berkeley High students on high school courses, college requirements, activities, and school-to-career pathways, and for Berkeley High administration, faculty, and parents on community-based youth services.Toni Tullys
Berkeley Alliance
1222 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702

Last update: 12/19/2001

Berkeley Scholars to Cal (BSC)An eight-year program providing comprehensive academic, social, and community support for students who show promise that--given support--they could be successful in school and become UC-eligible. Students were recommended by participating Berkeley elementary school principals and teachers; student participants and their families were interviewed, signed a contract, and committed to the program's goals and activities. Intensive suupport and mentoring by UC undergraduates will follow the students through high school and into college. http://www.stileshall.org/Dave Stark
Berkeley Scholars to Cal
Stiles Hall
2400 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94704

Last update: 12/19/2001

Berkeley YMCA/EAOP Scholars (Y-Scholars)Y-Scholars, an extension of the Early Academic Outreach Program, is a collaborative community program that serves low income, first generation college-bound students of diverse backgrounds. The program aims to develop competitively eligible scholars: through EAOP Y-Scholars receive pre-college advising, college tours, and academic enrichment courses; through the YMCA they receive weekly academic support groups, after-school mentoring and tutoring, and recreational, leadership, community service, and outdoor adventure opportunities. As an incentive to stay in the program and meet its rigorous goals, Y-Scholars also receive free membership at the YMCA facility. Y-Scholars are involved in the program all four years of their high school experience.Rebecca Milliken
Berkeley YMCA
2001 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA 94704

Last update: 12/19/2001

Biology Transfer ConsortiumPaid summer research for community college students in UC Berkeley faculty labs, transfer student seminar introducing community college students to the University and to university science, and ongoing meetings by a consortium of educators from Bay Area community colleges and the University of California working together to improve information and resources for increasing the preparedness of students who are interested in transferring to the university and studying biology, but have not traditionally done so.John Matsui
University of California at Berkeley
Biology Transfer Consortium
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
142 LSA Valley Life Sciences Building # 3200
Berkeley, CA 94720-3200

Last update: 12/19/2001

Break the Cycle (BTC)Break the Cycle is primarily an elementary level, one-on-one, after-school tutoring program that focuses on specific grade level expectations in mathematics. Ongoing assessment of specific mathematics skills and concepts drive the lesson planning and interventions by the UC Berkeley undergraduate tutors. Students begin to receive tutoring in the first grade and continue to receive support through the sixth grade.Ronnie Stevenson
University of California at Berkeley
Break the Cycle
2223 Fulton Street Suite 400 # 1540
Berkeley, CA 94720-1540

Last update: 2/16/2006

Cal Corps Public Service CenterFounded in 1967, the Cal Corps Public Service Center promotes the UC Berkeley mission of public service by coordinating a variety of activities and programs for students, faculty, and staff and by providing training, advising, and support. Programs and services assist campus community members in developing leadership skills, a stronger sense of self and community, principles of justice and social action, and in the development of positive social relationships. Cal Corps serves as the principle campus advisor to student group educational outreach projects, providing technical support, curriculum development resources, advising, funding, risk management guidance, and a connection to centralized campus outreach efforts. Cal Corps student groups span the areas of mentoring, tutoring, test preparation, and educational support to K-12 students in Bay Area schools and community centers.


Student-Initiated and Run Programs in the K-12 Schools

Bears for UNICEF
Contact: Michael Jones, 510.849-2547, m_jones@berkeley.edu
Bears for UNICEF is a student group that helps disadvantaged children all over the world.  This program raises money and informs the public about global children’s issues though fundraising, classroom presentations, and community outreach projects.

Black Recruitment & Retention Center (BRRC)
Contact: Raniyah Abdus-Samad at 626.676.3481, raniyah@berkeley.edu
BRRC is a program that works toward recruiting African American students to UC Berkeley by demystifying college for the next generation.  They offer BRRC Day as an outreach day to African American students living in the inner city.

Chicanos and Latinos for Empowerment (ChaLE)
Contact: Karina Chavarria, 510.661.7330, karinachavarria@yahoo.com
ChaLE develops and educates the community by instructing Ethnic Studies courses in local middle schools and high schools.

Community Circuits
Contact: Jessica Lee, 510.705.8821, jjlee84@berkeley.edu
Community Circuits is an educational program that targets elementary students at underprivileged schools and teaches them basic computer skills.

Eggster
Contact: Rossann Chan, 650.224.3669, rmchen@berkeley.edu
Eggster organizes a number of philanthropy and service projects supporting youth-serving organizations throughout the Bay Area, including putting on Northern California’s largest egg hunt and learning festival

IAM Outreach Program
Contact: Kerry Pifer, at 925.234.5210, kpifer@berkeley.edu
IAM Outreach Program provides tutoring, workshops, and skill-building exercises to improve reading, writing, and mathematical skills for Carter Middle School students.  IAM’s main goal is to aid these students on their path to higher education.

Inspire Youth Mentorship Program
Contact: Cecelia Wong, 510.717.1683, ceciliaw@berkeley.edu
The Inspire Youth Mentorship Program provides support, guidance and information to high school students from Oakland High School and Oakland Technical High School.

Let’s Rise
Contact: Amy Singharatsavong, 510.282.2499, dis_b_a_ster@yahoo.com
Let’s Rise provides one-on-one mentoring and tutoring to Asian middle schools students at Helms Middle School.  This program allows a safe and fun environment where students can build relationships with their mentors for academic, social, and emotional support.

Peers @ Cal
Contact: Pamela Han, 949.735.3900, pzhan@berkeley.edu
Peers @ Cal provides promising high school students from under-performing high schools the opportunity to receive special instruction and tutoring skills in biology, chemistry, physical science, and environmental science from UC Berkeley undergraduate volunteers.

People’s Test Preparation Service (PTPS)
Contact: Matt Yan, 510.642.4951, mattyan@berkeley.edu
The People’s Test Preparation Service is dedicated to providing standardized test-taking skills to low-income college bound students in the Bay Area school districts.

Pilipino Academic Student Services (PASS)
Contact: Valery Villaverde, 562.896.8706, valery@berkeley.edu
PASS serves as a recruitment and retention center to provide assistance to Pilipino high school students in achieving a  higher education.  This program offers specialized workshops, orientations, and resources to aid the Pilipino youth in the Bay Area and Southern California.

Prepare to Achieve a College Education (PACE)
Contact: Anna Lam, 510.407.0170, nc_annal@berkeley.edu
PACE aims to expose Bay Area high school students to the variety of higher education opportunities, including those at community colleges.

Raza Recruitment & Retention Center (RRRC)
Contact: Alondra Hernandez, 818.606.2267, dollfinz@berkeley.edu
Raza Recruitment and Retention Center outreaches to high school students across the state by providing workshops in an effort to promote higher education.

Reach! Asian/Pacific Islander Recruitment and Retention Center
Contact: Ming Dang, 510.318.0232, mingdang@berkeley.edu
This recruitment and retention center meets the needs of those that do not have equal access to higher education, particularly those Asian/Pacific Islanders traditionally underrepresented in institutions of higher education.

SOMA Scholars
Contact: April Joy Damian, 510.704.0373, ajdamian@berkeley.edu
The SOMA Scholars mentorship program works with middle-school students at St. Charles Boromeo Catholic School, located in one of the most socioeconomic disadvantaged neighborhoods of San Francisco.

Student Tutorial Resources for the Improvement of Vietnamese Educational Attainment (STRIVE)
Contact: Han Nguyen, 510.325.4975, obsidianttwilite@hotmail.com
STRIVE is a tutoring program working with Vietnamese junior and high school students and recent immigrants in the Berkeley and Oakland community.  They provide resources such as academic tutorial sessions and individual membership.

Wonderworks
Contact: Daisy Yeung, 650.400.1092, daizd0419@yahoo.com
Wonderworks provides services to underresourced elementary schools in the Bay Area allowing students to get additional exposure to science and encouraging them towards further academic and career interests.

Youth Impact
Contact: Dione Lee Rossiter, 510-393-6562, rossiter@berkeley.edu
Youth Impact works to engage a diverse group of 4th and 5th graders at Washington Elementary School on constructive exploration of their community’s resources.  This program works by exposing youth resources available to them in their own community. http://students.berkeley.edu/calcorps/
Megan Voorhees
Cal Corps Public Service Center
University of California at Berkeley
505 Eshleman Hall #4550
Berkeley, CA 94720-4550
(510) 642-3916
ccorps@berkeley.edu

Mail to: 2515 Channing Way #5150
Berkeley, CA 94720-5150

Last update: 3/1/2005

Center for Educational PartnershipsAdministrative umbrella for the following campus, state, and federal outreach programs: Break the Cycle, Community College Transfer Center, Destination: College Partnerships, Early Academic Outreach Program, East Bay Consortium, Educational Guidance Center, School/University Partnerships, Transfer Alliance Project, Upward Bound Program, Young Musicians Program. http://students.berkeley.edu/apa/Marsha Jaeger
University of California at Berkeley
Center for Educational Partnerships
2150 Kittredge Street, Suite 4C # 1060
Berkeley, CA 94720-1060

Last update: 2/16/2006

Center for Science Education @ Space Sciences LaboratoryThe Center for Science Education @ Space Sciences Laboratory (CSE @ SSL) programs include Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum, a partnership between UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory and NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center; Science Education Gateway, a national consortium of science museums, scientists and educators; and Project FIRST, a program that develops integrated science/literacy teaching materials for elementary education. CSE offers web-based and print resources for formal (K-12) and informal (museums, planetaria) educators in the form of lesson plans, curriculum guides, activities, and space science content tutorials. CSE also partners with NASA and educational institutions to coordinate national programs that bring total solar eclipses and a celebration of the Sun and its effects on Earth (Sun-Earth Day) to classrooms and museums nationwide. http://cse.ssl.berkeley.eduIsabel Hawkins
University of California at Berkeley
Center for Science Education
Space Sciences Laboratory # 7450
Berkeley, CA 94720-7450

Last update: 2/2/2005

Center for Transfer, Re-entry, and Student ParentsInformation Workshops and Personal Statement Workshops and Advising for prospective undergraduate students; The Starting Point Mentorship Program that provides Bay Area Community College students with UC Berkeley student mentors, specifically designed to prepare students for transfer to UC Berkeley; Courses for new and continuing students; Mentorship and Internship opportunities; Resources designed for transfer students, re-entry students, and student parents respectively; Professional staff support; Scholarships and prizes; Re-entry, Transfer Student Association for Recruitment and Retention and the Student Parent Association; Transfer, Re-entry, Student Parent Community Center. http://transfer.berkeley.eduKen Gonsalves
University of California, Berkeley
Outreach Coordinator
Center for Transfer, Re-entry, and Student Parents
104 Cesar Chavez Student Center
Berkeley, CA 94720-4260
(510) 643-9896
kengonsalves@berkeley.edu

Last update: 2/2/2005

College of Chemistry K-12 OutreachThe College of Chemistry Scholars K-12 Outreach Program seeks to increase the enrollment of socio-economically and educationally disadvantaged students in the fields of chemistry and chemical engineering at UC Berkeley through myriad activities and courses designed to accomodate the K-12 population. http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/Monica Jackson-Tribble
University of California at Berkeley
College of Chemistry
420 Latimer Hall # 1460
Berkeley, CA 94720-1460

Last update: 12/19/2001

Community College Transfer CenterAcademic advising, admissions, UCB campus visits, housing, financial aid, and recruiting assistance to disadvantaged community college students interested in transferring to the Berkeley campus, as well as in-service training for community college staff serving them. http://students.berkeley.edu/apa/cctc.htmKeith Schoon
University of California at Berkeley
Community College Transfer Center
2150 Kittredge Street, Suite 5C # 1060
Berkeley, CA 94720-1060

Last update: 2/16/2006

Connecting Students to the WorldConnecting Students to the World (CSW) is an educational program developed and produced by the Institute of International Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. The program uses the Internet and the World Wide Web to further collaboration between the university and K-12 educators. At the heart of the program is Conversations with History (http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/), which features interviews with distinguished men and women from all over the world who talk about their lives and their work. http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/PubEd/CSW/Harry Kreisler
University of California
CSW-Institute of International Studies
215 Moses Hall # 2308
Berkeley, CA 94720-2308

Last update: 2/1/2002

Destination: College (UCB AmeriCorps)Destination: College is an AmeriCorps program based at the UC Berkeley campus. The purpose of the program is to provide outreach to Bay Area schools in order to increase academic performance and access to college among low income, first generation college-attending students. The 78 members of the program are UC Berkeley undergraduate students, serving approximately 15 hours a week at one of nine partner agencies and participating in specialized training; in return they receive a monthly stipend, an education award upon program completion, and the satisfaction of having a postitive impact on young students' lives. Destination: College members support students in a range of ways, including one-on-one tutoring and mentoring, college admissions guidance, assistant teacing, parent workshops, school beautification service projects, campus visits, after-school homework groups, and more. http://students.berkeley.edu/outreach/dc/Jose Rivas
Destination: College
2150 Kittredge Street, Suite 3A # 1060
Berkeley, CA 94720-1060
jgrivas@berkeley.edu
(510) 643-9189
(510) 643-5827

Last update: 2/16/2006

Digital Underground Storytelling for Youth (DUSTY)DUSTY - Digital Underground Storytelling for You(th) - is a collaboration among the university, community organizations, schools, and churches formed to address the digital divide in West Oakland and East Oakland. The centerpiece for DUSTY is 'digital storytelling,' a compelling, computer-based approach to creating multi-media, multi-modal compositions that marries print with photgraphs, video, music, and audio. Beginning as an after-school program in the basement (hence 'underground') of the Prescott-Jospeph Center for Community Enhancement in West Oakland, DUSTY has expanded to include programs on school sites, such as Cole Middle School and the Castlemont Community of Small High Schools, as well as summer sessions for youth and workshops and classes for adults. DUSTY provides opportunities for participants to read and write poems and stories, create multi-media, multi-modal compositions on computers, make digital beats and music, and learn about photography, all with the aim of helping them acquire computer expertise and communicative knowledge that will serve them well in and out of school. An important component of the program is affiiliation with the UCB Education course 140AC, 'Literacy: Individual and Societal Development.' Undergraduate students who are enrolled in this course serve as mentors and tutors for DUSTY youth. DUSTY also provides the context for research or literacy and learning in alternative educational contexts and for the development of new knowledge about innovative uses of multi-media, multi-modal technologies.Glynda Hull
University of California, Berkeley
DUSTY/Language, Literacy, and Cutlure
5627 Tolman Hall # 1670
Berkeley, CA 94720-1670

Last update: 2/2/2005

Early Academic Outreach ProgramThe Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) provides academic support services, career advising, college counseling, motivational activities and skill-building workshops for more than 5,000 students in 65 Bay Area intermediate and senior high schools. Service area includes San Francisco, Richmond, Berkeley, Oakland, and Southern Alameda County.

The goal of EAOP is to prepare students from under-resourced communities for admission to the University of California and other colleges and universities. We accomplish this mission by providing timely college preparation information, offering intensive academic enrichment opportunities and advising and supporting our students, families, schools and communities.

EAOP Services

* Regular school site visits
* Academic planning and career advising
* Workshops on college admissions, scholarships, and financial aid
* SAT preparation
* Academic enrichment programs, such as Pre-College Academy http://eaop.berkeley.edu
Teresa Arriaga
University of California at Berkeley
Early Academic Outreach Program
2150 Kittredge Street, Suite 3A # 1060
Berkeley, CA 94720-1060
tarriaga@berkeley.edu

Last update: 2/16/2006

East Bay Consortium / Cal-SOAP (EBC)The East Bay Consortium's mission is to increase the number of students finishing high school and enrolling in postsecondary institutions. EBC addresses this goal by developing students and parent programs, improving teacher instruction, providing opportunities for college students to explore teaching as a career and working in collaboration with other educational programs who share similar goals. Services for students include: Pre-Collegiate Academy Summer Program, year round tutoring and mentoring, Saturday programs for students and parents, parent and family programs, college fairs, financial aid workshops and Cash for College events, high school and college advising, I'm Going to College Program for elementary school students and Transfer Making It Happen programs. Services for teachers include: Summer Teacher Institute for current and prospective teachers, support for classroom teachers, academic and professional training for prospective teachers. http://www.eastbayconsortium.orgMonica Montenegro
East Bay Constortium
121 E. 11th Street, Portable 13-B
Oakland, CA 94606
(510) 238-9450

Last update: 2/16/2006

Educational Guidance CenterEGC is a US Department of Education/TRIO-sponsored program offering the following services to low income, first generation college-bound students at affiliated East Bay schools: high school retention and graduation guidance; PSAT/ACT/SAT test prep guidance; college planning and eligibility evaluation; development of Individual Educational Plans; college admission and financial aid technical assistance; academic, career, and cultural workshops to promote advancement to post-secondary education; cultural/career fairs; and a two-week summer day program promoting academic achievement and self development. http://egcberkeley.orgNorris Sanders
University of California at Berkeley
Educational Guidance Center
2150 Kittredge Street, Suite 2A # 1060
Berkeley, CA 94720-1060
(510) 643-3223

Last update: 2/16/2006

Environmental Leadership Outreach ProgramSeveral summer programs in environmental science for high school and community college students. http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/sao/outreach/Mark Spencer
spencer@nature.berkeley.edu
University of California at Berkeley
Environmental Leadership Outreach Program
College of Natural Resources
245 Mulford Hall # 3100
Berkeley, CA 94720-3400

Last update: 2/2/2005

Environmental Sciences Teaching ProgramDevelopment and implementation of a fieldwork-rich, hands-on Environmental Science curriculum for the middle through high school grades; courses meet UC 'A-G' requirements and leads to an honors/AP Environmental Science course; teacher professional development includes workshops and in-class coaching. http://estp.berkeley.eduSteve Andrews
University of California at Berkeley
Environmental Sciences Teaching Program
301 Campbell Hall # 2922
Berkeley, CA 94720-2922
sandrews@berkeley.edu
(510)381-1321 (cell)

Last update: 2/26/2005

Excellence Through Collaborative Opportunities (ECO)An administrative outreach arm for the university's Graduate School of Education, serving as an informational clearinghouse and referral center for the school's outreach activities, developing partnerships with on- and off-campus organizations, and collecting and disseminating innovative research in education and technology. http://eco.berkeley.edu/Lisa Kala
University of California at Berkeley
ECO Center, Graduate School of Education
1642 Tolman Hall # 1670
Berkeley, CA 94720-1670
email: eco@socrates.berkeley.edu

Last update: 2/2/2005

Graduate Diversity ProgramThe Graduate Diversity Program Office of Outreach and Retention is a resource for educationally and financially disadvantaged students and underrepresented students throughout their academic careers at Berkeley. Graduate Diversity Program outreach includes traveling to various universities and colleges throughout the country, conducting informational workshops on applying to graduate school, and providing individual advising to prospective students. http://www.grad.berkeley.edu/diversity/Graduate Diversity Program
Graduate Division
University of California, Berkeley
316 Sproul Hall # 5900
Berkeley, CA 94720-5900
(510) 643-6010
grad.diversity@berkeley.edu

Last update: 2/16/2006

I Have a Dream Foundation - Oakland'I Have a Dream' Foundation-Oakland (IHAD Oakland) is a long-term college preparation program that provides scholarships, tutoring, mentoring, and after school programs to inner city youth in Oakland, CA. IHAD Oakland is currently providing a host of academic, social, and emotional services to nearly 250 10th grade students located on fifteen (15) different campuses here with in the Oakland City limits. Our program provides for ongoing contact and support with each of those students until their estimated high school graduation date in the year 2006. IHAD Oakland has raised four-year college scholarships for 88 students and plans to continue identifying scholarship funds to support the additional students in the program.

IHAD Oakland was founded in 1996 when IHAD Oakland adopted 88 3rd graders at the Prescott Elementary School in Oakland, CA. Since that time, IHAD Oakland has provided countless hours of tutoring and mentoring to help students achieve the academic successes that will eventually get them to college. The IHAD Oakland effort is managed by a very active and community-based Board of Directors, volunteers/parents, a full-time staff of five, and key partners, which include the Oakland Unified School District, the Peralta Community Colleges Network, the Stiles Hall Mentoring Program (UC Berkeley), and the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program (GEAR-UP) Initiative. www.ihad-oakland.org
CONTACT PERSON:
Michael Carter, Program Director
(510) 663-3331 (Phone)
(510) 879-3039 (Fax)
info@ihad-oakland.org

Last update: 2/22/2005

Incentive Awards ProgramThe Incentive Awards Program is a scholarship program designed to recognize and promote leadership among high school students from under-served communities. The program serves socio-economically disadvantaged high school students who have demonstrated exceptional achievement through academic, community service, leadership, and extracurricular accomplishments. The IAP partners with school districts in San Francisco, the East Bay, East San Jose, Salinas, and Sequoia. Participating schools nominate outstanding seniors for the award. An independent selection committee selects 1 candidate from each school, and recipients are offered a $30,000 scholarship to attend CAL-Berkeley. Recipients of the award receive academic advising and support, and participate in a variety of student community-building activities to help them succeed in their academic careers at the University. Award winners are asked to give back to their communities by participating in peer-advising and other outreach programs through which they can inspire other young people to greater academic achievement. http://incentiveawards.berkeley.edu/Roberta (Bobbie) Joyner, Director, The Incentive Awards Program
(510) 643-4315
Mailing Address: Student Affairs Development Office, 203 Sproul Hall #5800
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-5800
Walk-in Address: 2400 Bancroft Way, Berkeley

Last update: 2/2/2005

Interactive University, TheA collaborative effort of UC Berkeley and Bay Area schools and communities designed to bring the resources of the university to K-12 teachers, students, and families throughout the Bay Area and California; provides Internet learning and community technology projects. http://interactiveu.berkeley.edu:8000/IU/David Greenbaum
University of California at Berkeley
Interactive University Project
2195 Hearst, 250B # 3810
Berkeley, CA 94720-3810

Last update: 2/16/2006

Lawrence Hall of ScienceApproximately three dozen programs providing extensive curricula and teacher professional development; educational outreach for K-14 students including school assemblies, workshops, festivals, multi-session courses, field trips and exhibits; on site resources include The Public Science Center-a nationally renowned family science center, and two K-12 teacher resource centers, The Center for School Change and The Center for Curriculum Innovation. http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/edresources/Craig Strang
University of California at Berkeley
Lawrence Hall of Science # 5200
Centennial Drive
Berkeley, CA 94720-5200

Last update: 2/2/2005

Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP)The Charles Tunstall Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP) provides admission information, financial aid advising, academic support, summer academic program (Summer Bridge), summer jobs and career development for all students interested in engineering, especially those who have not traditionally entered the field. http://www.coe.berkeley.edu/cues/mep/Michele DeCoteau
University of California, Berkeley
Multicultural Engineering Program
College of Engineering
312 McLaughlin Hall # 1702
Berkeley, CA 94720-1702

Last update: 2/26/2005

National Writing Project, TheTeacher-led teacher professional development for improving the teaching of writing and improving learning in the nation's schools (see also the listing for the Bay Area Writing Project). http://writingproject.org/Richard Sterling
University of California at Berkeley
National Writing Project
5511 Tolman Hall # 1670
Berkeley, CA 94720-1670

Last update: 12/19/2001

Outreach for International and Area Studies (ORIAS)The Office of Resources for International and Area Centers (ORIAS) is a joint program of the Title VI Area Centers at U. C. Berkeley. Since its inception in 1996, the office has been dedicated to providing scholarly resources and supporting professional development for K-12 teachers addressing international studies. ORIAS programs include:

* Free workshops on international studies and world history topics throughout the year
* Tuition scholarships for professional development
* A lending library for educators
* Web-based resources and curriculum material
* A visiting scholar program for teachers doing independent research
* Speaker's bureau of Middle East scholars and students for classroom visits

Programs and materials are designed in collaboration with teachers to meet the challenge of creating a globally informed student body while addressing the curriculum standards for world history and the particular needs of California's diverse population. ias.berkeley.edu/orias
Office of Resources for International and Area Studies
2223 Fulton Street Rm 338
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-2306

Michele Delattre,
Program Representative, web editor
Phone: 510-643-0868
Fax: 510-643-7062
Email: orias@uclink4.berkeley.edu

Last update: 2/21/2005

Poetry for the PeopleThe goal of the project is to introduce Berkeley High School (BHS) students to the use of poetry as a tool for self-expression and empowerment. As part of the project, Poetry for the People takes charge of two English classes at BHS three times per week during a period of five and six weeks, during which time BHS students learn to create dynamic, well-crafted poems which examine issues relevant to their lives. Two anthologies of student work have been published: Witness and Lo Que Debemos Que Decir/What We Must Say.Karina Jacson
University of California at Berkeley
Poetry for the People
694 Barrows Hall # 2572
Berkeley, CA 94720-2572

Last update: 12/19/2001

Pre-Engineering PartnershipsThe mission of Pre-Engineering Partnerships (PEP) is to remove the barriers that prevent diverse students from enrolling and succeeding in Berkeley Engineering. PEP emphasizes participation by students who are not proportionally represented in engineering, particularly those with educational or economic limitations or whose parents have not completed a baccalaureate degree. All PEP resources are focused on informing middle and high school students about engineering careers and on supporting the academic performance of PEP students in math and science to qualify for enrollment in engineering majors. PEP recruits Berkeley Engineering students to serve as tutors during math and science classes, as teachers for after-school programs and Saturday or Summer Academies, and as mentors for PEP students. For more information contact Pre-Engineering Partnerships (PEP), Attention: Dr. George Gagnon, Director, 312 McLaughlin Hall #1702, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1702 http://www.coe.berkeley.edu/cues/pep/Dr. George Gagnon
Director
University of California at Berkeley
College of Engineering
312 McLaughlin Hall # 1702
Berkeley, CA 94720-1702
telephone: (510) 642-2041
fax: (510) 643-5600
e-mail: gwgagnon@coe.berkeley.edu

Last update: 2/2/2005

Professional Development Program (PDP)The goal of the Professional Development Program (PDP) is to enhance academic performance and the level of instruction in mathematics for all students, particularly those who traditionally have had less opportunity to enroll and succeed in higher mathematics courses. PDP aims to establish alliances with teachers, built from partnerships between mathematics teachers at the school sites, between teachers and undergraduate tutors, and between teachers and university mathematics specialists. The program combines year-round professional development activities for teachers with an academic year-long academic support system for students. At Portola Middle School and El Cerrito High School. http://www.aad.berkeley.edu/coalition/Steve Chin
University of California at Berkeley
230 B Stephens Hall # 5881
Berkeley, CA 94720-5881

Last update: 2/22/2005

Project FIRST (Foundations in Reading Through Science and Technology)Collaboratively developed integrated science/literacy teaching materials, including inquiry-based and hands-on science activities, for early elementary education; taught and tested by Bay Area and Massachusetts elementary schools and available online. http://www.eyeonthesky.org/Ruth Paglierani
University of California at Berkeley
Project FIRST, Center for Science Education
200 Space Sciences Laboratory # 7450
Berkeley, CA 94720-7450

Last update: 12/19/2001

SAGE Scholars Program The SAGE (Student Achievement Guided by Experience) Scholars Program is an outreach program that provides financial assistance, career and professional development, training, mentoring, and meaningful internship work experience for promising and highly motivated students with financial need. Students complete internships at partner businesses that mirror their career goals. Besides the internship, SAGE Scholars receive workplace skills and career and professional development workshops taught by faculty and industry professionals, as well as strong mentoring and support to achieve higher scholastic performance. SAGE Scholars also are trained in being effective mentors themselves, and provide these skills to high school students and incoming UC Berkeley SAGE Scholars. http://sagescholars.berkeley.edu/Marjorie Weingrow
University of California, Berkeley
SAGE Scholars Program
130 California Hall # 1504
Berkeley, CA 94720-1504
(510)642-2325

Last update: 2/21/2005

School/University PartnershipsSchool/University Partnerships (SUP) works with school districts and elementary, middle and high schools to increase access to the University of California and other colleges and universities for students who have not traditionally been eligible for UC or CSU. SUP activities are directed toward the following goals: to help schools, families, and communities create and foster a college going culture that will help students meet their academic potential; to help make available the vast resources of UC Berkeley to the K-14 community to further student academic achievement; to apply the University’s educational research to the everyday needs of teaches, families and communities; to provide teacher professional development on strategies and resources for raising student expectations; to support schools with evaluation tools that will help them make the most of their resources; and to make a measurable difference in student achievement with strategic, sustained academic support. SUP has been instrumental in the development and dissemination of college going materials such as: the Realizing the College Dream curriculum, Fast Forward to College Newsletter, A-G posters, professional development workshops for teachers, and standards-based curriculum using college going as the theme. http://sup.berkeley.edu/Gail Kaufman
University of California at Berkeley
School/University Partnerships
2150 Kittredge Street, Suite 4C
Berkeley, CA 94720-1060

Last update: 2/16/2006

Science CoalitionThe Science Coalition is a platform for coordinating science outreach projects and programs at UC Berkeley to better serve the K-12 school community. Areas of particular focus for its efforts are student support, teacher preparation and professional development, and curriculum enhancement. The Coalition's immediate objectives are facilitating Berkeley internal coordination, collecting and sharing data, and providing networking opportunity for and discussion between UC Berkeley science faculty and science educators from the partner school districts. The new Science Coalition website features searchable web-based inventory of UC Berkeley science programs, projects and initiatives. http://ScienceCoalition.berkeley.eduBernard Sadoulet and Elizabeth Arscott
University of California, Berkeley
Science Coalition
315 Le Conte Hall # 7300
Berkeley, CA 94720-7300

Last update: 2/26/2005

Stiles Hall's Berkeley Scholars to CalStiles Hall has been providing U.C. Berkeley mentors, tutors and academic support for low-income, minority youth for over seventy years. Stiles Hall’s Berkeley Scholars to Cal is an eight-year comprehensive academic and social support program for forty such youth and their parents. Services—yearly, each youth: * Receives individualized case management from the Program Director * Participates in twenty Saturday Academies and a four-week Summer Academy * Gets a U.C. Berkeley mentor Results: * Thirty of the forty students have achieved a “B” average or higher and seven have made the honor role. * Over half are on track for competitive admissions to a top-tier University. Funding: The University, the School District, the Silver Giving Foundation, and numerous private donors and community foundations have continued their financial support of the program for the fourth year despite the economic downturn. We are currently seeking additional foundation and donor support for the remaining four years of the program. http://www.stileshall.org/Dave Stark
General Director
Stiles Hall
2400 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
office: (510) 841-6010
fax: (510) 841-0132
info@stileshall.org

Last update: 2/2/2005

Transfer Alliance ProjectOngoing individual academic counseling, application/statement of purpose support & advocacy, subsidized UCB Summer Sessions Concurrent Enrollment, and mentoring for high school graduates from UC and UC Berkeley's pre-collegiate outreach programs who are going to community college on a pathway to UC; in-service training for community college academic enrichment/development program personnel.Merryl Owen
University of California at Berkeley
Transfer Alliance Project
2150 Kittredge Street, Suite 5C # 1060
Berkeley, CA 94720-1060

Last update: 2/16/2006

UC Berkeley Financial Aid OfficeWeb site offers information regarding college costs and financial aid programs and applications for prospective, new, and continuing undergraduate and undergraduate students at UC Berkeley. http://financialaid.berkeley.edu/Judith Frank
University of California at Bekeley
Office of Financial Aid
220 Sproul Hall # 1964
Berkeley, CA 94720-1964

Last update: 2/2/2005

UC Berkeley History -Social Science ProjectSummer and school-year professional development programs by kindergarten through college teachers for teachers and administrators, dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of history and the social sciences at all grade levels.

The goal of the professional development services offered by the UCBH-SSP is to improve student learning in history-social science. These workshops cover topics from standards-based planning to historical literacy development. The Project literacy approach introduces teachers to a rigorous text-based approach to reading and writing expository text. Teachers learn to identify the linguistic challenges of historical expository text and learn strategies to address them. These strategies specifically target and help EL and non-standard English speaking students to increase reading comprehension and historical reasoning. The writing workshop breaks down the components of expository writing, helps teachers scaffold student practice activities, shows examples of student writing, and demonstrates how to put it all together into an essay.  Fees determined by the scope of the professional development services.

Workshop topics:
1.  Deepening content area and/or grade level expertise
2.   Unit planning: Focus questions, assessment of student learning, planning reading and writing strategies, resources, writing prompts, rubrics
3.  Historical Investigation
4.      Research-based strategies for identifying linguistic challenges of historical text 
5.   Discipline-Specific Reading Strategies:         Text-based Analysis: Vocabulary, comprehension, evaluating the source
6. From Reading to Writing: Developing critical thinking skills
7.  Expository Writing Strategies: Genres, prompts, from expository paragraph to essay to research report
8. Looking at student work: Reflecting and planning strategies
9.   Collaborative Learning Community for History-Social Science teachers
http://history.berkeley.edu/k-12
UCB History-Social Science Project
Department of History, University of California
2407 Dwinelle Hall, MC 2550
Berkeley, CA  94720-2550
Phone: (510) 643-0897
Fax:  (510) 643-2353

Last update: 2/22/2005

UC Berkeley Office of Undergraduate AdmissionsAdmission information services to high schools and community colleges throughout the state, including individual advising, personal statement/application workshops, in-service training for counselors, and distribution of publications.
Web site offers answers to most commonly asked questions about UC Berkeley admissions, as well as information on application deadlines, admissions processes, transfer procedures, and an overview of campus undergraduates, undergraduate majors, campus activities and residential life. http://admissions.berkeley.edu/
Georgia Houston Webb
University of California at Berkeley
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
110 Sproul Hall # 5800
Berkeley, CA 94720-5800

Ann Fimbres Rafferty
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Southern California Office
114 North Indian Hill Boulevard, Suite A9
Claremont, CA 91711

Last update: 3/7/2005

UC LinksUC Links is a network of educational programs that connect community and university partners to provide computer-based and other learning activities for school children. UC Berkeley has seven UC Links sites, where UCB students and K-12 youth, working in small groups, learn together through informal activities exploring a variety of educational software, Internet-based resources, and other educational materials. University students enrolled in UC Links undergraduate courses take part in community-based after-school programs and help guide the children through a variety of learning activities -- including digital storytelling, hands-on science and arts, and homework help -- designed to promote literacy, science, and computer skills, as well as collaborative behavior.  For more information, visit http://www.uclinks.org 

UC Links at Berkeley
In the Berkeley area, there are seven UC Links sites during the 2004-2005 academic year. A total of about 380 children and 180 undergraduates have worked together on a variety of after-school learning activities during this period. UC Links principal investigators at UC Berkeley are Ruth Tringham, Margaret Conkey, and Kent Lightfoot (Anthropology), David Pearson, Glynda Hull, and Ingrid Seyer-Ochi (Education), and Harrison Fraker and Deborah McKoy (Urban and City Planning). The UC Links sites are:

DUSTY (Digital Underground Storytelling for Youth)- Located in Oakland at the Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, St. Martin de Porres Elementary School, The Castlemont Community of Small Schools, Cole Middle School, Stege Elementary School, McKinley Elementary School, http://oaklanddusty.org.

Expedition After-School Program - Located at Roosevelt Middle School in East Oakland.

Youth Sounds - Located in West Oakland.

Y-PLAN (Youth Plan, Learn, Act, Now) - Located in West Oakland. http://www.uclinks.org 
Charles Underwood
Executive Director
University-Community Links
2195 Hearst, #101N
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
(510) 642-7503

Last update: 5/24/2005

UC Museum of PaleontologyThe UC Museum of Paleontology supports the teaching of good science in the pre-university classroom by providing professional development opportunities for teachers (workshops, lecture series, and short courses), curriculum development, and an extremely rich website serving multiple audiences. UCMP also has limited exhibits and a graduate student docent programs, providing tours for school groups on a limited basis. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.eduJudy Scotchmoor
University of California, Berkeley
Museum of Paleontology
1101 Valley Life Sciences Building # 4780
Berkeley, CA 94720-4780

Last update: 2/15/2002

Upward BoundSaturday and six-week summer residential programs, including workshops, field trips, and social and cultural activities providing academic support, college motivation and counseling, career advising, and detailed college admission assistance for low-income, first generation college bound 10th and 11th grade students from local and western regional schools. http://upwardbound.berkeley.edu/Keith Hori
University of California at Berkeley
Upward Bound and Upward Bound
Math & Science Programs
2150 Kittredge Street, Suite 2C # 1060
Berkeley, CA 94720-1060

Last update: 2/16/2006

Young Entrepreneurs at HaasFun, practical and challenging hands-on programs help YEAH achieve its mission to prepare East Bay youth for success in college. Over sixty Haas School of Business students lead classes and clubs that allow young people to learn to start their own businesses, save for college, manage money, and most of all, prepare for higher education. Each spring, YEAH accepts 40 eighth grade students into its Saturday Business Academy, and partners with them and their parents throughout their high school career. We've found that nearly 100% of YEAH participants go on to college! YEAH also hosts After School Business Clubs at several local middle schools. For an application to YEAH, or to find out more, call (510) 643-0923. www.haas.berkeley.edu/yeahOSCAR WOLTERS-DURAN
Executive Director
Young Entrepreneurs at Haas
Haas School of Business
545 Student Services Building
Berkeley, CA 94720-1900

Telephone: (510) 642-7880
Facsimile: (510) 643-1418

Last update: 2/22/2005

Young Musicians Program, TheThe Young Musicians Program provides exceptionally gifted low-income students with the opportunity to receive professional training in music. Each year students attend an intensive seven-week Summer Session on the UC Berkeley campus where they study a curriculum that develops all of the skills essential for musicians: private lessons on their instrument, ensemble performance, chamber music, chorus, composition, improvisation, music theory, ear-training, and much more. Students study with professional musicians, including symphony members, freelance musicians, and university faculty. YMP is a full scholarship program. http://ymp.berkeley.eduDaisy Newman, Director
University of California at Berkeley
Young Musicians Program
19 Morrison Hall # 1204
Berkeley, CA 94720-1204
(510) 642-2686

Last update: 2/2/2005


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