“Congratulations to the 21CSLA awardees, who will provide professional learning that will have a positive impact on California’s six million students. One of the keys of student success, next to classroom teachers, are effective principals who commit to high standards and a schoolwide vision that helps all students.”
– Tony Thurmond, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
“Support for school leader learning is always important, given the direct influence leaders have on school quality and student achievement. Professional learning for school leaders is even more critical now, with the many challenges facing schools to support extraordinary student and family needs and to redefine learning in the time of COVID.”
– Linda Darling-Hammond, President of the Learning Policy Institute and of the State Board of Education
“The Center’s work is directly connected to my own goals for research and practice partnerships with the UC system playing a major role in their design and implementation to solve the complex problems of equity, achievement, and inclusion in our classrooms, schools, and districts across the state.”
– Prudence L. Carter, Dean of the Graduate School of Education, UC Berkeley
“The three UC entities that will collaborate in this effort – Berkeley’s Graduate School of Education, UCLA’s Center X, and the California Subject Matter Project in the UC Office of the President – each have extensive, demonstrated capacities for guiding and supporting high quality professional learning, coaching, mentoring, and networking to help educational leaders design, implement, and systematically evaluate data-informed education practices and policies that insure deep learning and positive social development of students.”
– John Rogers, Professor of Education, UCLA
“The California Subject Matter Project (CSMP) is excited about this opportunity to add our collective expertise and networks in support of 21CSLA’s goals to strengthen instructional practices that lead to school improvement and positively impact learning for all students. CSMP looks forward to collaborating with other SOS agencies and our colleagues at Berkeley and UCLA to help expand the capacity of school leaders to better address the equity, access and achievement challenges facing our schools, students, and communities today.”
– Claudia Martinez, Executive Director CSMP