Central Valley Business Times

Central Valley Business Times

Teachers College of San Joaquin gets $155,000 grant

STOCKTON
December 14, 2011 12:42pm

• Made by the Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation
• Will be used for fellowships

The Teachers College of San Joaquin, a Stockton-based graduate school focused solely on training teachers in K-12 school reform, says the Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation has awarded it a $155,000 grant.
The money will be used for fellowships for 60 Northern California educators, including delegations of up to five teachers at the same school.
The teachers will earn their master’s in education at the Teachers College of San Joaquin while simultaneously implementing reform programs in their schools. This grant follows an initial $55,000 grant by the Intrepid Foundation in 2010 to launch the Intrepid Fellowship Program at TCSJ.
Currently, 20 teachers from six schools, including traditional public and public charter schools, are Intrepid fellows, teaching students that are, on average, high-minority and low-income.
“We are proud that the Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation is expanding their support of Teachers College of San Joaquin, validating our work to train educators to implement K-12 school reform specifically targeting career and college readiness” says Catherine Kearney, dean of TCSJ. “With this support, even more educators will be equipped with the tools necessary to implement real reforms in our schools.”