• Urban Dreams: A project of the Oakland Unified School District Office of Instructional Technology. It is funded by a five-year Federal Technology Innovation Grant. The project is designed to support the work of History and English teachers, grades 9-12, by providing access to appropriate technology tools and professional development opportunities. Online resources include Language Arts & Literature (9-12) & History / Social Studies (9-12) and a collection of online Lesson Plans.and Video Projects.  visit the website >>>
   
  
  
• Teaching American History Grant - The Teaching American History project is a three year grant to support professional development for teachers of American history at the 5th, 8th and 11th grade levels. The project is supported by a federal grant as part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.    visit the website >>>
  
  
  
• AB 1339 (Educational Technology Staff Development for Grades 4 - 8). Many OUSD elementary and middle schools receive funding for Technology integration professional development through the AB 1339 program.
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Grants > General Information

• OUSD Grants Coordination Office The purpose of this office is to enable OUSD to comprehensively track all fiscal and partnership grant-funded programs serving Oakland public schools. Any grant application seeking to serve Oakland public schools must be registered with the OUSD Grants Office. Visit the grant office website to register your grant application or call 879-8294 to receive a copy of the registration form. Grants Office staff will coordinate District approval, signatures and letters of support.
  

Grants > Archives > Technology & Curriculum Resources

• Core Values : (1998-2001 Grades 6-8, Social Studies & Language Arts)
  A project of the Oakland Unified School District Office of Instructional Technology. Funded by a three-year (1998-2001) federal Technology Literacy Challenge Grant, Core Values was designed to provide resources and training to support the numerous, systemic school-reform initiatives currently underway middle and K-8 schools. Core Values provided teachers of social studies and language arts with technology, training, curricular resources and support, which built on each other over the three years of middle school Online resources include:
  • Grade 5 - 8 Social Studies Internet Resource Library.
    
    
  • Virtual Museum Projects a showcase of class projects from teachers who participated in the grant.
    
    
• Foundations:(1998-2001 Grade 5, Social Studies & Language Arts)
  A project of the Oakland Unified School District Office of Instructional Technology. Funded by a three-year (1998-2001) federal Technology Literacy Challenge Grant, Foundations was designed to provide resources and training to support fifth grade teachers and students of social studies and language arts.. Like Core Values, Foundations provided teachers with technology, training, curricular resources and support.
  
  
• Math and Science Reform Initiative : (2000-2002 NSF Science Grant) The Math and Science Reform Initiative, a project of the Oakland Unified School District Department of Teaching and Learning, was funded through a five year grant from the National Science Foundation, Comprehensive Partnerships for Mathematics and Science Achievement (CPMSA). Math & Science materials were availble from the SMART Center. using the Online Teacher Resource Catalog & Order Forms