A Love Letter to Teachers
Dear Teachers, you are our heroes. Every day of this pandemic, you have blown us away with your creativity, compassion, and commitment, your tenacity and heart. You have moved mountains to reach each child, wherever they are and despite the challenges that stand in your way.
How a Neurobiologist and a Biotech Manager Turned Their Passion for Science into Teaching
David House and Don Selway made the transition from biotech to a science classroom to pursue their passions. David says, “Teaching students in disadvantaged communities has been a chance to use my background in science to help improve opportunities for kids that really need it.”
EnCorps Receives 2019 US2020 Excellence in Public-Private Partnerships Award
Excellence in Public-Private Partnership showcases effective and innovative cross-sector collaborations.
EnCorps Named 2018 HALO Award Recipient
Selected nonprofit organizations and individual volunteers will receive capacity building support with peer learning sessions and one-on-one coaching.
He Dreamed of Teaching Children with a Background like His Own
Baltazar Villalba found it’s not too late to pursue your passion teaching and that bringing your own experiences to the table can make your work more effective.
California EnCorps Teachers Changing Lives Through STEM Education
“Educating from Experience” is a new mini-documentary from WorkingNation that follows California mom Erica Parker as she transitions from her successful career in engineering to become a STEM teacher at a local high school — a pathway made possible by EnCorps STEM Teachers Program.
Need STEM Teachers? Look to Older Adults
EnCorps recruits experienced engineers and technology professionals, among others, to teach in science, math and related fields in California.
The JetBlue Foundation Supports EnCorps
With the support of JetBlue, EnCorps will transition five “JetBlue Fellows” to become middle and high school teachers in high needs schools.
EnCorps Provides Teaching Path for Seasoned STEM Workers
Sometimes change is required to re-energize and spark a stalled or lack-luster career. For some in the life science industries that can mean stepping out of the laboratory and stepping into the most unlikely place of all – a classroom. But how? That’s where EnCorps can help.
EnCorps Receives Funding from Genentech
With the help from Genentech funding, EnCorps educators will impact more than 20,000 students in the Bay Area in the 2017-2018 program year.