california’s brokers of expertise an initiative of the state of california
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California’s Brokers of Expertise
An initiative of the State of California
Brokers of Expertise is built on a set of underlying beliefs targeted at closing the achievement gap
in California
If Educators could…• find appropriate ideas and resources more
easily, they could be more effective. • participate in more positive peer-cultures,
their jobs would be easier. • "see" excellence, it would be easier for them
to replicate it. • publish their work, there would be more low
cost, high quality materials available to everyone.
If Educators could…• get involved earlier in their career with
excellence, they could become better teachers faster.
• have access to an online library of officially sanctioned, high quality, research-based, standards-aligned materials, they could make use of those materials for improved teaching and learning.
• search for resources via an easy to use standards browser, they could find relevant resources for their work much more quickly.
If Organizations could…
• facilitate collaboration more effectively… • make their resources easily available… • share and build on resources already
developed… • align resources to professional development
and curricular scope/sequence…
...they would improve overall teaching and learning.
Brokers of Expertise is partnering with content providers to bring relevant resources into an engaging
platform where they can be shared and discussed within communities of practice across California.
DAIT/SAIT TeamsDAIT/SAIT Teams
Grade Level WorkgroupsGrade Level Workgroups
Current Content Partners (As of June 25, 2009)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science• Arizona State University (Ask a Biologist)• Butte County Office of Education• Council for Economic Education• Exploratorium• International Reading Association• National Center for Family Literacy• National Council of Teachers of English• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics• National Endowment for the Humanities
Content Partners (Continued)• National Geographic Society• San Diego County Office of Education• Smithsonian National Museum of American
History• The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts• University of Arizona (Phoenix Mars Mission)• University of California (UCCP, Calisphere, UCTV)• University of Washington• Verizon Foundation (Thinkfinity)
Content Partners (In development)
• Alameda COE (Algebra)• CDE (Taking Center Stage, and others)• Microsoft (Career Forward)• Santa Cruz COE (Administrator Resources)• Santa Maria-Bonita School District (ELD)• Texas Instruments (Algebra)• WestEd (Doing What Works)
A Video Tour of the Beta Site
5 - Minute Version 10 - Minute Version
Online Examples
Discussion Standards BrowserResource
Next Steps…• Identify and begin working with targeted groups
(e.g. AVID, BTSA)• Implementation of common content repository
for collaboration with other statewide and regional efforts
• Development of Professional Development models for BoE
• Begin work with Pre-Service Institutions• Continued development of the platform, content,
partnerships, and user base
California’s Brokers of Expertise
www.boepilot.org
An initiative of the State of California