Community Engagement

Faculty and students at UCI SOE are engaged with the community in a variety of ways that help support undergraduate learning, preK-12 learning, and program quality. Examples include the following: 

Local

• Provide undergraduate coursework that deepens student understanding of research-based practices in teaching and learning outside the school day

• Provide undergraduate volunteers to local programs through course-embedded fieldwork experiences in which students engage in teaching and/or inquiry-based learning

• Consult with programs to support quality (provide link back to eval)

• Serve in advisory capacities to support program quality:
  • Math CEO
  • Samueli Academy
  • Boys and Girls Club

Statewide

• Serve in advisory and consultant roles to the CDE, Samueli Foundation, programs and afterschool work groups on STEM, quality standards, SEL and evaluation 
• Present at conferences (e.g. BOOST)

National

• Present research at conferences such as AERA and NAA
• Contribute research and research-based tools to deepen understanding of practices that support student participation, engagement and achievement 
• Provide evidence of positive outcomes to support the case for continued federal and state funding
• Serve in advisory capacities to foundations

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International 

• Participate in a global community of afterschool providers and researchers through UC Links