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Strengthening STEM Teaching & Learning

PK-12 Systems Change, Leadership, and Professional Learning

The Lawrence Hall of Science partners with districts, county offices, state agencies, schools, and networks to strengthen STEM teaching and learning through systems strategy, leadership development, and professional learning. Our work helps partners build coherence, strengthen implementation, and create lasting improvement across science, mathematics, and AI literacy.

What We Offer

Coherence. Capacity. Implementation.

We help education systems align strategy, leadership, and professional learning so strong ideas become sustained practice across classrooms, schools, and organizations.

Designed For:

  • District Leaders
  • County office leaders
  • State education agency leaders
  • School and instructional leaders
  • Teachers, coaches, and specialists
  • Cross-district and mission-aligned networks

How We Support Our Partners

Strengthen coherence across science, STEM, mathematics, and AI literacy priorities. We help districts, county offices, state agencies, and networks turn broad goals into clear strategy, implementation structures, and sustained improvement.

Support leaders at every level, from district and site administrators to instructional leaders and cross-functional teams. Our cohort-based learning, facilitation, and strategy sessions help leaders guide improvement with clarity, alignment, and shared direction.

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Engage educators in high-quality professional learning that is content-rich, practice-based, and connected to system goals. We design experiences that strengthen teaching, support equitable instruction, and help strong ideas take hold across classrooms and schools.

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Why Partner with The Lawrence

We combine deep expertise in PK-12 learning, content-rich professional learning, leadership development, and systems change. That allows us to support both the design of improvement efforts and the real work of carrying them out.

Challenges We Help Address

Many systems are doing important work, but still face familiar barriers. We support partners who want stronger alignment, clearer implementation, and better conditions for meaningful improvement over time.

  • Disconnected initiatives competing for attention
  • Limited coherence across curriculum, professional learning, leadership, and implementation
  • Difficulty translating vision into concrete action
  • Uneven implementation across schools, teams, or roles
  • Limited internal capacity to sustain improvement over time
For Systems and Organizational Partners

Partnerships for districts, agencies, and networks

Work with us on strategy sessions, leadership series, implementation support, and professional learning design that strengthen district and agency capacity.

For Individual Educators and Leaders

Professional learning opportunities you can join

  • Practical strategies participants can bring back to classrooms, teams, and organizations
  • Virtual and in-person workshops for teachers, coaches, and leaders
  • Learning focused on science,mathematics, environmental learning, AI literacy, and equity-driven instruction
  • Opportunities to connect with peers across schools, districts, and learning settings

Featured Initiatives Across the Portfolio

Sunstones at The Lawrence

K-12 Network for Advancing AI Literacy

Whether your district is starting up or scaling up, the Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley, meets…

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College & Career Alliance Support Network (CCASN)

A networked, cross-sector initiative that reflects our role as convener and field-builder. CCASN shows how the portfolio supports learning across…

Two children and a staff member are working together during a science activity.

Bay Area Mathematics Project (BAMP)

Since 1983, BAMP has offered inspiring professional learning opportunities for K-12 mathematics teachers, instructional coaches, and administrators in Alameda, Contra Costa,, Marin, Napa, San Francisco,…

The Lawrence Hall of Science

Bay Area Science Project (BASP)

As part of the statewide California Science Project network, BASP provides high-quality professional learning for K-12 educators in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, to…

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Amgen Biotech Experience

Innovation-centered professional learning that helps adults bring timely, engaging science experiences to young people. ABE connects educator learning to stronger…

What Our Partners Say About Us

“I think it is important to have the expertise of [the Center for K-12 Science]… I also think it is important for practitioners to see that others are doing the same work and to learn from what other districts are doing. . . I think it is really important for superintendents to hear from one another and from teachers at the elementary schools to hear from one another––that really helps with enriching our vision and our human capital development…”

District Superintendent

[The Center] has provided teachers with invaluable training that they can directly infuse into their classroom instruction and planning. Teachers have had opportunities to become teacher leaders. These teachers have taken on leadership roles to provide staff development opportunities in our district and have mentored other teachers with the transition to NGSS. Furthermore, our work with [the Center] has provided us with opportunities to network and learn from best practices from other districts and key people within the science community. It has been an incredible journey, and I hope we can continue it!”

District Leader

“[The Center for K-12 Science] gives voice to science…It has provided our district with a vision of and mission for science. This helps us to have discussions about the coordination of professional development, distribution, and management of science materials, and a shared understanding of best practices for NGSS. In these ways, it is making a difference.”

District Leader

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Ready to strengthen your system or grow your practice?

Whether you are looking for a strategic partner, leadership support, or high-quality professional learning, we would love to learn more about your goals.