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The Teaching Specialization Program (Programa de Especialização Docente – PED Brasil) is a lato sensu postgraduate degree in teaching Mathematics or Natural Sciences (STEM) for teachers at the Elementary, Middle and High school levels. The program is jointly led by the Lemann Center at Stanford and by Instituto Canoa, and is offered by higher education institutions in collaboration with municipal and state departments of education in different regions of Brazil.

In partnership with the local non-profit Associação Amigos de Maylaski, we conduct science and mathematics summer workshops with students from public schools in the district of São Roque, São Paulo, Brazil.

Through creative, open, and engaging activities, the camp contributes to enhancing students’ self-efficacy and learning in science and mathematics.

CO.LETIVO was our pilot teaching residency program, offered in 2019. Residents had an immersion experience in their mentors’ classrooms, observing, planning, conducting activities and receiving feedback. The pilot was extensively documented so that its learnings can serve as support for universities interested in implementing teacher residency programs.

We work with public schools in disseminating the formative practice of lesson study, a professional development methodology originally developed in Japan with a focus on mathematics teaching, and now present in several countries around the world.

We carry out teacher education programs in partnership with public and private networks and with technicians from education departments, according to local needs. Topics include classroom management, group work, planning, assessment, science and math teaching, teacher education, among others.