LFCSA has actively sought out partnerships with individuals and institutions that can inform and advance ongoing program innovation. Current partnerships include:
• Seeds Elementary (University Elementary School – UES): We have established an ongoing working relationship with Seeds to develop instructional and curricular strategies to focus on literacy and project-based learning as well as create opportunities for training and professional development with our faculty at UES on the UCLA campus.
• USC School of Film and Media: Joint collaboration to develop a media literacy curriculum for elementary school children.
• USC Rossier School of Education: Partnership to leverage the LFCSA model of professional development to train new teachers from USC.
• Dr. Connie Kasari: Faculty, Graduate School of Education at UCLA. Dr. Kasari, a noted authority in autism and special education, is working with us to build out a model for identification and inclusion of students with autism spectrum disorders.
• Dr. Robert Spich: Faculty, Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA. Dr. Spich has been instrumental in the development of a partnership between LFCSA and CIBER (Council for Business Education and Research). CIBER has funded LFCSA to create a staff development program for teachers in global media literacy education.
• Dr. Anne Gilliland: Faculty, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA and Chair of the Information Studies Department. Dr. Gilliland has agreed to work with LFCSA in the development of a Media Literacy and Information Management program that focus on elementary age students.
