QUALCOMM Headquarters: San Diego, CA
Overview
Qualcomm strives to prepare today’s students for the demands of tomorrow. We look for ways where we can make measurable, meaningful change, and we bring our breadth of resources – human, fi nancial and technical -- to the service of these projects.
Qualcomm supports programs across the educational continuum: training for K-12 math and science teachers, curriculum development at the high school and college level, transformational change for urban public schools, collaboration between the high-tech sector and university-level instruction, one-to-one programs using wireless technology and aligning resources for students at all levels to explore careers in engineering.
Programs K-12
Qualcomm supports programs at the K-12 grade levels, because we believe that early student achieve- ment is critical for the development of our future high-tech workforce. We target three focus areas within math and science education: teacher profes- sional development, student success, and systemic transformation. Qualcomm is also engaged in the area of arts education.
Teacher Professional Development
Improving Student Achievement in Mathematics (ISAM
Program designed to improve public school mathematics instruction at all levels by enhancing teachers’ subject knowledge and instructional effectiveness. ISAM provides Math Specialist Certifi cate Programs for elementary school teachers, and new Highly Qualifi ed Math Teacher Program that helps students understand the applications of math in technology.
Project Lead the Way (PLTW)
Hands-on project-based curriculum designed to nurture interest in engineering among high school students,
who still have time to prepare for the demanding major. Qualcomm supports the California State affi liate, SDSU, to train teachers in the PLTW curriculum and pedagogy.
Encorps
Qualcomm has supported this program since 2008, which is dedicated to increasing the number of math and science teachers in California’s public middle and high schools. Encorps transitions retired corporate professionals into education careers to give children an excellent math and science education.
Classroom and After-School Programs Qualcomm supports a broad range of classroom and after-school programs that directly impact student achievement in math and science. Some of our key partners include: Elementary Institute of Science, San Diego Science Alliance, Barrio Logan College Institute, AVID, and Classroom of the Future Foundation.
California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS) Qualcomm helped bring a COSMOS Institute to the University of California San Diego in 2005 and has supported it each year since then. COSMOS is a
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