The INC Distinguished Fellowship
A practice-based professional development initiative utilizing lesson study and laboratory classrooms as learning tools.
The fellowship is composed of 3 parts throughout the academic year:
Part 1
Weeklong Summer Institute
Connect with fellow educators over research + pedagogy.
Part 2
Three Full-Day Lesson Studies
Bring collaboration into the classroom and apply new knowledge.
Part 3
Three Individual Mentoring Sessions
Refine your own learning, tailored to your students and inquiry goals.
Beyond the Fellowship
After completing the fellowship, participants will be recognized as INC mentors at our Spring ceremony. As an INC mentor, you will be invited to showcase your laboratory classroom to teachers, administrators, policymakers, and researchers in your district and across the region.
In addition to becoming part of our regional network of laboratory classrooms, you will have ongoing opportunities to engage in collective inquiry, mentorship, classroom visits, and professional development workshops.
Our Partners & Collaborators
Stanford’s Understanding Language Initiative
A Stanford Graduate School of Education initiative to help policymakers, researchers, states, district staff, and schools better serve multilingual learners.
Our work utilizes materials from the Understanding Language initiative to support teachers and encourage collaboration in the multilingual education space.
The National Writing Project
One of the longest standing examples of Collaborative Education Research, the NWP has sustained 50 years of changing standards, assessments, and policies through a simple commitment to creating space for educators to be in community with one another
Funding from the Bay Area Writing Project will support the 2025 INC Distinguished Fellowship Cohort
The Public Education and Business Coalition
A nonprofit dedicated to supporting educators on all levels. The PEBC developed the Learning Labs model, which situate teacher learning right alongside student learning as the nuances of planning, instruction, and assessment come together.
INC Fellows will have the opportunity to participate in three full-day Learning Labs as inspired by the PEBC model.