Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP)

07/30/2026

The 9th annual STEP alumni conference will be held on October 17 during Stanford reunion weekend. Gather your class, return to the farm and see our amazing new Graduate School of Education buildings! We are still looking for presenters. See the application at linktr.ee/stanfordteacher. Registration for the conference will start in a few weeks

05/09/2026

Our very own faculty director, Dr Lit! Happy teacher appreciation week!

05/09/2026

Happy teacher appreciation week!

08/07/2024

STEP is well represented in the GSE Alumni Excellence in Teaching awards this year! Congratulations to Rachel Lotan, MA ‘81, MA ‘83, PhD ‘85 and STEP Director for 14 years!, Ana Miguel STEP ‘12 and Marisol Castillo STEP ‘03. We are so excited to celebrate with you at the award ceremony on Friday October 25 AND to invite all STEP grads to our 7th Annual STEP Alumni Conference on Saturday October 26. Registration links to come.

Now in its 10th year, Stanford GSE will present the Alumni Excellence in Education Award to four educators at the ceremony on Oct. 25 for their exemplary leadership in education.

This year's recipients are being recognized for their commitment to equitable classrooms, teaching, education policy, and math education. Congratulations to:

✨ Rachel Lotan, MA ’81, MA ’83, and PhD ’85, Professor (teaching), Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP) Director Emerita, Stanford University and director of the Program for Complex Instruction at Stanford
✨Ana Miguel, MA ’12, Teacher at Desert Mirage High School, Coachella Valley Unified School District
✨Matthew Kelly, MA ’15, PhD ’18, Assistant Professor in Education Leadership, Pennsylvania State College of Education
✨Marisol Castillo, ’03, MA ’03, English teacher at E.L. Haynes School in Washington, D.C.

Read on: https://stanford.io/4fB7FA2

11/11/2022

We are hosting a virtual Teachers of Color STEP information session Thursday November 17th from 5-6pm pacific time. If you are a prospective future teacher please come learn why STEP might be the right place for you as well as about our supports for BIPOC and/or first-gen teacher candidates. Link in bio under upcoming admissions events.

11/03/2022

We are hosting our 5th annual STEP Alumni Conference this Saturday 9am-1:30pm!!! Hope to see you at one of our great sessions. This years theme is Priority, Purpose and Pedagogy. To register anf get a link to the conference site please visit tinyurl.com/STEP2022register

08/25/2021

A summer school program draws newly credentialed teachers from the Stanford Teacher Education Program to help address the effects of the pandemic.

08/09/2021

Current Sequoia teachers and STEP grads, Diana Nguyen ‘18 and Melissa Díaz ‘19, co-facilitated an ethnic studies course with GSE professor Jonathan Rosa. In this course, Stanford undergraduates learned alongside high school students.

‘We’re all learning and teaching together’: GSE professor Jonathan Rosa takes community-based learning to a new level in his ethnic studies course.

07/30/2021

Welcome Jeff and Mari!

02/25/2021

STEP BIPOC Alumni - please join us for a STEP sponsored event to connect with old colleagues and make new connections across cohorts and geographies. Register at https://forms.gle/HhZZsHh1ZTvKFFKB6