UCSD Partnership

The mission of GPA includes a key collaboration with the Center for Research on Educational Equity, Assessment, and Teaching Excellence (CREATE) at the University of California San Diego. Dr. Hugh “Bud” Mehan has committed selected outreach resources that help Gompers Preparatory Academy work to achieve its goal of transforming the quality of the educational experience for our students. CREATE and Thurgood Marshall College at UCSD provide professional development materials and assistance to our teachers and administrators, university tutors, interns, mentors, and teaching interns, as well as technical assistance in the areas of curriculum and pedagogy.

Professor Cecil Lytle (previous Provost of Thurgood Marshall College), Dr. Hugh Mehan and Mr. Rafael Hernandez, UCSD – Early Academic Outreach Program are all members of the GPA Board of Directors and provide support and oversight for our school. Specifically, UCSD wishes to make the educational principles that have made the Preuss School successful available to the students in the Gompers neighborhood.

Currently, UCSD provides a wide range of intellectual, material, and research resources to the partnership, thereby enhancing the educational mission of GPA including:

Teaching interns in Math, Science and English/ESL.
Professional development experts in Math, Science, Reading, Writing, ESL, History/Social Studies; these professional development activities are organized to ensure that teachers instruct students to master basic subject matter and to learn to solve advanced problems in academic disciplines. All UCSD professional development activities are organized to meet the needs of English Language Learners as well as students fluent in English.
UCSD undergraduate and graduate students who serve as interns & tutors in academic classrooms and in the after school program (GPA averages 60 UCSD students on campus each academic quarter). Interns also work in the Family Support Center, School Counseling and the Health & Wellness office.
Parent education opportunities to inform parents about higher educational options for their students after high school, concrete advice on how to achieve higher educational goals and obtain funding for college.
Advice from UCSD health practitioners about health care options, insurance possibilities, and basic health matters.