Partner Spotlight

State Farm Insurance

Mission : To help people manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected and realize their dreams.

Founded: 1922

Locations: Nationwide except Massachusetts

Geographic Areas of Giving: Nationwide

Employees: 70,000 nationwide

Community Focus: Education, Safety, Community Development, Diversity

Employee Engagement: State Farm has a long history of volunteering in communities nation-wide. Once known as the Action Network, our volunteer force now falls under the heading, "PALS–Public Affairs Liaisons." The group coordinates countless activities in all communities and includes a component of public policy involvement.

Business Importance: To be able to give back to the communities where wedo business. To take some of the money earned in communities and reinvest it in neighborhood programs. The stronger the community, the better it is for all, including those who live there and those who work there.

Why Springboard Schools?

Springboard Schools has displayed a proven ability to assist school districts with improving the level of achievement among students. The process of accomplishing this task by implementing better standards for teachers gives the program a lasting foundation that can benefit schools in the future.

Program Description

State Farm supports Springboard Schools's Teacher Leaders' Network – an innovative professional learning community. This Network is comprised of 60 or more teacher leaders engaged in a year-long leadership development program of coaching, workshops, and peer-review sessions designed to strengthen teacher practices in the classroom and foster inquiry based reform, also known as continuous quality improvement, in Bay Area public schools. With State Farm's assistance, Springboard Schools seeks to build the leadership capacity of teachers throughout the Bay Area, which Springboard Schools believes is necessary to drive strategies that improve academic performance–particularly among our lowest performing students–and narrow the pervasive achievement gap.

Springboard Schools gratefully acknowledges State Farm's support. We believe that it is only through engaging the private sector that we can mobilize the resources needed to transform teaching and learning for the children our schools too often fail. We look forward to working with State Farm and with our other Corporate and Foundation Partners to raise student achievement and narrow the gap in performance between socially advantaged and disadvantaged students throughout the Bay Area.