Since 2009, UCLA employees have benefited from the opportunity to send their children to any of four public schools close to campus through the Together In Education In Neighborhood Schools (TIE-INS) program. Interest in TIE-INS has been very strong, with 218 children of UCLA faculty and staff participating. Applications are now being accepted for the 2016–17 academic year.
UCLA is working closely with all of the schools — Nora Sterry Elementary School, Brockton Elementary School, Emerson Middle School and University High School — to support their goals for academic excellence. Collaborations include, among many others, professional development for TIE-INS teachers at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and tutoring by UCLA undergraduate and graduate students to strengthen school-based intervention and enrichment programs.
All UCLA academic appointees and career (non-probationary) staff at any classification level are eligible to apply for TIE-INS. Preference will be given to kindergartners and first-graders (and their elementary school-aged siblings), and acceptance will be based on priorities established by UCLA deans and vice chancellors. Any UCLA employee’s child who is selected by UCLA for enrollment in any of the TIE-INS schools is guaranteed the opportunity to attend through high school graduation as long as the child meets the usual expectations for academic performance, attendance and citizenship. Once part of TIE-INS, there is no need to reapply each year in order to continue to participate, as is required by many other programs.
Visit the TIE-INS website to apply — the application deadline is April 1 — and to find detailed information about the schools, such as school report cards, school experience surveys and upcoming events such as parent meetings and campus tours.
For questions, contact program coordinator Nataly Birch birch@gseis.ucla.edu, 310-267-4905; or TIE-INS director Christine Shen shen@gseis.ucla.edu, 310-210-4633.
