El Cerrito High School (2020-21)

Teacher Scholars

Diana Armijo, Susan Binder, Mahru Elahi, Theodore Grover, Patrick Jimenez, Keith Johnson, Gabriella Jraige, SoYoung Jun, Jessica Kronenberg, Molly McGrath, Monica Ng, Samantha Nguyen, Louise Ollano, Lawrence Pang, Jackeline Reyes, Tristan Simbulan, Bryan Smith

Principal

Patricia Crespo

Assistant Principals

Jay Eirvin, Jacob Gran, Nicholas Rey

Design Partners

Molly McGrath, Bryan Smith, Samantha Nguyen

School Focus

In its first year of partnership, the instructional leadership team and administration is using collaborative inquiry in order to build agency as leaders of adult learners and to support all adult learners at El Cerrito to use of evidence of student learning in order to reflect and grapple with the ways grades and grading represent mastery and student understanding.

Report Highlight

The Aspen Institute National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development

“Through the collaborative inquiry there’s a real aha moment,” said Carrie Wilson, executive director of Mills Teacher Scholars. “It gives teachers a chance to see how the competencies intersect with their instructional practices.”

-- A Policy Agenda in Support of How Learning Happens