OUSD Professional Learning Team

Participants

Anita Summerlin, Christina Arpante, Christine Chen, Corey Donahue, David Braden, Meena Srinivasan, Megan Sweet, Sun-chul Kim, Tammie Adams, Wesley Jacques

Executive Director of Professional Learning

Wesley Jacques

Group Focus

This unique group is comprised of the administrators who design and deliver professional learning for principals and teachers district-wide. By engaging in collaborative inquiry into their own professional practice, these district leaders are developing a shared understanding of how to implement professional learning through inquiry. The focus of the group is on how to infuse inquiry-based, collaborative, teacher-led learning throughout Oakland Unified.

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