Willard Middle School

Site Leader:

Chris Albeck

Design Partners:

Kelly Parsons, Ben Jackson, Ryan Chinn

School Focus:

In its third year of partnership, the Willard Inquiry Group is using collaborative inquiry to understand how to improve instruction and meet the needs of their most vulnerable students. Through partnering with focal students and using real-time classroom data to make student learning visible, each teacher is building awareness of how to improve an area of their instructional practice. As an Inquiry Group, they are developing a toolkit of collaboration mindsets and practices that can inform how they approach other collaboration opportunities across their school.

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