On a clear October morning, 100 Oakland Expanded Learning site coordinators and agency directors gathered on the Mills College campus to collectively explore the question “What do we mean by quality?” Under the leadership of Martha...
A principal sits across from a Mills Teacher Scholars facilitator in the middle of a room full of her fellow principals, her superintendent, her district leaders, and thinks aloud about the adult learning spaces at her school. She...
What does it look like for teachers to promote curiosity? Our Teacher Leaders support their colleagues’ thinking in many ways. Here’s an email that Beth Levine, a Teacher Leader at Montalvin Elementary sent to her colleagues.
At Mills Teacher Scholars, we know that collaborative inquiry builds teachers’ local knowledge about how best to support their students’ learning. By sharing that knowledge publicly, they develop a collective understanding of where their students are and a vision for where to focus their...
Read on for some helpful answers to commonly asked questions about this unique professional learning opportunity. Have additional questions? Email us at info-leadbylearning@northeastern.edu. I’m a teacher. Why should this course matter to me?...
Registration for the 2018-19 Coaching Inquiry Network is now open! If you have questions about which of our courses would be the best fit for you, email us at teacherscholars@mills.edu. In 2017-18, Amelia Rosenman of the...
More than 270 educators and supporters attended our annual Teacher Inquiry in Action Forum on March 20th! Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate the teacher leaders who are driving transformation in their districts and schools. Thanks as well...
In the Berkeley Unified Early Childhood Education Department, Mills Teacher Scholars supports teachers to lead their colleagues professional growth within the professional learning community (PLC) structure. Mills Teacher Scholars facilitator Claire Bove partners with Kim...
January 9, 2018 | Carrie Wilson, former Executive Director, Lead by Learning
Original post was updated on June 23, 2021. Policy Analysis on California Education (PACE) recently released a comprehensive report on continuous improvement as the method to California’s success in the era...
Building teams of public adult learners is a central component to developing cultures of continuous improvement in West Contra Costa USD. At each Mills Teacher Scholars inquiry session, a teacher volunteer publicly shares their...
