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Mills Teacher Scholars Featured in EdWeek

May 15, 2017

Mills Teacher Scholars support of the OUSD Social and Emotional Learning Teacher Scholars was featured in EdWeek earlier this month in an article entitled “Teachers Weave Social-Emotional Learning Into Academics.” ...

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A Principal Learns Alongside Teachers

April 27, 2017

An essential component to establishing an adult learning culture in schools is the leader modeling a learning stance alongside their staff. At Mills Teacher Scholars partner site Montalvin Elementary in West Contra Costa Unified, principal Katherine Acosta-Verprauskus is...

Tags: Leaders as Learners

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Arts Integration and Literacy: A Powerful Combination for ELLs

April 26, 2017

Teacher scholar Emily Blossom, OUSD I’ve invited five of my first-grade students to join me for lunch in our classroom. In this group are two native English speakers and three English Language Learners...

Tags: Inquiry and Equity

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Adult Social and Emotional Learning: The Critical Missing Piece

March 30, 2017

Social and Emotional Learning Teacher Scholars Ruanna Owens and Malia Tayabas-Kim Earlier this month Mills Teacher Scholars presented at the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) convening to district leaders from around the nation...

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Highlights from our Teacher Inquiry in Action Forum

March 30, 2017

Over 200 teachers, school leaders, university faculty, and other supporters joined us on March 23rd for our Teacher Inquiry in Action Forum. Thank you to all who participated in this remarkable event! Below are highlights from this celebration of teacher professional learning. ...

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Supporting a Young Student’s Identity as a Scholar

March 30, 2017

Carrie Johnston, John Muir Elementary Teacher Scholar Leader Last year at John Muir Elementary in Berkeley Unified, we had the opportunity to engage in inquiry through a collaboration with Mills Teacher Scholars. We used an...

Tags: Students at the Center

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Meeting the Needs of Struggling High School Students Through Putting Student Voice at the Center

March 1, 2017

As a teacher of struggling readers, I find myself constantly grappling with what to do with my high schoolers who are reading multiple grades below level. They walk in and out of my classroom each day and I...

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Not Just “Doing Research”: An Interview with Albany High Teacher Scholar Sara Oremland

February 22, 2017

In early February, Mills Teacher Scholar Sara Oremland, Teacher Librarian at Albany High School, presented at the California School Library Association conference along with Allyson Bogie, Teacher Librarian at Fred T. Korematsu Middle School in El Cerrito. Their...

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