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“Are We Who We Say We Are?” A Look Inside an ILT Partnership with Luther Burbank Middle School

October 4, 2023 | Mahru Elahi

Luther Burbank Middle School is located in Highland Park, a largely Latino and immigrant community nestled close to the arid hills of northeastern Los Angeles county. Christine Moore, the longtime Principal, continually asks herself as...

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How can a positive school-wide climate decrease the likelihood of problematic behaviors?

September 29, 2023 | Alvin Jumpp

To start the 2022-2023 school year at De Anza High School, in West Contra Costa Unified School District, the unyielding focus was to alleviate two challenges: violence on campus and attendance issues. De Anza defines attendance issues as class cutting,...

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Old Dogs Can Be Taught New Tricks

September 29, 2023 | Kevin Cushing

I began the 22-23 school year late. My first day as a new Assistant Principal at Dublin High School began two weeks after the school year started. I knew that it was going to be a year of...

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Being Vulnerable Helps Us Grow: One Teacher Leader’s Journey with Public Learning

September 13, 2023 | Shartresa Nixon

As a teacher leader, I am always on the lookout for innovative methods and motivation to keep me from becoming antiquated as a leader. During our second year back after teaching remotely on Zoom and still dealing with...

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Striking Balance as Department Chair

September 13, 2023 | Jennifer Hansen

I hate meetings. This is not a secret; I’m always happy to share my feelings on the drain that meetings affect upon me. The torture of sitting and listening after a long day. The four o’clock fog. The...

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Public Learning Promotes Vulnerability and Courage

September 13, 2023 | Brooklyn Joseph

It was mid-afternoon, about 15 minutes into our Instructional Leadership Team meeting at one of our partner schools. When it was the next teacher leader’s turn to be our Public Learner, about one...

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“Tending our Roots: Cultivating Joy” OUSD Expanded Learning Office Summer Institute

August 15, 2023

This summer Oakland Unified School District’s Expanded Learning Office brought together Site Coordinators and Agency Directors for their annual Summer Institute. This year’s theme is “Tending our Roots: Cultivating Joy.” Lead by Learning supported the OUSD Expanded Learning...

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Slowing Down to Listen: Centering Student Voice in Leadership

August 14, 2023

As a high school assistant principal, I work to understand student issues I am working on through Dr. Rochelle Gutierrez’s notion of windows and mirrors. Dr. Gutierrez defines a window as students being...

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