At the beginning of the school year, I asked myself the question, “What do I value in my computer science classroom?” I knew I valued the process of creating over a final product, but I wondered...
Katherine Acosta-Verprauskus, Principal at Montalvin Manor K-8 in West Contra Costa Unified School District shared her leadership journey at our Inquiry in Action Webinar on March 26, 2020. In the Beginning Montalvin teachers and I have...
From learning to facilitate a webinar to understanding the intricacies of Zoom breakout rooms, our small team at Mills Teacher Scholars, like so many others around the globe, has experienced a steep learning curve over the past month.
The abrupt shift to distance learning due to the spread of COVID-19 has forced all of us in the field of education to adapt our lives and work very quickly. Mills Teacher Scholars has partnered with our sites...
At the beginning of the year, my TK/Kinder classroom was often very quiet. The majority of my students were English Learners, still at the early stages of learning to communicate in English. While playing and talking...
At the midpoint of the school year, we guide each Mills Teacher Scholars group to reflect on the learning that has happened so far. We ask: What have you learned as a professional? How...
My Learning Begins When I began my inquiry process with Mills Teacher Scholars, I chose three focal students, two boys and a girl, whose first language was Spanish or Mam. I wanted to work on teaching them the...
What if there were true symmetry of learning in a district – from students, to teachers, to leaders? What would it look like for principals and district administrators to engage as a community of learners? How could their...
