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October 2014 Newsletter: Mills Teacher Scholars news, announcements, teacher highlights... and more! 
    

In This Issue

•Leading Through Learning
•Grammar Revisited
•Deeper Science Thinking

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In our October newsletter, read how teacher scholars are coming to new understandings about how to engage and empower their students and their school site colleagues. 

Leading Through Learning. Learning Through Leading.

"Teacher leadership is a hot topic in education circles these days," writes Carrie Wilson, Mills Teacher Scholars' Executive Director.

 "All new plans for improving student outcomes and helping students engage in 21st Century Learning seem to hinge on effective teacher leadership. But what we don’t hear much about is what teacher leadership looks like and how a teacher can become an effective teacher leader." 

Learn how teachers in our Teacher Scholar Leader Network build skills to support their colleagues' learning... 

Grammar Revisited


"Despite the popular notion that grammar kills the creativity and joy in writing, I found students made many creative choices when they had the tools to play with language."


Grammar study has long been a lightning rod issue for English teachers. In this blog post, Life Academy of Biosciences teacher (OUSD) Annie Hatch weighs in on why she believes that curriculum integrated grammar study can empower underserved students. 

Read Annie's blog post here...

Middle School Science Literacy: Getting Students to Deeper Thinking

 
"By relating Darwin’s frame of mind to their own experiences, the theory became more real to them, thus more fully cementing it in their minds."


Through her Mills Teacher Scholar’s inquiry, Oakland School for the Arts science teacher Julie Humphrey sought to learn methods for increasing student engagement while deepening student content knowledge.

Click to read Julie's blog post...

Gather With Mills Teacher Scholars


 The date is getting closer! Join us November 5th from 5-8pm at Mills College for an evening of connection and learning with colleagues from across the East Bay. 

To learn more and RSVP, click here...
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