Save the Date: Teacher Inquiry in Action Forum, May 20th
Join us at our annual Teacher Inquiry in Action Forum on May 20th from 5-8pm at Mills College. You will have the opportunity to learn from over 50 teacher scholars as they speak about their year-long inquiry projects. This is a free event and a light dinner will be served. Teacher scholars share their work in a poster session from 5-6 pm and they will present their work in small breakout sessions from 6-8pm. Attendees are welcome to attend any portion of the evening.
Our January and February meetings take teacher scholars into the heart of their inquiry work-- analysis of focal students' performance on their routine data source. Mills Teacher Scholars work at Melrose Leadership Academy illustrates how teachers use alternative forms of data to come to understand what is happening for students in their classroom. Read more...
"Partnerships are at the center of our classroom culture and I am like a coach on the sidelines of these partnerships, listening, recording, and giving suggestions."
Joanna Davis began her inquiry looking at partner reading but soon realized that students needed to learn to work together before she could expect this structure to support their reading development.
“Our Mills Scholars teachers exemplified how PD should be structured. The staff was engaged, reflective, and walked away with several ideas/strategies to try in their classrooms,” said New Highland Academy Vice Principal Lorena Reyes about the recent teacher scholar-led professional development on academic discussions.
