PICTURES OF PRACTICE: Stories From the Field
A core component of Agency by Design Oakland is our Teacher Fellowship, a yearly cohort of Oakland educators who participate in a professional learning community focusing on maker-centered learning and teacher-led inquiry. Over the course of their fellowship, each teacher designs an inquiry question and completes action research in the classroom. Our #pictureofpractice series makes visible the thinking and rigorous work educators engage in and provides an archive for how Oakland educators are experimenting with Agency by Design and maker-centered learning ideas. What does teacher-led classroom inquiry look like? Check out the Pictures of Practice below.
WHAT COUNTS AS A MEANINGFUL LESSON IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS?
By Bianca Shiu, 2019-2020 Teaching Fellow & Science Teacher, Elmhurst United Middle School, OUSD
INCORPORATING THE MAKER CAPACITIES INTO THE VISUAL ARTS CLASSROOM
By Catie Rice, 2018-2019 Teaching Fellow, High School Art & Making Teacher at Madison Park Academy
DESIGNING FOR STUDENT CHOICE AND VOICE
By Tasha Pura, 2018-2019 Teaching Fellow, Former Making, Art, and Design Teacher at LODESTAR, a Lighthouse Community Charter School
STRENGTHENING SEL SKILLS THROUGH MAKER-CENTERED LEARNING
By Liz Cruger, 2018-2019 Teaching Fellow, Former 2nd/3rd Grade Inclusion Teacher, EnCompass Academy
TEACHING IS A POLITICAL ACT
By Julia Cheng, 2018-2019 Teaching Fellow, Former 6th Grade Science Teacher, Bret Harte Middle School
LETTING GO OF POWER: WHO IS THE TEACHER?
By Fatimah Salahuddin, 2018-2019 Teaching Fellow, Former Ethnic Studies Teacher, Roots International Academy
IMAGINE IF…WE LIVED IN A MORE INCLUSIVE WORLD
By Crystal Barajas Barr, 2018-2019 Teaching Fellow, Art & Making Teacher, Urban Promise Academy
THE EVOLUTION OF REFLECTION: FINDING OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENT VOICE USING THE PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS
By Chantel Parnell, 2018-2019 Teaching Fellow, Computer Science Teacher, Bret Harte Middle School
HOW DOES TINKERING WITH ELLs IMPACT THEIR CONTENT KNOWLEDGE
By Erin Posbergh, 2018-2019 Teaching Fellow, Physics Teacher, Oakland International HS
WHOSE AGENCY? REFLECTIONS ON BUILDING CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGH MAKER-CENTERED LEARNING AND ARTS INTEGRATION
By Kurt Kaaekuahiwi, 2018-2019 Teaching Fellow, Ethnic Studies, Arts, and Making Teacher, Roses in Concrete Community School, Oakland
STUDENTS AS CURRICULUM DESIGNERS
By Jeff Embleton, 2018-2019 Teaching Fellow, Assistant Principal, Alliance Academy, Oakland
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TAKE APART ELMO…
By Bridget Rigby, 2018-2019 Teaching Fellow, Programming & Design Teacher, Lighthouse Community Charter School, Oakland
THE ART OF REPAIR: A MIDDLE SCHOOL ELECTIVE CLASS
By Shraddha Soparawala, 2018 - 2019 Teaching Fellow & Math Teacher, ASCEND Middle School, Oakland
ANCESTRAL TECH & MAKING
By Crystal Barajas Barr, 2017-2019 Teaching Fellow & Art Teacher, Urban Promise Academy, Oakland
MAKING AND MENDING
By Susan Wolf, Leadership Team Member and Coach, Agency by Design Oakland & Arts Integration Specialist, Alameda County Office of Education
CURIOSITY IN A HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM
By Courtney Courveur, 2017-2018 Teaching Fellow & Former Math Teacher, Oakland International High School
BURCKHALTER MAKER IDENTITY: CREATIVITY AND THE DISCOVERY OF SELF
By Cicely Day, 2017-2018 Teaching Fellow & Former Technology Teacher, Burckhalter Elementary School, Oakland
DECOLONIZING STEMM
By Reina Cabezas, 2017-2018 Teaching Fellow & Career & Technical Education Coach, Oakland Unified School District
THINKING TINKERING PODCAST & GUIDE
By Katy Ailes and Susan Lee, 2017-2018 Teaching Fellows & 1st and 2nd Grade Teachers, Park Day School, Oakland
USE THINKING ROUTINES - ROUTINELY!
By Ed Crandall, 2017-2018 Teaching Fellow & High School Making & Robotics Teacher, Lighthouse Community Charter School, Oakland
MAKER IDENTITY: STUDENTS OF COLOR SUSTAINING AND CREATING IDENTITIES IN MAKER EDUCATION
By Roxy Martinez, 2017-2018 Teaching Fellow & Former Resource Specialist, Grass Valley Elementary School, Oakland
MAKING AND UN-MAKING MEMOIR: A DOWNLOADABLE & INTERACTIVE ZINE
By Susan Wolf, 2017-2018 Teaching Fellow & Arts Integration Specialist, Alameda County Office of Education
MAKING IT ROUTINE: PARTS, PURPOSES, & COMPLEXITIES IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL MAKING CLASS
By Amy Dobras, 2017-2018 Teaching Fellow & 7th/8th Grade Making Teacher, Lighthouse Community Charter School, Oakland
MANY EXPERTS IN THE CLASSROOM: REDIRECTING AUTHORITY
By Mallory Moser, 2017-2018 Teaching Fellow, 11th Grade Graphic Design Teacher & Media Academy Director, Oakland International High School
REDIRECTING AUTHORITY TO DEVELOP INDEPENDENT LEARNERS
By Theresa Sanders, 2017-2018 Teaching Fellow & 3rd Grade Teacher, Redwood Heights Elementary School, Oakland
A MAKER MINDSET IDENTITY
By Lillian Ortiz, 2017-2018 Teaching Fellow & Making/Art/Design Teacher, LODESTAR, a Lighthouse Charter School, Oakland
THINKING ROUTINES MAKE LEARNING VISIBLE IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM
By Stephanie Taymuree, 2017-2018 Teaching Fellow, 2017 Alameda County of Education Teacher of the Year & Special Education Teacher, Redwood Heights Elementary School, Oakland
BREAKING OUT OF OUR SILOS: ENCOURAGING EDUCATOR CO-INSPIRATION AND JOY THROUGH INTERACTIVE DOCUMENTATION METHODS
By Gretchen Baglyos, 2017-2018 Teaching Fellow, Arts Integration Specialist & Choir Teacher, Alliance Academy, Oakland
INTEGRATING DESIGN THINKING AND ART IN A PUBLIC MONTESSORI SCHOOL
By Ana Carrasco and David Harris, 2017-2018 Teaching Fellows, Lead Montessori Teacher in Lower Elementary and Former Design Integration Lead, Urban Montessori Charter School, Oakland
STOP AND SMELL THE MEMES: EXPLORING THE VALUES OF AN EVOLVING GENERATION
By Sarah Chung, 2017-2018 Teaching Fellow & Head Coach, CodeNext Oakland