Meet The Scholars
Below are the 2011 – 2012 Mills Teacher Scholars and their respective inquiry topics
 | Delilah Abramo |  | Benjie Achtenberg Understanding US history through historical maps Melrose Leadership Academy OUSD |
| Rebecca Akin Explaining thinking and developing ideas independently Korematsu Discovery Academy OUSD | | Shannon Amaral |
| Carrie Anderson Descriptive writing skills New Highland Academy OUSD | | Anne Aranda Linguistic support to express mathematical thinking Colonial Acres SLZUSD |
| Lynda Arnold | | Alicia Arnold Collaboration in primary grades art class New Highland Academy OUSD |
| Ann Baxter | | Emily Starr Bean Kindergarten students as creative, courageous writers Melrose Leadership Academy OUSD |
| Kim Beeson | | Gretchen Biel |
| Mary Bivins Metacognition and arts integration Roosevelt School SLUSD | | Emily Blossom Idea development in Kindergarten writing Komatsu Discovery Academy OUSD |
| Andrea Calderon | | Torina Carter |
| Michelle Cascio Multi=media science content and pedagogy Korematsu Discovery Academy OUSD | | Marijke Conklin Metacognition among primary students Melrose Leadership Academy OUSD |
| Michelle Contreras | | Ruth Corley Number talks, mathematical conversations, and computation Creative Arts Charter SFUSD |
| Katie Curry | | Asucena Davila Scaffolding mathematical reasoning Melrose Leadership Academy OUSD |
| Joanna Davis Science journals and conceptual development New Highland Academy OUSD | | Kristin Delgado |
| Susan Deming Higher order thinking assessment in art Roosevelt School SLUSD | | Susan Dent Managing musical development Roosevelt School SLUSD |
| Mary Dougherty | | Rachna Dube Differentiated instruction and comprehension Piedmont Elementary PUSD |
| Nancy Endicott Writing skills in English language development Roosevelt School SLUSD | | Erika Englund Phonics instruction for emerging readers New Highland Academy OUSD |
| Cynthia Epps Math problem solving strategies development Roosevelt School SLUSD | | Ananda Esteva |
| Patty Fishbaugh Monitoring emergent reading skills Roosevelt School SLUSD | | Victoria Forrester Programmatic professional development Roosevelt School SLUSD |
| Paco Furlan | | Kathleen Gadway |
| Susan Gatt |  | Shelley Grant Multi-segment position graphs and mathematical skills Bancroft Middle School SLUSD |
| Audrey Groesbeck Word study and segmentation with emerging readers RISE OUSD |  | Michael Hammond Motivating students with ear training and goal setting Berkeley Music BUSD |
| Annie Henderson Developing executive functions in kindergarten students Thornhill Elementary OUSD |  | Lisa Hildbrant Self-assessment of reading strategy learning targets Urban Promise Academy OUSD |
| Cheri Hinkley |  | Lisa Holmes Scaffolded oral paired problem-solving in math Richmond High School WCCSUD |
 | Tracey Iglehart | | Suzanne Ingley |
| Sam Johnson Motion graphs and critical thinking skills Arroyo High School SLZSD | | Lauren Kayed Alternative literacy assessment in Kindergarten RISE OUSD |
 | Matthew Kertesz Students' understanding of sentence frames Bancroft Middle School SLUSD | | Kate Kirkhuff |
| Karen Koizumi | | Alex Langford |
 | Kristi Leunig Professional learning communities supporting teaching learning Urban Promise Academy OUSD | | Lauren Lipka Metacognition and academic achievement Roosevelt School SLUSD |
| Pamela Lowe | | Becky Lum |
| Miriam Macias | | Nessa Mahoudi Learning targets, self-assessment and social-emotional development Melrose Leadership Academy OUSD |
 | Isabel McDaniel Oral and written expression of mathematical understanding among English learners Creative Arts Charter SFUSD | | Matilde Merello |
| Mike Michel |  | Dina Moskowitz Encouragement of persistent reading through support and interaction Creative Arts Charter SFUSD |
| Kenny Moy Fostering sight word recognition Roosevelt School SLUSD | | Channon Neal de Stanton Developing analytic science skills New Highland Academy OUSD |
| Kate Nichols Metacognition in Kindergarten Colonial Acres SLZUSD |  | Alberto Nodal Idioms as language development curriculum Colonial Acres SLZUSD |
| Javier Ordoñez |  | Rebecca Padilla Thinking critically about race and power Bancroft Middle School SLUSD |
 | Nandini Pal Student-directed inquiry in language arts Korematsu Discovery Academy OUSD | | Wendy Paplack Supporting number sense development Roosevelt School SLUSD |
| Margot Pepper | | Madeline Prager |
| Renée Purdy | | Virgina Quock |
| Julie Rich | | Yessica Rodriguez |
| Leah Rose |  | Leah Rotkin-Ellma |
 | Luz Salazar Jed Language development in a dual-immersion classroom Melrose Leadership Academy OUSD |  | Lori Sasaki Reading and writing vocabulary development Bancroft Middle School SLUSD |
 | Jody Silver Word-awareness and vocabulary development Bay School SLZUSD |  | Aija Simmons Language functions among English learners New Highland Academy OUSD |
| Lois Smith Fostering basic reading skills Roosevelt School SLUSD | | Julie Thomas |
| Melissa Valdivia Differentiating math instruction Roosevelt School SLUSD | | Lucia Vargas |
 | Malcolm Waugh Developing audience awareness through letter-writing Anna Yates EUSD | | Karen Wells Musical development in high school Anna Yates EUSD |
| Brook Pessin Whedbee | | Charles Wilson Supporting teachers' inquiry Korematsu Discovery Academy OUSD |