Meet The Scholars
Below are the 2011 – 2012 Mills Teacher Scholars and their respective inquiry topics
 | Delilah Abramo Supporting family literacy practices Rosa Parks BUSD |  | 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 Strategies for unfamiliar words for SDC student Rosa Parks BUSD |
| Carrie Anderson Descriptive writing skills New Highland Academy OUSD |  | Anne Aranda Linguistic support to express mathematical thinking Colonial Acres SLZUSD |
| Lynda Arnold The role of emotional health in academic achievement in kindergarten Rosa Parks BUSD | | Alicia Arnold Collaboration in primary grades art class New Highland Academy OUSD |
 | Emily Starr Bean Kindergarten students as creative, courageous writers Melrose Leadership Academy OUSD |  | Kim Beeson Building independence and resliency to move from concrete to abstract tasks Rosa Parks BUSD |
 | Gretchen Biehl The role of student notes in supporting reading comprehension Rosa Parks BUSD | | Marie Bivins Metacognition and arts integration Roosevelt School SLUSD |
 | Emily Blossom Idea development in Kindergarten writing New Highland Academy OUSD | | Andrea Calderon Enhancing critical thinking in reading through inferences Rosa Parks BUSD |
| Torina Carter Retelling and the development of student voice Rosa Parks BUSD |  | Michelle Cascio Multi-media science content and pedagogy Korematsu Discovery Academy OUSD |
 | Marijke Conklin Metacognition among primary students Melrose Leadership Academy OUSD |  | Michelle Contreras Student engagement with texts during partner turn and talk Rosa Parks BUSD |
 | Ruth Corley Number talks, mathematical conversations, and computation Creative Arts Charter School SFUSD | | Katie Curry The role of retelling in comprehension Rosa Parks BUSD |
 | Asucena Davila Scaffolding mathematical reasoning Melrose Leadership Academy OUSD |  | Joanna Davis Science journals and conceptual development New Highland Academy OUSD |
 | Kristen Delgado Blending sounds for SDC student Rosa Parks BUSD | | Susan Deming Higher order thinking assessment in art Washington Elementary SLUSD |
| Susan Dent Managing musical development Roosevelt School SLUSD | | Nancy Endicott Writing skills in English language development Roosevelt School SLUSD |
 | Erika Englund Phonics instruction for struggling readers New Highland Academy OUSD | | Cynthia Epps Math problem solving strategies development Roosevelt School SLUSD |
 | Ananda Esteva Bilingual reading comprehension strategies Rosa Parks BUSD | | Patty Fishbaugh Monitoring emergent reading skills Roosevelt School SLUSD |
| Victoria Forrester Programmatic professional development Roosevelt School SLUSD |  | Paco Furlan Progress monitoring reading comprehension Rosa Parks BUSD |
 | Kathleen Gadway Conferencing for after school reading intervention teachers Rosa Parks BUSD |  | Susan Gatt Building fluency in upper primary struggling readers Rosa Parks BUSD |
 | Shelley Grant Multi-segment position graphs and mathematical skills Bancroft Middle School SLUSD | | Audrey Groesbeck Word study and segmentation with struggling readers RISE OUSD |
 | Michael Hammond Motivating students with ear training and goal setting Berkeley Music BUSD |  | Annie Henderson Developing executive functions in kindergarten students Hillcrest OUSD |
 | Lisa Hildbrant Self-assessment of reading strategy learning targets Urban Promise Academy OUSD |  | Cheri Hinkley Student conversation during partner reading Rosa Parks BUSD |
 | Lisa Holmes Scaffolded oral paired problem-solving in math Richmond High School WCCSUD |  | Tracey Iglehart Incorporating mini-lesson skills in to Kindergarten independent reading Rosa Parks BUSD |
 | 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 Teachers conferencing methods Rosa Parks BUSD |
| Alex Langford Building students' coneptual understanding of the role of mechanics in writing Rosa Parks BUSD |  | Kristi Leunig Professional learning communities supporting teaching learning Urban Promise Academy OUSD |
| Lauren Lipka Metacognition and academic achievement Roosevelt School SLUSD |  | Becky Lum Rosa Parks BUSD |
| Miriam Macias Reading native language texts during independent reading Rosa Parks BUSD |  | Nessa Mahmoudi Learning targets, self-assessment and social-emotional development Melrose Leadership Academy OUSD |
 | Isabelle McDaniel Oral and written expression of mathematical understanding among English learners Creative Arts Charter School SFUSD |  | Matilde Merello The efficacy of spelling journals in a two-way immersion classroom Rosa Parks BUSD |
 | Dina Moskowitz Encouragement of persistent reading through support and interaction Creative Arts Charter School 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 RISE SLZUSD |
 | Alberto Nodal Idioms as language development curriculum Colonial Acres SLZUSD |  | Javier Ordoñez Spanish second language development in two-way immersion Rosa Parks BUSD |
 | 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 The role of high-interest books in reading comprehension Rosa Parks BUSD |
 | Julie Rich Self-monitoring in independent reading Rosa Parks BUSD |  | Yessica Rodriguez Self editing for struggling writers Rosa Parks BUSD |
 | Leah Rotkin-Ellma Learning targets, assessment, and mastery Urban Promise Academy OUSD |  | 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 |
| Melissa Valdivia Differentiating math instruction Roosevelt School SLUSD |  | Malcolm Waugh Developing audience awareness through letter-writing Anna Yates EUSD |
 | Karen Wells Musical development in high school Berkeley High School BUSD |  | Brook Pessin Whedbee Co-authoring stories and collaborative talk, drawing, and acting in Kindergarten Rosa Parks BUSD |
 | Charles Wilson Supporting teachers' inquiry Korematsu Discovery Academy OUSD |