Teacher Policy Fellowship
GO's fellowship is an opportunity for a small, diverse cohort of Oakland teachers to lead, learn, and think about the future of education in our city.
As a former Oakland Unified principal, I know that our school district is not perfect. But my North Star as a leader – for my students, teachers, and the district as a whole – was always asking if we were improving and learning from our mistakes.
Sometimes the Facebook feature “On This Day” just reminds me of how much free time I had before I became an educator and a mother. Today, it showed me that 5 years ago this week, GO Oakland put out the very first all-call for applicants to the inaugural cohort of our Teacher Policy Fellowship. At the time, I was a full-time Special Education teacher, just beginning to pop my head out of the classroom to try to understand how the whole system of public education works.
Each year, GO selects a small group of Oakland public school teachers to lead, learn, and think about the future of education in our city.… Read More
How are teachers in Oakland paid?
OUSD’s teachers get paid based on a “step and column” system. Common throughout California, teachers move one vertical “step”… Read More
By GO Teacher Policy Fellows Alanna Baumert, Tara Singh, and Robbie Torney
Teachers have valuable insights about how policy plays out at a school-site level.… Read More
“I live by the core value that being an educator is a labor of LOVE and through the GO policy fellowship I had the opportunity to partner with other educators who are committed to starting an education revolution for all of our students.”
– Ashanti Branch,
2013 Policy Fellow
– Ashanti Branch,
2013 Policy Fellow