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Go Public With Your Learning: Collaborating for Literacy

WORKSHOP CONTENT STRAND
Leadership for Literacy

Session Description

Solving literacy needs is complex and complex challenges call for complex solutions and approaches. Learn how to transform adult learning spaces by engaging in Public Learning, an equity-centered collaborative practice that is a tool and vehicle to celebrate questions and nuggets of discovery. This highly interactive workshop invites participants to reflect on a literacy challenge most pertinent to their work, collaborate towards solutions together, and leave with next steps. By making learning public by design, we acknowledge the uncertainty and complexity inherent to teaching, leading, and systems change.

<ul class="font_8"> <li><p class="font_8">Nina Portugal, Director of Visibility &amp; Community Engagement, Lead by Learning</p></li> <li><p class="font_8">Nhi Truong, Lead Program Facilitator, Lead by Learning</p></li> <li><p class="font_8">Brooklyn Joseph, Lead Program Facilitator, Lead by Learning</p></li> </ul>
<ul class="font_8"> <li><p class="font_8">Nina Portugal, Director of Visibility &amp; Community Engagement, Lead by Learning</p></li> <li><p class="font_8">Nhi Truong, Lead Program Facilitator, Lead by Learning</p></li> <li><p class="font_8">Brooklyn Joseph, Lead Program Facilitator, Lead by Learning</p></li> </ul>
Go Public With Your Learning: Collaborating for Literacy

Speaker(s)

Nina Portugal
Director of Visibility and Community Engagement
Lead by Learning

Nina Portugal is passionate about students, equity, and continuous improvement. Nina spent 9 years teaching High School English, 7 of which in Oakland Unified School District focusing on English Language Development, Strategic Reading, English, and Ethnic Studies education. While in the classroom, Nina focused on lifting up her student’s voices through the development of participatory politics and authentic experiences in partnership with Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age (EDDA),  Youth Voices, Peralta Hacienda, and integrated project-based learning. In 2017, Nina was named Californians for Justice Teacher of the Year and in 2020 NBC Bay Area Sports All-Star Teacher finalist. Currently the Director of Visibility and Community Engagement at Lead by Learning, Nina is honored to share the transformative power of collaborative inquiry with educators nationwide.


Nhi Truong
Lead Program Facilitator
Lead by Learning

Nhi Truong is deeply invested in working with educators and students to use education as transformative tools to liberate ourselves and the world. She is an OUSD alumna, who taught in various Oakland schools for the past 10 years. Nhi lectured and mentored teachers in teaching credential programs at Mills College, University of San Francisco, and St. Mary’s College of Moraga. Nhi is an Assistant Director at Heads Up, a program serving Oakland middle schoolers, and serves as a Lead Program Facilitator at Lead by Learning.


Brooklyn Joseph
Lead Program Facilitator
Lead by Learning

Brooklyn is a Lead Program Facilitator with Lead by Learning and is passionate about coaching, innovative teaching, and lifelong learning. Born and raised in San Francisco, she began her education career working at Making Waves Education Program in San Francisco, which sparked her passion for education and working to increase equitable outcomes for all students.  She taught Middle School for 15 years in Richmond, CA  before becoming an Instructional Coach and then Assistant Principal at Caliber Beta Academy.

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