Teacher Support: Sherman Oaks Community Charter School
Sherman Oaks Community Charter School provides an unusual amount of support for its faculty, including ninety minutes of collaborative planning time each day. More to this story.
| Credits
Release Date: 10/1/2000
Running Time: 6 min.
Video Credits
Produced and Directed by
- Bonni Cohen
- Jon Shenk
Editor:
- Andrew Gersh
Camera Crew:
- Jon Shenk
A Co-Production of
- Actual Films
- The George Lucas Educational Foundation
- © 2000
- The George Lucas Educational Foundation
- All rights reserved.
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Since this video was filmed in 2000, founding principal Peggy Bryan and teacher Sandra Villarreal have moved on from Sherman Oaks Community Charter School, but current principal Irene Preciado carries on the school's original vision.



Teacher Support: Sherman Oaks Community Charter School
This is superb! Good on you for acknowledging the deeper benefits of giving teachers time to share. I hope this inspires other schools.
Teacher Support: Sherman Oaks Community Charter School
I find it amazing that they are able to do this. I have many questions. How do they handle lunch? We don't have a cafeteria and have to do lunch in our classroom. Who watches the students? How do they fund the professional development?
Teacher Support: Sherman Oaks Community Charter
THIS is the level of support that teachers need to develop and share their skills in a collegial environment.
How wonderful and how practical! I imagine the block of time includes the students' lunch as well as P.E. activities.