Welcome to Socratic Seminars International
Socratic Seminars Northwest was founded in the spring of 1995 by Oscar Graybill with the intent of providing professional development opportunities for educators in the form of Socratic Seminar Leadership Training Workshops.Socratic Seminars Northwest has recently changed to Socratic Seminars International. With professional development programs spanning the United States, and with discussions about providing professional development programs in other countries, it is time to have a name that reflects the scope of its work.
Since 1995, Oscar Graybill has worked successfully with the following Washington schools, districts, and organizations:
- Eastlake High School (Sammamish)
- Enumclaw High School
- Evergreen High School (Vancouver)
- Franklin High School (Seattle)
- Gig Harbor High School
- Hanford High School
- Kennewick High School
- Marysville-Pilchuck High School
- Pasco High School
- Renton High School
- River Ridge High School (North Thurston)
- Robert Olds Junior High School (Connell)
- Roosevelt High School (Seattle)
- Stevens Middle School (Pasco)
- Timberline High School (Lacey)
- Tyee High School (Sea Tac)
- West Sound Academy (Poulsbo)
- Whittier Elementary School, (Pasco)
- Battle Ground School District
- Central Valley School District (Spokane)
- Enumclaw School District
- Ephrata School District
- Kent School District
- Mabton School District
- Northshore School District (Bothell)
- North Thurston School District
- Pomeroy School District
- Seattle Public Schools (GEAR UP/AVID)
- St. John-Endicott School District
- Sumner School District
- Tacoma School District
- Tumwater School District
- Vancouver School District
- Walla Walla Public Schools
- Educational Service District-Olympia
- Educational Service District-Puget Sound
- Educational Service District 101-Spokane
- Educational Service District 112-Vancouver
- Educational Service District 123-Walla Walla/Pasco
- Coalition of Essential Schools Northwest
In addition, Oscar Graybill has successfully worked with teachers outside of Washington state at:
- Augusta Raa Middle School, Tallahassee, Florida
- Belle Fourche School District, Belle Fourche, South Dakota
- Gilbert Classical Academy, Gilbert, Arizona
- Herbert Hoover High School, San Diego, California.
- Lake City High School, Coeur d Alene, Idaho
- MaryKnoll High School, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Polaris K-12 School, Anchorage School District, Anchorage, Alaska
- Renaissance School-Cleveland Heights High School, Cleveland, Ohio
- Smith Leadership Academy, Dorchester, Massachusetts
- Stuart Hall High School, San Francisco, California
- Texas City High School, Texas City, Texas
- Thea Bowman Leadership Academy, Gary, Indiana