My passion is to help teachers and students develop a love of reading and writing.
Some of my work includes:
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• Providing professional development services for principals, APs, coaches, and teachers in literacy practices aligned to the Common Core State Standards to build life-long readers and writers
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• Supporting schools in the implementation of the Units of Study or other curricula to carry out building-wide goals and lift the level of instruction
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• Increasing content-knowledge and pedagogy of teachers through study groups, labsites, demonstrations, coaching, and in-the-moment feedback
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• Working with teachers to study data and create action plans for a wide range of diverse learners, as well as study trends across grades and within schools
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• Helping schools implement structures that support students in self-reflection and
goal-setting, working towards independence and accountability
Some Work I am Inspired About This Year Includes:
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Supporting New Teachers and Coaches
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Morphology in the Upper Grades
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Boosting Engagement, Grit, and Agency
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Bringing Identity and Passion into the Classroom
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Fostering Meaningful Talk Across the Day
Services
On-Site Professional Development
Getting into classrooms is a great opportunity to learn alongside one another. During these days, there is usually time devoted to meeting with teachers to study a topic or area of need as well as time spent in classrooms, with a combination of demonstration and teacher coaching. This might include thinking about pedagogy, looking at data, unit planning, and more. It’s usually most effective to devote multiple days to on-site professional development, either consecutively or spread out across the year. Teachers might work within their grade-levels or across grades, depending on your needs.
In- Person Workshop
Looking to support school-wide change? Implement district-wide goals? Let’s schedule in-person workshop days. During these days, participants usually come together in larger group(s) to study a topic together. These days can be presentation-style or more interactive.
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These are especially effective on days when there are no students in the building, or before the school year begins.
Distance Learning Meetings
Ain’t no mountain high, ain’t no valley low...
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Let’s get together over Zoom or GoogleMeet when we can’t be on-site together. During these days, participants can come together to study a topic, unpack units, plan together, create tools, and/or ask questions. These sessions can be customized to meet your timing needs; whether they are full-day, half-day, or shorter meetings.
Curriculum Consultation
This is a great option whether you’re unrolling a new curriculum, creating new units or materials, aligning your units to new state standards, or want to spice up your current scope and sequence.
Asynchronous Support
Need supports for your teachers, administrators, or coaches but don’t have the time to get everyone together? Let me create customizable courses, tools, or supports for your staff that to roll out at your own pace.
Units of Study Implementation
As a co-author of the new Units of Study in writing, one of my passions is supporting teachers with their unpacking, planning, and implementation of the units.
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Let me support you and your school as you marry process-based writing with the demands of the CCSS, while creating students who love to write.