Stephanie Harvey has spent her career teaching and learning
about reading and writing. After fifteen years of public school
teaching, both in regular education and special education
classrooms, Stephanie worked for twelve years as a staff developer
for the Denver based Public Education and Business Coalition
(PEBC), a partnership of leaders from education and business, who
support innovation in public schools.
Insatiably curious about student thinking, she is a teacher first
and foremost and currently serves as a private literacy consultant
to schools and school districts. In that role, she conducts keynote
speeches, presentations, workshops, demonstration lessons, coaching
sessions and ongoing consultation to teachers, reading specialists,
literacy coaches, principals and district administrators. With a
focus on K-12 literacy, her specialties include comprehension
instruction, inquiry-based learning, content area reading and
writing, nonfiction literacy, and the role of passion, wonder and
engagement in teaching and learning.
Stephanie has written many articles, books and resources; her
Heinemann publications include the title Comprehension and
Collaboration which she co-authored with Smokey Daniels, and The
Comprehension Toolkit series which is an in-depth Curricular
Resource for comprehension instruction co-authored with Anne
Goudvis.
Anne Goudvis has taught students in grades K-6 over the
years, beginning her teaching career in urban schools on the south
side of Chicago. She spent many years as a staff developer in the
Denver area, working in culturally and linguistically diverse
schools. Currently, Anne works with schools and districts around
the country to implement progressive literacy practices and
comprehension across the curriculum.
She is the coauthor with Stephanie Harvey of Strategies That Work
and The Comprehension Toolkit series, along with resources
including Scaffolding the Comprehension Toolkits for English
Language Learners. A history buff, she and Stephanie also
coauthored the Short Nonfiction for Teaching American History
series, which includes strategies for teaching historical literacy
and student articles about often overlooked voices and people in
history. With Inquiry Illuminated, Anne, Steph, and Brad Burhow
show how curiosity and student agency thrive as kids engage in
Researcher's Workshop across the curriculum.
Katie Muhtaris has enjoyed teaching and learning with her
students in the Chicago Public School system for the last eight
years. She is Nationally Board Certified as a Middle Childhood
Generalist and holds a Master’s Degree in Teacher Leadership. In
addition to her devotion to her students, Katie also leads staff
development in person around the country and digitally around the
globe on Inquiry-based learning, technology integration, and
reading comprehension strategies. Katie is the author of the blog
Inquiry Live in the Classroom where she writes about her day-to-day
teaching practices and seeks to connect with educators around the
world.
Kristin Ziemke is an urban school educator and the author of
Amplify: Digital Teaching and Learning in the K-6 Classroom and
Connecting Comprehension and Technology. Since establishing her own
consulting company in 2011, Kristin has worked with schools around
the world to develop learning experiences that redefine school.
Recognized as an international expert in literacy, inquiry and
technology, Kristin leads school teams to develop curriculum that
is student-centered, personalized and authentic. Currently serving
as a resident teacher and learning innovation specialist for the
Big Shoulders Fund in Chicago, Kristin has been recognized as an
Apple Distinguished Educator, Golden Apple Foundation Fellow,
National Board Certified Teacher and Emerging Leader by the Chicago
Council on Global Affairs. She is currently writing her third book
and her work has been featured by Apple, EdWeek, Mindshift and
Scholastic.
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