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Nancy Steineke, a former high school English, social studies, and vocational education teacher, now consults nationally as a keynote speaker, workshop presenter, webinar leader, and classroom coach for K-12 teachers. Nancy keeps the focus on research-supported manageable strategies that help teachers get the job done in ways that best benefit students.

Between the two of them, Nancy Frey and Doug Fisher have led more than 1,000 in-services and written 40 professional books and programs across K-12, affording them unmatched expertise. Learn more about The Fisher & Frey PD Collaborative.

Douglas Fisher, Ph.D., is Professor of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University and a leader at Health Sciences High & Middle College.

The winner of NCTE's James Moffett Award, Gretchen Bernabei has been teaching kids to write in middle school and high school classrooms for almost 30 years. These days, she's on the road consulting, having delivered hundreds of workshops.

ReLeah Cossett Lent, author of eleven professional books and multiple journal articles, is an  international consultant, presenting on topics ranging from disciplinary literacy to leadership teams. She provides keynote addresses and one-day workshops, as well as multi-day residencies in schools, districts and consortiums.

Leslie Blauman is  best known for her association with PEBC, where her classroom is a working model for staff development and the subject of  workshops and films.She has been teaching reading and literacy in Colorado schools for over 30 years.

"Smokey" Daniels has been a city and suburban classroom teacher and a college professor, and now works as a national consultant and author on literacy education.

Barry Gilmore, Ed.D., taught middle and high school English and social studies for nearly 20 years before taking his current position as a school principal in Memphis, TN. Barry is a National Board Certified teacher and Past-President of the Tennessee Council of Teachers of English.

Still in the classroom, Jim Burke is an author who needs no introduction to anyone in the field of secondary ELA instruction. In addition to his many ground-breaking  books and awards, he is now the chief ELA advisor for the College Board.

Always in big demand, Nancy Boyles is a former professor of reading turned literacyconsultant, who provides workshops, model lessons, and curriculum support to districts and organizations across the country.