words of advice literacy consultants

My colleague and I, Holly, launched in a new district a couple of weeks ago. In many ways it’s a compelling way to begin staff development: start mid-year, engage teachers in concepts and structures (not curriculum) and attempt to establish common language, vision, and expectations for the massive shifts in literacy instruction to come. After finishing our launching day, where we watched a powerful and beautiful short film with teachers called Denali, we got more than one res