Boosting_English_Acquisition_in_Choice_Time

A Quick Guide to Boosting English Acquisition in Choice Time
By Alison Porcelli & Cheryl Tyler Lucy Calkins, Series Editor

Read/Share Presentation by: Jodi Austin, Julia Autio, and Elissa Bogosian Spring 2011

**Authors Alison Porcelli and Cheryl Tyler**



 * Alison Porcelli** is a staff developer with the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, Columbia University, where she supports principals, coaches, and teachers, in New York City and throughout the country, in effective literacy instruction. Alison was a kindergarten teacher, both in an inclusive setting and in a general education setting, before joining the Project. She received her Ed.M. in curriculum and teaching from Teachers College as well as an M.S. in reading from the University at Albany.


 * Cheryl Tyler** is a graduate of the New York City Leadership Academy and a principal of PS 277 in the South Bronx. A passionate advocate of urban school reform and social justice she works with teachers and children in realizing an inquiry based thinking curriculum that will ensure all children have access to an education for social change. Cheryl has enjoyed a 15 year relationship with Teachers College Reading and Writing Project where she has taught at Summer Institutes, facilitated principals groups, and led and collaborated with teacher-researchers in leadership groups delving deeply into topics such as reading and writing in kindergarten and inquiry based social studies and science. Cheryl has been a kindergarten, first grade teacher and Reading Recovery teacher. As a staff developer she has worked with primary teachers throughout New York City in developing reading and writing workshops in classrooms that value children's ideas, interests and intentions.

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