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​Who I am: 

I taught grades K, 1, 3, and 4 for 13 years in the New York City public schools. In 1996-97, I was the featured teacher in a year-long series of articles in The New York Times called “Class 3-223: Mr. Kesler’s Struggle," by reporter Jacques Steinberg (nine articles in total!). In 1998, I received the prestigious Bank Street College Early Childhood Teacher of the Year Award. In 2001, I earned my National Board of Professional Teaching Standards license as a middle grades generalist. In the fall of 2001, I left the classroom and worked as a staff developer for the Reading and Writing Project of Teachers College until 2007. During this time, I also completed my doctoral degree in Curriculum and Teaching. I was a contributing author of Raising the Quality of Personal Narratives (Heinemann, 2006). 


In the fall, 2007, I joined the Elementary and Early Childhood Department of Queens College of the City University of New York. I am now associate professor, focusing in literacy education. I am also director of the MAT 1-6 pre-service programs. I currently teach courses in literacy and children's literature to Masters degree pre-service and in-service students. Check out my book for teachers and teacher educators, The Reader Response Notebook: Teaching Towards Agency, Autonomy, and Accountability (NCTE, 2018). My articles have appeared in Language Arts, The Reading Teacher, the Elementary School Journal, the ​Journal of Literacy Research, Reading and Writing Quarterly, and Children's Literature in Education, among other journals. I continue to do staff development, teach institutes, and give keynote speeches as a literacy consultant in schools around the country. 



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