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Vicki Scott is currently in her fourth year as a Literacy Coach for New York
City's Region 9. For the last three years, she has been working in an early
college initiative school in the South Bronx with teachers in grades 6-10.
She has been helping ELA teachers develop and implement units of study in
their reading and writing workshop classrooms. She has also been working
with content area teachers to embed active literacy skills across their
curriculum.
As a literacy coach, she has co-written and facilitated "Foundations of
Literacy in the Middle School Classroom", a 30-hour course developed for new
teachers in Region 9. In addition, she co-developed and facilitated
"Developing Units of Study Using Understanding by Design in the
Reading/Writing Workshop".
Vicki comes with experience working with teachers and students in rural and
urban areas. Prior to working in NYC, she taught 7th grade English in New
Jersey, was an artist-in-residence for the state of Arkansas in creative
writing, and taught English, creative writing, and life management skills in
middle school for the San Antonio School District. She was also an
instructor for the New Jersey Writing Project of Texas.
A Sample List of Professional Development Topics
- Writing Workshop
- Reading Workshop
- Genre Studies (Memoir, Poetry, Fiction, Multigenre)
- Curriculum Planning in Reading & Writing Workshop
- Using the Reader/Writer's Notebook Across the Content Areas
- Approaches to Revision and Grammar Instruction
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