EARCOS Weekend Workshop - Standing on the Shoulders of Others: Using Mentor Text to Teach Writing Craft

Stevi Quate

For over 25 years, Stevi Quate taught English/language arts to middle and high students and was the recipient of the “Outstanding Writing Teacher” award. After leaving the high school classroom, she was the state literacy coordinator at Colorado Department of Education and for another seven years a faculty member at the School of Education, University of Colorado at Denver (UCD). At UCD, she helped initiate the Secondary Literacy Network. Along with being the president of both the state affiliates for the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the International Reading Association (IRA), she directed Colorado Writing Project for ten years, continues to co-direct Colorado Critical Friends Group (now called Colorado Transformation Friends Group), and served on the advisory board for the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards. Along with her state work, she is a consultant on adolescent literacy with the Public Education and Business Coalition (PEBC) and has worked with schools throughout the nation and in international schools. She has written articles for many publications and has a chapter on Critical Friends in the Learning Forward’s book, Powerful Designs for Professional Learning. She is the former co-editor of Colorado Reading Council Journal and has co-written two books with John McDermott: Clock Watchers: Six Steps for Motivating and Engaging the Disengaged across Content Areas (2009) and The Just-Right Challenge (2013).

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