Professional learning services built for impact on all learners
Corwin provides sustained, job-embedded professional learning that supports educators to strengthen the knowledge, skills, dispositions, and practices that have the greatest influence on student growth and achievement.
Nancy Akhavan
Expertise- Literacy
- Early literacy vocabulary development
- Teaching writing and reading in workshop and non workshop settings
- English Language Development
- Nonfiction
- Standards based instruction
- Coaching to improve literacy instruction for all content areas,
- Helping students ‘at-promise’ or those who need additional support to succeed and English language development for students learning English.
Nancy also provides professional development to school and district leaders on systems for increasing student achievement, organizational development, coherence, leadership, literacy and equity. She provides professional learning opportunities through coaching, workshops and residencies. She also provides keynote addresses and motivational stories for teachers of all levels.