“Until Burkins and Yaris arrived on our doorstep, new standards, a new evaluation system, and of course, new assessments had caused many of our teachers to lose the joy of teaching. They came in with ideas and lessons that have empowered the teachers to revisit their ‘inner teacher’ and opened the door to creative thinking again. As one teacher stated, ‘What better way to spend my day!’  Sandy Keaton, Elementary Language Arts Instructional Facilitator, Howard County Schools, Maryland

 

“They invite us to teach children to be the drivers of their reading lives, to set goals, tackle struggles, and celebrate successes themselves.  The focus on teaching not books, but individual readers is refreshing and a welcome counterbalance to the frantic pace and bewildering tasks so many of us find ourselves within.”  Christopher Lehman, Independent Literacy Consultant and Author, Bronx, New York

 

“If I uttered your name, once today it has been uttered at least 10 times either in emails or in person. So many positive responses to your trainings/facilitations.” —Barbara Sorensen, Coordinating Literacy Teacher, Wake County Schools, North Carolina

 

“So many people have said that your session was the best staff development that we have had at our school – we all desperately want you to come back…” —Jan Busey, Estes Elementary, Literacy Coach, Buncombe County Schools, North Carolina