Leah Mermelstein
Leah Mermelstein taught both in Massachusetts and in New York City before becoming a staff developer at the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University. While at the project Leah mentored primary teachers in many schools, providing the demonstration teaching, coaching and study groups necessary to help those teachers establish joyful and rigorous Reading and Writing Workshops. Now, Leah is a national consultant who specializes in primary reading and writing. She works with students, teachers, principals and other district leaders helping them to design thoughtful plans for the teaching of reading and writing. She is the coauthor of Launching the Writing Workshop (Heinemann, 2002) and the author of Find the Clarity and Then Blur the Lines: Reading/Writing Connections in the K-2 Classroom, (Allyn & Bacon) Don't Forget to Share: The Crucial Last Step in the Writing Workshop (Heinemann, Feb, 2007) and Self-Directed Writers: The Third Essential Element in the Writing Workshop (Heinemann, 2013)
