lizzie torres
After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, Lizzie Torres started her career teaching Special Education in the San Francisco Bay Area. She later moved to the east coast where received her Ed.M in Teaching and Curriculum from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. From Boston, Lizzie moved to New York where she spent a decade teaching in New York City public high schools. As a teacher, her classroom served as a lab site for city-wide inter-visitations focusing on reading and writing conferences. Throughout her tenure in New York, Lizzie served as Department Chair, Instructional Coach, College Counselor, Testing Coordinator and Coordinator of Student Affairs.
Lizzie Torres is currently working as the Senior Manager of Teaching and Learning for the LEARN Network in Chicago. In this role, she oversees the professional development of teachers and school leaders across several K-8 urban schools. Lizzie works with a broad range of training models from coaching individual teachers to presenting for large-scale conferences.
Lizzie’s training style is collaborative, supportive and interactive.
As a staff developer, Lizzie specializes in supporting schools with:
Balanced Literacy
Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching
Instructional Planning aligned to the Common Core State Standards
Data-Driven Instructional Teams
Lesson Study
Formative Assessment
High-Impact Engagement Strategies
Teacher leadership
Co-Teaching Models
Lizzie Torres is currently working as the Senior Manager of Teaching and Learning for the LEARN Network in Chicago. In this role, she oversees the professional development of teachers and school leaders across several K-8 urban schools. Lizzie works with a broad range of training models from coaching individual teachers to presenting for large-scale conferences.
Lizzie’s training style is collaborative, supportive and interactive.
As a staff developer, Lizzie specializes in supporting schools with:
Balanced Literacy
Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching
Instructional Planning aligned to the Common Core State Standards
Data-Driven Instructional Teams
Lesson Study
Formative Assessment
High-Impact Engagement Strategies
Teacher leadership
Co-Teaching Models
