Christopher Lehman

Christopher Lehman (@iChrisLehman) taught middle and high school and was a literacy coach before joining the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University. He currently staff develops across the country in elementary and middle schools, supporting teachers and administrators in developing rigorous and passionate literacy instruction across content areas. Additionally, Chris has been deeply involved in developing new teaching practices in Jordan, in partnership with the Reading and Writing Project, the Consortium for Policy Research in Education, and the Queen Rania Teacher Academy. He co-authored an article on the experience in NCTE's Voices from the Middle. He presents regularly at Reading and Writing Project events, writes curricular materials, leads institutes sections, and has presented at NCTE's annual convention.

A graduate of UW-Madison, he went on to receive his M.A. in Teaching at NYU and his Ed.M. in Education Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University. Chris' scholarly interests include child and adolescent literacy, school leadership, and the implications of standards and testing on instruction. He lives in New York City with his wife and two children, a pre-school connoisseur of princesses and a toddler extremely fond of letters and numbers.

Chris's new book on approaches to teaching research reading and writing - skills highlighted by the CCSS and the new standardized tests - is scheduled to be published with Heinemann in summer 2012.