About
Stephen Chiger is a director of literacy for Uncommon Schools and the co-author of Love and Literacy, a book on secondary English pedagogy. He is honored to have trained thousands of teachers and leaders internationally. Named 2015 Educator of the Year by the New Jersey Council of Teachers of English, Chiger has also served as president of the Garden State Scholastic Press Association and co-director for the Hugh N. Boyd Journalism Diversity Workshop. He recently co-wrote Gram and Gran Save the Summer, a book of solve-it-yourself mysteries that teaches media literacy to younger readers (grades 4-7). Find him online at @SteveChiger, and stevechiger.com.
Featured Work
Love and Literacy
When our students enter middle and high school, the saying goes that they stop learning to read and start reading to learn. Then why is literacy still a struggle for so many of our students? The reality is that elementary school isn’t designed to prepare students for Othello and Song of Solomon: so what do we do? Love and Literacy steps into the classrooms of extraordinary teachers who have guided students to the highest levels of literacy, offering readers the tools to make their moves your own:
- Research-based best practices in facilitating discourse, building curriculum, guiding student comprehension and analysis, creating a class culture where literacy thrives, and more
- Video clips of middle and high school teachers implementing these practices
- An online, print-ready Reading and Writing Handbook that places every tool at your fingertips to implement effectively
- Discussion questions for your own professional learning or book study group
Great reading is more than just liking books: it’s having the knowledge, skill, and desire to experience any text in all its fullness. Love and Literacy guides you to create environments where students can build the will and wherewithal to truly fall in love with literacy.
Other Works
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Gram and Gran Save the Summer
2024
