About our presenters
Dr. Toni-Ann Vroom is the Co-Executive Director and founding member of The Writing Revolution. Previously, she was a lead social studies teacher and school-wide writing coordinator at New Dorp High School in Staten Island, New York. At New Dorp, she was responsible for supporting the implementation of the Hochman Method across all content areas. Dr. Vroom received a Ph.D. in Literacy from St. John’s University.
Dr. Dina Zoleo is the Co-Executive Director and founding member of The Writing Revolution. Previously, she was the Assistant Principal of Social Studies at New Dorp High School in Staten Island, NY, where she co-led the effort to bring the Hochman Writing Method to New Dorp by seeding and developing it in her department, and then supporting its adoption school-wide. Dr. Zoleo received a Ph.D. in Literacy from St. John’s University.
Drs. Vroom and Zoleo have developed content for textbooks and materials for The Writing Revolution and have presented at The Aspen Institute, South by Southwest, and The College Board Foundation, as well as many other venues, on the topic of writing.
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This is a growing space to increase your knowledge, bridge the gap between research and practice, and hear the narratives of other educators achieving great things in the teaching of writing.
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Join the movement of schools interested to improve their writing instructional practice and assessment.
We want to offer educators the opportunity to explore the science behind all the threads that bind together to create a rich writing framework. We want to provide you with practice that will set your students up to be successful writers and creators of quality text.
We look forward to sharing a space for collegiality, curiosity and quality writing practice.