Lucy Calkins is the Founding Director of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project. In that role, Lucy’s greatest accomplishment has been to develop a learning community of teacher educators whose brilliance and dedication shine through in the Units of Study books, which have become an essential part of classroom life in tens of thousands of schools around the world. Lucy is the Robinson Professor of Children’s Literature at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she co-directs the Literacy Specialist Program. She is the author, coauthor, or series editor of the Units of Study in Opinion/Argument, Information, and Narrative Writing, Grades K–8; Up the Ladder: Accessing Grades 3–6 Writing Units of Study; Units of Study for Teaching Reading, Grades K–8; and Units of Study in Phonics, Grades K–2 series; as well as the lead curator of the TCRWP Classroom Libraries, Grades K–8 (all published by Heinemann); and has authored scores of other professional books and articles, including her latest professional book: Leading Well: Building Schoolwide Excellence in Reading and Writing. Learn more about Lucy Calkins and her work on http://readingandwritingproject.org/ and http://www.unitsofstudy.com.