Stephanie V. Harvey

President, Stephanie Harvey Consulting

469 S. Cherry Street, Suite 100

Denver, CO 80246

Phone: 720-889-2754 Fax: 720-889-2752

E-mail:

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE (1995-Present)

Conducts speeches, keynotes, presentations, workshops, demonstration teaching and general consulting for public schools and districts, private schools, and professional organizations across the country. Regular presenter at literacy conferences (IRA, NCTE, state reading affiliates) around the country, including her own annual “Reading is Thinking” conference each summer. Workshop and presentation topics include comprehension, active literacy, nonfiction reading, writing and research strategies, content area literacy, inquiry circles, collaboration and small group instruction, reading comprehension strategies across genres, research across the curriculum, inquiry based learning, reading and writing workshop andthe role of passion, wonder and thinking in schools.

Recent Keynote Addresses

“Passion and Wonder are Contagious: Teaching Thinking in the Active Literacy Classroom.” Sylvia Brown Luncheon Speaker --Massachusetts Reading Association, Sturbridge,MA, April 2010.

“Small Group Inquiry Circles.” Principal’s Leadership Conference. Teacher’s College,New York City,NY, Feb 2010.

“Nonfiction Literacy—Reading, Writing and Inquiry.”Ka Hue Heluhelu, Honolulu,HI, Oct. 2009.

“Active Literacy.” Teacher’s College Summer Reading Institute, NYC, NY, Aug. 2009.

“Strategies for Reading Nonfiction Text.” Michigan Reading Association,Ann Arbor,MI, July 2009.

“Comprehension and Collaboration: Small Group Inquiry.” Gwinnett County,GA,June 2009.

“Inquiry Circles in Action.” Heinemann Institutes, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 2009.

“Comprehension in the Active Literacy Classroom.”LouisianaReading Association,Shreveport,LA, Oct.2008.

“Thinking Strategies across the Curriculum.” WI Title 1 Assoc.,Stevens Point,WI, Oct. 2008.

“Comprehension and Collaboration.” Walloon Institute,Lake Geneva,WI, July 2008.

“The Inner Conversation.” Purdue Summer Literacy Institute,Lafayette, IN, July 2008.

“Thinking about Reading and Writing.” Gwinnett Writing Institute,Atlanta,GA,June 2008.

“Content Rich Classrooms: Teaching Kids to Think.” “Reading for the Love of It” Conference,
New York City, NY, April 2008.

“Active Literacy: Reading Writing Talking Listening and Investigating.” CCIRA, Denver, CO, Feb. 2008.

“Content Literacy: Reading Writing and Thinking.”Oregon Reading Association,Portland, OR,
February 2008.

“Strategic Reading and Thinking: Comprehension Strategy Instruction.”Wyoming State Principal’s Conference, Casper, WY,January 2008.

CLIENTS

Recent Public School Districts

AliefIndependentSchool District (Alief, TX)

Brookline Public Schools (Brookline, MA)

Burlingame Public Schools (Burlingame, CA)

Chicago Public Schools (ChicagoIL)

Glen Ellyn Public Schools (Glen EllynIL)
Gwinnett County Schools (Snellville, GA)

Hillsborough County Schools (TampaFL)

Jenks Public Schools (Jenks OK)

New York City Board of Education (Brooklyn, NY)

Teacher’s College Reading and Writing Project (NYC)

Mamaroneck Public Schools (Mamaroneck, NY)

Pearl City/Waipahu Complex Schools(Oahu, HI)

Seattle Public Schools (Seattle,WA)

Spring Branch ISD (Houston, TX)

Spokane Public Schools (Spokane,WA)

St. Charles Parish Public Schools (Luling,LA)

Sycamore Community Schools (Cincinnati, OH)

WeberSchool District (Ogden, UT)

West Allis/West MilwaukeeSchool District (WI)

Independent Schools

AlexandriaCountryDay School (Alexandria, VA)

ColoradoAcademy (Denver, CO)

CroftonHouseSchool (Vancouver, BC)

FriendsSchool (Boulder, CO)

GralandCountryDay School (Denver, CO)

Kamehameha (Honolulu, HI)

Marymount (Santa Barbara, CA)

PrincetonDay School (Princeton, NJ)

San Domenico School (San Anselmo, CA)

St. Anne’s Episcopal School (Denver, CO)

The ParkeSchool (Brookline, MA)

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Harvey, Stephanie and Harvey Daniels. Comprehension and Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action. NH: Heinemann, 2009.

Harvey, Stephanie, and Anne Goudvis. Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement.2nded.,ME: Stenhouse Publishers, 2007.

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing and Research in Grades 3-8.ME: Stenhouse Publishers, 1998.

Curriculum and Materials

Harvey Stephanie, Anne Goudvis and Judy Wallis Comprehension Intervention: Small Group Lessons for the Comprehension ToolkitMay 2010 Heinemann. Portsmouth NH

-----Comprehension Intervention: Small Group lessons for the Primary Toolkit May 2010 Heinemann

---. The Primary Comprehension Toolkit. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemannfirsthand, 2008.

---Toolkit Texts. Portsmouth,NH: Heinemann, 2007.

---The Comprehension Toolkit: Language and Lessons for Active Literacy.Portsmouth, NH:Heinemannfirsthand, 2005.

---Scaffolding the Comprehension Toolkit for ELL 2011

Harvey, Stephanie, David Pearson, and Anne Goudvis.What Every Teacher Should Know about Reading Comprehension.Portsmouth,NH: Heinemann,2005.

Harvey, Stephanie, consultant. Reading and Writing Workshops. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic School Publishing, 2003

Harvey, Stephanie Ladders Common Core Readers

National Geographic DC 2012.

Video Series

Harvey Stephanie and Smokey Daniel. Inquiry Circles in Elementary Grades.DVD. Portsmouth,NH: Heinemann, 2009.

--- Inquiry Circles in Middle and High School. DVD. PortsmouthNH: Heinemann, 2009.

Harvey, Stephanie, and Anne Goudvis. Reading the World: Content Comprehension with Linguistically Diverse Learners.VHS, DVD. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers,November, 2005.

---Read, Write and Talk.VHS, DVD.Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers,March, 2005.

---Strategic Thinking: Reading and Responding in Grades 4-8. VHS, DVD.Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers,March, 2004.

---Think Nonfiction. VHS, DVD. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers,February, 2003.

---Strategy Instruction In Action.VHS, DVD. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers,December, 2001.

Articles

“Teaching for Historical Literacy” Ed Leadership March 2012

"Nonfiction Inquiry: Using Real Reading and Writing to Explore the World." Language Arts80,no. 1
(September, 2002).

"Questioning the Text."Instructor(May/June 2001)

"Zooming in on Important Ideas."Time for KidsTeacher’s Guide 5,no. 18(February 25, 2000).

"Bringing the Outside World In." School Talk 5, no. 2 NCTE(January 2000).

"Teacher Researchers Study the Process of Synthesizing." Language Arts73,no. 8 (Dec, 1996).

DEGREES EARNED

University of Denver 1971 BA

Political Science

University of Denver 1973

Professional Elementary Certification

University of ColoradoBoulder 1977 MA Educationally Handicapped K-12

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

2003-Present. Consultant, Author, Staff Developer

1987-2003. Public Education and Business Coalition, Denver, CO
Literacy Staff Developer and Project Coordinator

Boulder Valley Schools--BoulderCO

Cherry Creek Schools--EnglewoodCO

Denver Public Schools--DenverCO

Douglas County Schools--Castle Rock CO

Jefferson County Schools--LakewoodCO

Littleton Public Schools--LittletonCO

1997-2003. PEBC Leadership Team

1997-2001. Coordinator and Co-Founder of the PEBC Principal’s Lab.A project focused on leadership, instructional and curricular matters and management issues.

1991-2000. Coordinator and Founder of the PEBC Lab Classroom. A project where teachers come together over the course of the year to study various aspects of teaching and learning in a classroom setting.

1994-1997. Coordinator of the PEBC Teacher Scholars Project. A teacher research project made up of teachers who conduct classroom research and publish and present findings.

Classroom Teaching Experience

Jefferson County Schools

Lakewood, Colorado

1972-1987

Classroom Teacher

K-8 Special Education (Learning Disabled and Emotionally Disturbed)

Professional Boards

  • Rochelle Lee Fund Advisory Committee, 2003- present.
  • National Geographic Society – Literacy Council, 2002-present.
  • CaliforniaCenter for Literacy Development, 2002-2008.
  • GralandCountryDay School Board of Trustees, 1993-1999.
    Education Committee Chair,1994-1997.
    Trustee Committee Chair, 1997-1998.
    Education Committee Consultant, 1999-2001.

Professional Organizations

  • National Council of Teachers of English
  • International Reading Association
  • Colorado Council of the International Reading Association
  • Colorado Language Arts Society

Related Community Involvement

  • Denver Museum of Natural History
    1981-1996
    Docent and Tour Guide for School Groups 1981-1985
    Foreign Travel Committee 1987-1996
    Foreign Travel Chair 1990-1996
  • Girl Scout Leader 1989-1991

Awards

  • 2009 Woman of Distinction
    Colorado Girl Scout Council