Stephanie Nasser and Stephanie Kourianos

Nasser’s and Kourianos’ innovative teaching idea, “All Community Read,” is designed to conduct a school-wide, all community read project. Faculty, administrators and parents will join middle school students in reading a copy of the same book to facilitate group conversation. Students will participate in learning opportunities around the shared text through both core subjects and all of the elective courses offered at Albion Middle School. An all community read provides culture and learning for students, teachers and the community in a shared, hands-on experience. At the end of the project, the school will bring in the author for a two-day visit with students and staff. The author visit will include writing workshops and class visits with the author, where he will immerse himself in activities such as reading students’ writing, cooking with students and creating hands-on art.