Joan M Taylor

Joan Taylor is a teacher-consultant who works with teachers and students in Title I schools in the Reno/Sparks area of Northern Nevada. She recently completed a dissertation on A History of Written Composition Instruction in U.S. Elementary Schools . Her research interests, in addition to historical and current perspectives on writing instruction, are focused on exploring teachers stories on learning and teaching. She has been a long-time middle school teacher in Washoe County Schools. She is...See more

Joan Taylor is a teacher-consultant who works with teachers and students in Title I schools in the Reno/Sparks area of Northern Nevada. She recently completed a dissertation on A History of Written Composition Instruction in U.S. Elementary Schools . Her research interests, in addition to historical and current perspectives on writing instruction, are focused on exploring teachers stories on learning and teaching. She has been a long-time middle school teacher in Washoe County Schools. She is also Nevada State Networks Writing Project Co-Director, and during the past several years has authored a number of federally funded state literacy grants from the U.S. Department of Education totaling approximately $53 million. These include the Nevada Reading Excellence Act and Nevada Reading First grants. See less