About Jeff

E-mail Jeff Anderson for more information at jander231@earthlink.net

Jeff Anderson has taught writing and reading for over 18 years. Over his career, Jeff  has worked with writers in grades K-12, focusing in grades 4-8. Jeff’s passion is motivating and developing struggling writers with instructional strategies such as writer’s workshop and process writing, with a particular interest in making editing and grammar in context a meaning-making experience for students and teachers. Sharing strategies to create positive attitudes and confidence in young writers are central goals of his staff development and writing. 

Jeff has written articles in NCTE's Voices from the Middle, English Journal, as well as an article on motivating struggling writers in ASCD's Educational Leadership. NCTE recently awarded Jeff with the Paul and Kate Farmer Award for his English Journal article on teaching grammar in context. He has published a book, Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style into Writer's Workshop, and a DVD filmed in his inner-city classroom, The Craft of Grammar, is also available.

• Jeff Anderson's Resume