I work with independent and public schools on curriculum design, English department renewal, and faculty development — the slow, structural work that doesn’t fit neatly into a single PD day.
Building courses, units, and assessments that prioritize transfer over coverage. Custom work or guided implementation of Learning That Transfers with your department.
Multi-session engagements with English departments and humanities faculties on multiliteracies, AI in the writing classroom, disciplinary thinking, and literary study in a postdigital age.
Topics include AI in ELA, multiliteracies, transfer-focused curriculum design, and literary aesthetics. Reach out directly to discuss availability and topics.
For school leaders rethinking signature programs, interdisciplinary sequences, or capstone structures. Limited engagements each year, often by referral or prior relationship.
Supporting students’ ability to close read prose, poetry, and multimodal texts. Focused workshop meant to help move students towards deeper understanding and more sophisticated interpretations.
Workshop drawing on the latest rhetoric and composition research exploring how students can better interpret and create multimodal texts across a variety of forms, including: podcasts, zines, video essays, speeches, and more. Great for departments looking to think beyond five-paragraph essays in the age of AI.
Integrating CML frameworks into ELA and humanities instruction — equipping students to interrogate, analyze, and create across contemporary media environments.
Developing curriculum informed by the latest research in cognitive science, sociocultural approaches to learning, and concept-driven instructional design. Perfect for departments working towards better vertical alignment, more cohesive units, and deeper intellectual engagement.
Flexible PBL scaffolding for ELA and humanities classrooms — authentic products and assessment that matches the work students are actually doing.
Approaches to writing instruction drawing on the latest scholarship from the learning sciences. Helping students cultivate rhetorical agility and compositional flexibility.
We start with a conversation about your school’s context, what you’re trying to accomplish, and whether this is the right kind of engagement. No obligation — just a real conversation.
I’ll put together a clear proposal with scope, timeline, and what the work involves. For keynotes and workshops this is usually simple; for longer curriculum engagements it takes more time to get right.
I show up prepared, engaged, and willing to adapt. The goal is always to leave your faculty with something durable — not just an inspiring afternoon, but a framework or artifact they can actually use.
Good professional development doesn’t end when the session does. Depending on the engagement, I’ll check in, provide additional resources, or plan follow-up sessions to support ongoing implementation.
For consulting inquiries, keynote requests, or to talk through what your school needs. I read everything and respond within a week.
aleotc@gmail.comEssays on literary study, pedagogy, and the postdigital classroom. If you’re wondering what my perspective looks like on the page before reaching out, this is the place to start.