Shelley Harwayne has been affiliated with the New York City public schools for over half a century, having served as a teacher, literacy staff developer, principal, school superintendent and, currently as an elementary school volunteer. Along the way she served as the CoDirector of the Teachers College Writing Project, received the NCTE Language Arts Educator of the Year Award, became a consultant to school districts and professional organizations throughout the country, and published several professional texts. These include Going Public, Lasting impressions, Lifetime Guarantees, Writing through Childhood, Novel Perspectives, Messages to Ground Zero, Look Who’s Learning to Read and, her most recent, Above and Beyond the Writing Workshop.