Stevi Quate

Stevi Quate is an education consultant who works with teachers to develop state-of-the-art literacy curriculum and instruction. An experienced teacher, she started consulting in the mid 80s on writing instruction and assessment. Since then she has consulted with schools and districts on topics ranging from the best practices in reading and writing, Common Core State Standards, and collaboration. In 1992 she was the winner of the “Outstanding Writing Teacher” award.

Prior to her work as a consultant, Stevi spent over 25 years in the classroom as a middle and high school English teacher. Because of her involvement with the New Standards Project and the Coalition of Essential Schools, she provided school leadership around assessment, school reform, and professional learning communities/critical friends groups. While still in the classroom, she taught education courses at Regis University and the University of Colorado at Boulder.

For four years she was the state literacy coordinator at Colorado Department of Education and for another seven years was a faculty member of the School of Education at the University of Colorado at Denver (UCD). She was president of both the state affiliates for the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association. While at UCD, she helped initiate the Secondary Literacy Network. For ten years she directed Colorado Writing Project and continues to co-direct Colorado Critical Friends Group. She served on the advisory board for the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards. Along with her state work, she has consulted with schools in Wyoming, Indiana and Kentucky through her work with the Public Education and Business Coalition (PEBC) and has worked internationally in Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Colombia, Brazil, and China.

She has written articles for many publications and has a chapter on Critical Friends in the National Staff Development’s book, Powerful Designs for Professional Learning. She is the co-editor of Colorado Reading Council Journal. Her first book, written with John McDermott, Clock Watchers: Six Steps for Motivating and Engaging the Disengaged across Content Areas, was published in 2009by Heinemann. The Just-Right Challenge, her second book also co-written with John McDermott, will be published in August 2013.