Dear Teachers, Being a teacher who writes has taught me so much about what it means to be a writer. In my classroom, I help students see that we’re all learning what it means to live the life of a writer. It means showing up to a blank page...
Jen Vincent
Jen Vincent (she/her/ella) is a writer and educator who celebrates the human experience through writing. With extensive experience in special education, curriculum development, instructional technology, teacher coaching, and working with multilingual learners, she currently serves as a sixth–eighth grade middle school social studies/language arts teacher for Bannockburn School, a K–8 district north of Chicago. She’s a National Board Certified Teacher and an active member of the National Council of Teachers of English. In 2024, she received NCTE’s Donald H. Graves Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Writing. Living the Life of a Writer: 6 Practices Student Writers Have, Know, and Do is her first book on student-centered, inquiry-based writing instruction. Learn more at storyexploratory.com and at @storyexploratory on Instagram.