Nancy Akhavan

Nancy Akhavan is the author of the Heinemann titles The Title I Teacher's Guide to Teaching Reading, K–3 (2008), Help! My Kids Don't All Speak English (2006), How to Align Literacy Instruction, Assessment & Standards, and Achieve Results You Never Dreamed Possible (2004).

Nancy is a principal on special assignment for Fresno Unified School District, a large urban district in Central California. She is passionate about helping all children learn; she spends every spare minute in a classroom working with teachers to provide literacy instruction that works for all children. Her experience includes time as a principal, elementary school bilingual teacher, bilingual resource teacher, and professional developer for over seventeen years.

Nancy's goal is to provide and facilitate a high quality education for all children through authentic, purposeful instruction. She has provided staff development training to teachers grades K–12 on such topics as Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English, English Language Development, reading, writing and language workshops, and standards-based instruction. She has also provided training to teacher leaders and administrators in systems and culture change, school reform, and classroom based professional development.

Nancy Akhavan is Heinemann Professional Development provider.