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Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations by Nawal Qarooni out on audio now

NQC Literacy is a certified woman-owned education consulting firm supporting leaders + teachers in a holistic approach to literacy instruction.

We work with PreK-8 schools + districts through tailored professional learning, individualized teacher coaching + long-term planning for powerful experiences that lead to strengthened communication skills serving students far beyond the classroom. Our work is grounded in equity, access + multiculturalism. We exalt the process.

Supporting Partners

We work alongside teachers and school leaders.

Engagements are designed for each school or district’s unique needs and range from single-session professional development inspiration to multi-year cycles of coaching.

What people are saying.

As educators, one way to share of ourselves and our students’ unique identities is by bringing alive stories of food: nourishing, layered, textured. When teachers and students storytell about food rituals in school spaces, we more readily build community, connectedness and understanding.

— Access our Culturally Nourishing Resource Round Up here.

— Another communication set example, around the Power of Names is here.

— Check out our multimodal Poetry Pairings compilation here.

WHAT WE DO

Reading

Joyful read alouds. Inclusive, widely varied texts. Explicit instruction in foundational skills. Layered mentor texts that cultivate broad understanding. Mini lessons on reading strategies. A love for independent reading. Phonics and knowledge-building through layered text sets. Thoughtful, structured, small group instruction- based on student data. Immediate and specific feedback that grows readers and writers.

Writing

Narrative and informational writing. Writing for change. Writing about reading. Explicit instruction that begins at the word and sentence level that builds its way to bigger ideas. Process is more important than the final product alone. Authentic reasons to write. Choice in modes for communication. Meaningful, multi-modal composition, expanding beyond alphabetic expression. We ensure that all students have opportunities to express themselves in a variety of ways.

Creating

Strong practices in literacy instruction are strong practices in all areas of curriculum. Together with teachers and administrators, we strategically plan for reading, writing, speaking and listening to merge beautifully and stack across grade levels for a cohesive literacy experience. In this context, we provide professional learning on explicit, systematic, and cumulative foundational skills instruction and the usage of decodable texts. We consider social-emotional learning, culturally-sustaining pedagogies, honoring translanguaging and students’ varied, brilliant literacies when we collaborate. Above all, we center the humanity of all students in our decisions, because we know relationships matter most.

Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations: Elevating Home Experiences and Classroom Practices for Collective Care

Below is a collection of books recommended by Nawal Qarooni, expert in family literacy, to share with your loved ones. They represent diverse and varied family makeups and reflect our multidimensional, nuanced world.

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