Literacy Partners Teacher Membership

As a busy teacher, you know you need PD, but you never seem to have the time. 

That’s why we created the Literacy Partners Teacher Membership Community.

Our teacher membership community provides you with access to on-demand PD that energizes you because you’re constantly discovering new ways to engage your students and yourself in literacy work.

What You Can Expect From The Literacy Partners Teacher Membership Community:

• You feel supported inside a helpful community with other workshop teachers.

• You have a safe space to get answers to all your workshop teaching questions from a big-hearted community and experts in the field.

• You know that you’re building your teaching and leadership skills with top-notch professional development

We know teachers are being pulled in one thousand directions which is why The Literacy Partners Teacher Membership gives you the PD you need so that you can learn at your own pace. Here’s just a taste of the topics you’ll learn about:

Meet your membership hosts:

Dahlia Dallal is the founding director of Literacy Partners, which uses the Science of Reading to create world-class professional development, grounding their methods in current research.

Melinda Warren holds an undergraduate degree in Political Communication and Education Policy from Emerson College and began her career teaching kindergarten in Dallas, TX. After moving to California, she helped to found second grade as a lead teacher at KIPP Iluminar Academy in East Los Angeles. There, she taught grades TK-2nd for five years, before becoming Dean of Students. In her role as Dean, Melinda developed and coached educators within TK to 4th grade and SpEd, as well as several instructional coaches. 

Mercedes Jimenez is a first-generation college graduate, receiving her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Chicano/a Studies from the University of Los Angeles California. She then pursued her Masters of Bilingual Elementary Education along with her teaching credential from Loyola Marymount University. Mercedes began her career as a Kindergarten Apprentice Teacher at KIPP Iluminar Academy in East Los Angeles. She continued her journey there by founding third grade Science/Social Studies and working as a third-grade Lead Teacher for three years, going on to teach Fourth grade for three years as Grade Level Lead.

Originally from Sacramento, California, Lily Diamond's passion for reading and writing grew at a young age. After obtaining her degree in Art History from UC Berkeley in 2010, she became an educator. She went on to earn a Master of Education at Stanford University, where she was introduced to readers and writers workshop and deepened her understanding of the intersection between literacy and social justice. 
Literacy instruction continued to be a bright spark and she was led to teach sixth grade in East Palo Alto. Later, she relocated to New York, where she taught elementary school, before finally heading back to the west coast and settling in Los Angeles.

Growing up in Los Angeles, Megan Jalil was always the kid walking around with her arms full of books, nestled into the corner of the public library, or writing poems on post-its and cafeteria napkins. While earning a degree from UCLA in English Literature and Education Studies, Megan dove into working in schools, giving her an opportunity to apply the theory and pedagogy she was learning to real classrooms across Los Angeles. After earning a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education at Loyola Marymount University, Megan began teaching in West LA and helped lead the transformation of reading and writing instruction at her school site. After years of teaching, she transitioned into the role of instructional coach, supporting and developing teachers in TK through fifth grade. Megan is passionate about helping teachers feel knowledgeable and prepared as they help build young learners into lifelong readers and writers.

The LP teachers membership is available worldwide for educators, both teachers and administrators who want support in using an innovative, research based approach to teaching reading, writing, and phonics.

Kickstart your classroom toward strengthened literacy with our on-demand professional development opportunities inside the Literacy Partners Teacher Membership Community.

*Although the above hosts represent our core team, our membership has had various contributors over the years, including Vivian Chen. She is a seasoned staff development professional with 20+ years of teaching experience working with students in primary grades through middle school.