Charlotte Knox has spent the past fourteen years writing and organizing long-term professional development projects for school districts and publishers nationally. She has worked with Dennis Parker since 2000 developing tools for implementation of his Strategic Schooling model.  Recent projects include:Talking Walls: Building Classroom Environments to Support Student Achievement, co-authored with Michelle Karns:  Information Please, an ELD strategies handbook and Advanced AB466 training institute; Backwards Planning for Success with Writing, a comprehensive toolkit and training course for implementation of a school-wide writing campaign;  Literacy Scaffolds for English Language Learners, a best practice video series;  and RISE, an 8 week English language development course for Rigby Education.  Prior to consulting Charlotte was a teacher and staff developer for the Oakland Unified School District.  Her areas of expertise include literacy, writing instruction, assessment, English language development, and classroom management.