Stacey Shubitz is a certified literacy specialist who taught elementary school after a career change from public relations to education.  She taught fifth grade at P.S. 171 in East Harlem, NY and fourth grade at The Learning Community in Central Falls, RI.  Stacey saw her students’ writing flourish in the classroom and on standardized tests as a result of the instruction they received in writing workshop. 

She is the co-author of Day by Day: Refining Writing Workshop Through 180 Days of Reflective Practice (Stenhouse, 2010).  In 2007, Stacey and her former students wrote DEAL WITH IT! Powerful Words from Smart, Young Women.  She blogs at Two Writing Teachers, which is a blog solely devoted to the teaching of writing.  In addition, Stacey has also written articles for Instructor Magazine, the Responsive Classroom Newsletter, and Statement.

Stacey has a M.A. in Literacy Education from Columbia University’s Teachers College, a M.S.Ed. in Childhood Education from Hunter College and a B.A. in Communication from The George Washington University. She is also a Kappa Delta Pi Teacher of Honor.

Stacey has presented at several conferences, which include the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), the Rhode Island Writing Project, the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project (TCRWP) Saturday Reunion, and at the Whole Language Umbrella (WLU).  She is on the board of directors for the Silver Academy. 

Stacey relocated to Central Pennsylvania in July 2009 where she resides with her husband and daughter.  A New Yorker by birth, she is a big fan of the New York Yankees.