Diane Lazar

by Diane Lazar
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Diane Lazar has been a classroom teacher for over 15 years. She is currently a writing specialist in an elementary school in Fairfield County, CT. In addition to teaching writing in the classroom she has presented programs on writing to thousands of teachers at workshops and conferences across the United States. As a writer, she has published articles in professional journals such as, The School Administrator, and has collaborated on a number of books including Getting Ready to Write, a writing resource for teachers of kindergarten and grade one.

Diane Lazar

Diane Lazar has been a classroom teacher in many grade levels from kindergarten through eighth grade for 15 years in Fairfield County, Connecticut. As a teacher of writing she had experienced tremendous frustration and found that Empowering Writers materials were both teacher and student friendly. Using the materials with great success in the classroom she now shares her knowledge of the writing process with teachers across the country.

A dynamic speaker for Empowering Writers, Diane relates to teachers as a colleague and is able to understand the pressures of the classroom in terms of writing curriculum. She responds to the needs of both teachers and students through direct instruction in the writing process, as well as test preparation, and the challenges associated with nurturing proficient writers.

Diane currently presents professional development workshops in all writing genres for Empowering Writers and is a contributor to a number of their curriculum resources. In addition, she is the Writing Specialist in a Fairfield County, CT elementary school where she serves as both coach and teacher for staff and students. She has also been an adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Education at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT.