Teaching and Learning in the (Dis)Comfort Zone: A Guide for New Teachers and Literacy Coaches

The novice teacher and literacy coach need to form a team to share their expertise and continually evolve, to have opportunity for guided reflection and self-assessment of practice. This book shares these professional experiences which delineates and describes the (dis)comfort of teaching and learning at the edge of the teachers’ comfort zone.

Deborah Eldridge is Dean of the School of Education at Lehman College.

Deborah Ann Jensen is Associate Professor of Learning and Literacy at Hunter College.

Yang Hu is Associate Professor of Education at Hunter College.

Jennifer Tuten is Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Teaching at Hunter College.