Patty McGee is a Literacy Consultant whose passion and vision is to create learning environments where teachers and students discover their true potential and power.  Patty’s favorite moments are when groups of teachers are working with students collaboratively in the classroom.  She does her best literacy research by practicing on her two children.  Prior to her work as Literacy Consultant, she was Coordinator of Professional Learning in Literacy with the Northern Valley Curriculum Center. Previously, Patty was a fourth grade teacher, a Library Media Specialist, and a Literacy Coach.  Patty received her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education at Loyola University in Maryland, an Associate School Library Media Specialist certification through Rutgers University, and her M.Ed. in Teacher Leadership through Montclair State University.  Patty has also studied literacy and literacy coaching through Teacher’s College Reading and Writing Project and Iona College.   She has received the Milken Educator Award (2002), worked as a consultant for Workman Publishing, Scholastic, and Corwin Press, and served on several committees for the New Jersey Department of Education. Furthermore, she has been an adjunct professor at Montclair State University and presenter at the ILA, NCTE, ASCD, and Learning Forward national conferences.