Exploring Performative Arts: Volume 3, Issue 2, Fall/Winter 2016
Full Text | Biographical Note
Noticing Students by Writing Poems
Sheryl A. Lain
Biographical Note
Sheryl Lain has spent 40 years in education, teaching students and teachers. Her teaching began at Wind River High School serving Native Americans on the Wind River Indian Reservation. Thus began the most important part of her career—working with kids. She also served as language arts coordinator and instructional coach for Laramie County School District #1, directed the Wyoming Writing Project, served as liaison for National Council of Teachers of English, and worked as an international presenter for Bureau of Education and Research (BER). Sheryl is the author of A Poem for Every Student, a book about teaching secondary students, published by the University of California press, co-author of Wyoming, the Proud Land, an illustrated history of Wyoming, and numerous articles, chapters, monologues, and poems in national publications. She is a presenter on the state, regional, national, and international levels in the areas of reading, writing, assessment, coaching and standards-based teaching and is an adjunct professor at the University of Wyoming. Sheryl has her BA, MA and literacy endorsement from the University of Wyoming. She is a sought-after school improvement consultant, most recently serving as Instructional Leader at the Wyoming Department of Education.
