Rachel Cooke

Rachel Cooke is an Assistant Curriculum Leader of English/Literacy in the Toronto District School Board. During her thirty-nine-year teaching career, she was also a Digital Hybrid-Teacher/Coach for eight years, and an Instructional Leader of English/Literacy for the Toronto District School Board for ten years and taught additional qualification courses at OISE/UT for fifteen years. She is the Senior Author of iSkills- Constructing Meaning: Skills for Understanding Contemporary Texts (McGraw-Hill Ryerson) and Author for iLit- Remix: A Revolution of Text Forms (McGraw-Hill Ryerson). She has written teacher guide material for McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Nelson Education, and Pearson Canada. Rachel has presented at national and international conferences including Reading for the Love of It, National Council of Teachers of English, English Language Arts Network, International Council on Education for Teaching World Assembly, Celebrating Linguistic Diversity, and the Ukrainian-Canadian School Board. Throughout her teaching career, Rachel has continued to develop her knowledge and skills to match her personal and professional commitment to inclusive, anti-racist and anti-oppressive curriculum and pedagogy.