Stephen Chiger Profile

Senior Director of 5–12 Humanities at Uncommon Schools, where he supports literacy instruction across more than 30 high-performing schools working to close the opportunity gap. Having trained thousands of teachers and school leaders internationally, he is the co-author of Team Up with the Text (forthcoming winter 2026); Love and Literacy, a guide to English pedagogy; and Gram and Gran Save the Summer, a middle grades mystery focused on media literacy. Chiger was named Educator of the Year by the New Jersey Council of Teachers of English and currently serves on NCTE’s Assessment Committee.