brookline poet laureate, judith steinbergh - biography
Judith Steinbergh, poet, teacher, and scholar, has worked as poet-in-the-schools since 1971, teaching students of all ages and providing Professional Development throughout Eastern Massachusetts. Judith was Poet-in-Residence in the Brookline Schools from 1986 to 1992 rotating through all grades K-12 and all Brookline schools, leading poetry worksh ops, partnering with teachers, creating curriculum, and co-coordinating readings and poetry anthologies. She also taug ht part-time at Driscoll School between 1985 and 2006 and continues to lead poetry workshops at several Brookline schools.
Judith has published a book of poems for children, Marshmallow Worlds with Cary Wolinsky, books of poems for adults:Motherwriter; A Living Anytime; and Writing My Will; three textbooks on teaching poetry writing to children: Beyond Words; Writing Poems with Children (co-authored with Elizabeth McKim); Reading and Writing Poetry, Grades K-4 (Scholastic Books); and Reading and Writing Poetry with Teenagers (co-authored with Fredric Lown).
Steinbergh co-founded Troubadour, Inc., a Brookline non-profit serving students and teachers in eastern Massachusetts with workshops in writing and song (www.Troubadour.org) where she continues as a Senior Teaching Artist and Mentor. Judith leads a poetry seminar for teachers through Teachers as Scholars, a consortium of local school systems, providing professional development to teachers. During 1996/97, Judith was a Bunting Fellow at Radcliffe pursuing her research: “Poetry and the Developing Child.”
Judith Steinbergh was selected as Brookline’s first Poet Laureate for a term of two years in April 2012.
Judith has published a book of poems for children, Marshmallow Worlds with Cary Wolinsky, books of poems for adults:Motherwriter; A Living Anytime; and Writing My Will; three textbooks on teaching poetry writing to children: Beyond Words; Writing Poems with Children (co-authored with Elizabeth McKim); Reading and Writing Poetry, Grades K-4 (Scholastic Books); and Reading and Writing Poetry with Teenagers (co-authored with Fredric Lown).
Steinbergh co-founded Troubadour, Inc., a Brookline non-profit serving students and teachers in eastern Massachusetts with workshops in writing and song (www.Troubadour.org) where she continues as a Senior Teaching Artist and Mentor. Judith leads a poetry seminar for teachers through Teachers as Scholars, a consortium of local school systems, providing professional development to teachers. During 1996/97, Judith was a Bunting Fellow at Radcliffe pursuing her research: “Poetry and the Developing Child.”
Judith Steinbergh was selected as Brookline’s first Poet Laureate for a term of two years in April 2012.
