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Nawal Qarooni / NQC Literacy
@nqcliteracy.bsky.social
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Educator. Author of Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations: Exalting Home Experiences + Classroom Practices for Collective Care. Adjunct faculty at NYU. Board member of Library of Congress Literacy Advisory + NCTE Build Your Stack. Mama of 4. NQCLiteracy.org
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Nawal Qarooni / NQC Literacy @nqcliteracy.bsky.social · Feb 26
Here’s a thread of books I’ve read in 2025 that I’ll keep adding to, in case there are fellow family saga lovers out there to share and recommend. First up, fun and easy bc that’s what I needed. Emily Henry’s Happy Place.
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Thank you so much for the invitation. 🙏🏽
July 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Today is my birthday. Please consider donating to the Brooklyn Book Bodega, as I’m running the upcoming NYC Marathon to raise money for their work — bringing relevant and meaningful texts to families in need. nonprofits.brooklyn.org/p2p/414203/n...
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Help Nawal Q Runs the NYC Marathon for Brooklyn Book Bodega- Support Literacy!'s fundraiser efforts for Brooklyn Gives Nonprofit Connection
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July 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Thank you to the Next Generation Indie Awards folks for this finalist recognition for Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations ✨✨✨
June 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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That said, a couple newer school-related books have the ability to transform school leadership conversations:

Street Data from Shane Safir & Jamila Dugan
Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations from @nqcliteracy.bsky.social

I'll try to think of some more if it would be helpful!
Cover of Street Data from Shane Safir & Jamila Dugan Cover of Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations from Nawal Qarooni
June 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Last year we spoke with @nqcliteracy.bsky.social about Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations: Elevating Home Experiences and Classroom Practices for Collective Care.

Queue up this conversation and join her in July for a 2-hour workshop at #CTRH2025!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjIW...
June 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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If you’re a NYC educator or school leader, there’s still time to join in this cohort of family engagement learning. See below for registration info and please share widely.
May 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Each day of Conference to Restore Humanity! 2025 we're hosting two-hour workshops with expert practitioners:

🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 @nqcliteracy.bsky.social
🫂 Dr Emma McMain
✍️ @angelastockman.bsky.social

We hope you'll join us!
July 21-23 | Virtual | $50

www.humanrestorationproject.org/conference #K12 #EduSky
Promotion for CTRH! 2025 (Quest for Connection) | July 21-23, Virtual | Building Nourishing Collaboration: Exalting Our Children & Their Caregivers: Monday, July 21 • Educators must move beyond one-off school events to foster deeper, authentic collaborations with caregivers, honoring their role in literacy learning. In this workshop with Nawal Qarooni, participants will examine biases, explore language stories, and integrate family practices into curriculum. Critical Social & Emotional Learning: From ‘Competencies’ to ‘Culture: Tuesday, July 22 • This workshop with Dr. Emma McMain reimagines SEL as open dialogue rather than a rigid checklist. Participants will explore how personal values connect to culture and collaborate to create artifacts that turn social and emotional learning into a shared process of growth. Pedagogical Documentation: Learning Stories as Stewardship: Wednesday, July 23 • Educator and author Angela Stockman invites participants to move beyond traditional measures to explore how pedagogical documentation serves as an act of stewardship—honoring, preserving, and nurturing rich narratives about learners and learning.
May 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Today in book purchases. @kennedyryan.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Collaborating with caregivers & families is front and center 🫶🏽

Sarah Whitfield & I completed a book study on Nourishing Caregiver Collaboration by @nqcliteracy.bsky.social & we’re practicing our learning

Love how our Summer Enrichment for Newcomers is built on acknowledging families’ strengths!
April 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Friends, I’m running the NYC Marathon this year to fundraise for a literacy organization near to my heart- @brooklynbookbodega.bsky.social Pls consider supporting, any amount if you’re able ♥️🙏🏽 nonprofits.brooklyn.org/p2p/414203/n...
Nawal Q Runs the NYC Marathon for Brooklyn Book Bodega- Support Literacy!'s Fundraiser Profile | Brooklyn Gives Nonprofit Connection
Help Nawal Q Runs the NYC Marathon for Brooklyn Book Bodega- Support Literacy!'s fundraiser efforts for Brooklyn Gives Nonprofit Connection
nonprofits.brooklyn.org
March 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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“We cannot separate knowing the children from knowing their families. We cannot separate caregiving from education.” - @nqcliteracy.bsky.social Powerful thinking shared at the Massachusetts Reading Association Conference ❤️
March 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Attending the Massachusetts Reading Association conference? Don’t miss @nqcliteracy.bsky.social’s keynote on Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations tomorrow. And share your love for sessions from @mstewartscience.bsky.social, @clarelandrigan.bsky.social, @macappiello.bsky.social, & Erika Thulin Dawes!
March 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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In @nqcliteracy.bsky.social's workshop, Building Nourishing Collaborations, participants will understand & connect family practices to curriculum to create deeper, more authentic collaborations with caregivers.

Join us in our Quest for Connection!
www.humanrestorationproject.org/conference #EduSky
Promotion for CTRH! 2025 (Quest for Connection) | July 21-23, Virtual | Building Nourishing Collaborations: Exalting Our Children and their Caregivers - Our work as educators requires stepping beyond one-off, school-centric events and practices to more deeply embed authentic, engaging collaborations with caregivers that celebrate what families bring to their children’s literacy learning. Alongside facilitator Nawal Qarooni, educator and author of Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations, participants in this workshop will excavate their biases around how families should look, sound, and act; track their own language stories; and validate family practices to weave them into their own curricular work. 1:15-3:15 ET | Monday, July 21st
March 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Looking forward to keynoting the MA Reading Association conference this week! Equal parts teacher and mama lenses for this one ♥️ custom.cvent.com/D0BE02E45D0D...
March 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Family labsites in LA and Orange County California were such a resounding success last week. I’m looking forward to ongoing shared literacy experiences with children and families, elevating their at-home, authentic language practices in classrooms too. TY Cotsen Foundation and host site schools 🙏🏽♥️
March 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Latest post from @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social
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w/posts from me, Zaretta Hammond @gholdym.bsky.social @jamiladugan.bsky.social Shane Safir Katie Novak @nqcliteracy.bsky.social & more

#languageaffirming #culturallyresponsive #pedagogy #UDL #cultivatinggenius
How to Keep Teaching Well When DEI is Under Attack | Cult of Pedagogy
You may be able to keep much more than you think.
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March 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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My sister has one hour left to raise funds for her indie rom com — so proud of her and this incredible script. If you care about accurate, nuanced representation of middle eastern folks in Hollywood and beyond, pls consider supporting and sharing!! Every bit counts. seedandspark.com/fund/the-wee...
The Weekend On Cape Cod When Everything Changed - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark
A wide-eyed Iranian immigrant accepts a wedding proposal from her billionaire boss’s son in order to remain in the States. What starts out as a simple green card wedding on Cape Cod becomes so much more when her two closest friends arrive with their own boyfriends and cross-cultural baggage in tow.
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March 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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This morning we confirmed a student panel for #CTRH2025 from an incredible Indigenous-led organization that we'll be able to announce next week. Indigenous perspectives have been missing from CTRH, and we're eager to connect our audience of educators to their mission.
Wheel representing initiatives: land defense, protect the sacred, representation, civic engagement, wrapped in tactics: culture, media, solidarity, art, direct action, education, mutual aid
February 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Nawal's scholarship and savvy are making me think differently and better about how NYS schools might design and bring their Portraits of Graduates to life in our schools. I've learned much through my partnership with pilot schools this year. More to come. Let's follow Nawal's lead, friends.
nqcliteracy.bsky.social Nawal Qarooni / NQC Literacy @nqcliteracy.bsky.social · Feb 20
I’m so proud of the work I do alongside LA + OC educators, school leaders and families. TY to the Cotsen Foundation for ongoing partnership and dedication to the art of teaching, especially in family engagement. Launched another series of PL sessions before moving into labsites next.
February 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Sharing a tool that some of you might appreciate. Feel free to use/adapt/share...

I'll elaborate in the greater 🧵below.
A matrix with four dimensions: Creative capacity, need for care, task load, competing demands. When creative capacity is high and the task load is low and need for care is low and competing demands are low, simple wins are easy. As creative capacity declines and other demands increase, the need for more sustained, agile support is necessary.
January 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
nqcliteracy.bsky.social
Here’s a thread of books I’ve read in 2025 that I’ll keep adding to, in case there are fellow family saga lovers out there to share and recommend. First up, fun and easy bc that’s what I needed. Emily Henry’s Happy Place.
February 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Reposted by Nawal Qarooni / NQC Literacy
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It's @nqcliteracy.bsky.social, YAY!
I'm kind of a superfan, you know
February 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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I’m so proud of the work I do alongside LA + OC educators, school leaders and families. TY to the Cotsen Foundation for ongoing partnership and dedication to the art of teaching, especially in family engagement. Launched another series of PL sessions before moving into labsites next.
February 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Join me in an online summer course at the University of New Hampshire on family literacy engagement and collaboration. For more information and to sign up, please visit: cola.unh.edu/english/inst...
February 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM