An instructional literacy and learning session for K-12 educators with Regie Routman and Jeanette Koh, Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services Division in Walnut Valley Unified School District, Walnut, CA. Learn strategies, actions, and positive mindsets that lead to more effective teaching and joyful learning. Some of the topics, discussed and demonstrated include, but are not limited to, the power of poetry writing, student-authored and class-authored books, finding a way in to reach and teach each student, teaching with empathy, raising readers who love to read, and writing for real-world purposes and audiences. Lots of delightful and practical, easy-to-implement strategies are shared along with Resources from the companion website that accompanies The Heart-Centered Teacher: Restoring Hope, Joy, and Possibility in Uncertain Times.