Jim Westcott

Rochester, New York Area United States

Children's author of books for reluctant and struggling readers and Education Writer

Writing / Publishing

BACKGROUND AND CURRENT CAREER FOCUS I spent 15 years in the trenches as a Special Education Teacher in a suburb of Rochester, Upstate New York. Currently, I'm using my experience as an Elementary and Secondary Special Education Teacher to add to my 9 years of full-time work as a Contract Writer and Subject Matter Expert for Educational Publishers, EDTech Companies,and Organizations that Advocate for Quality Education and Literacy Development for children. I've worked on many exceptional educational content projects for publishers, businesses, and state education departments and receive follow-up work. I've written eleven published books for the K-12 Market-both nonfiction and f