Michael Fisher is a former teacher who is now a full-time author, educational consultant, and instructional coach. He works with schools and districts around the country, facilitating upgrades to curriculum, sustaining curriculum-mapping initiatives and integrating purposeful and task-specific instructional technology. He specializes in the integration of research-based instructional strategies to facilitate transformations of curriculum design, instructional practice, and professional collaboration, currently around 21st Century Fluencies, Common Core integration, and all that modern learning entails. Michael holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology and a Master’s in English Education. He also holds post-baccalaureate certificates in teaching science and language arts, as well as gifted students. He has taught a variety of grade levels and content areas over the years, primarily teaching in Middle Schools.