TAMPA, Fla. — This week's A+ Teacher is a product of the district where she now teaches.

Jean Reed has been in education 16 years and the writing coach has been at Chamberlain High School one year.

"As an instructional coach, I help support teachers in the strategies that they use for their students,' said Reed.

"I also help target students who need additional help within those classrooms, so it might be even guiding teachers on the best way to help those students.”

Reed enjoys teaching in the same school system she attended as a student.

"It’s been a pretty cool opportunity to help kids think critically and really connect reading to writing," said Reed.

The University of South Florida graduate says she loves getting to view learning through teachers and students.

"It’s really a great variety. It helps me see education from multiple perspectives,” said Reed.

She wants to make sure her students learn that their voice matters.

“A lot of the times they don’t see the value in writing," said Reed,

"I tell them it’s your thoughts on the page. It’s your way of expressing yourself and if you can get other people to understand what you’re saying in writing, then they’re going to listen to you when you’re speaking."

Reed coaches writing and literacy skills taught in all disciplines. Chamberlain High School Principal Jake Russell says Reed sets standards high.

"Her ability to adapt to the different curriculums, so asking someone, I’m doing something on cell theory or I’m doing something on a speech for Martin Luther King, either way she can support them,” said Russell.

Which means Reed supports writing across campus.

"It’s also a way for us to see what strategies might work for a student in one class versus another and which strategies can cross different contents and let teachers know that what you’re doing is working and we see it in other classrooms,” said Reed.

And what Reed hopes is working, is passing on her love for literacy and reading.