TELA Productions
Bringing educational ideas, stories, and lived experience to the screen.
The media-production identity of Anna J. Small Roseboro’s educational and creative work — educational videos, podcasts, interviews, and book-related media designed to help ideas travel beyond the printed page.
Empowering learners through reading, writing, speaking, reflection, and purposeful practice.
National Writing Project Fellow
TELA Productions is the media-production identity of Anna J. Small Roseboro’s educational and creative work. It began when she engaged a filmmaker to help bring one of her books to the screen. Today, the name identifies a growing body of educational videos, podcasts, interviews, book-related media, and visual storytelling designed to help ideas travel beyond the printed page.
Media built for educators, leaders, and lifelong learners
Educational Video Series
Practical, encouraging media for educators, instructional leaders, mentors, writers, and lifelong learners — including Planning with Purpose to Empower Learners, Legal S.T.E.A.L.ing, Innovative Leadership, and S.T.R.E.A.M.-focused teaching resources.
Browse the S.T.R.E.A.M. video library →Podcasts and Conversations
Anna’s CoachUp Podcast extends classroom-tested ideas through short programs, interviews, and conversations about teaching, writing, mentoring, leadership, faith, and purposeful learning.
Listen to CoachUp with Anna →Books to Screen
TELA Productions grew from the desire to bring a written story to the screen — a beginning that continues to shape book trailers, readings, interviews, adaptations, and visual presentations of Anna’s books.
Discover the books behind the work →Resources Educators Can Use
Educators may view complete programs for professional learning, and use selected scenes to introduce models, purposeful practice, reflection, revision, formative assessment, leadership, and independent learning across the S.T.R.E.A.M.
Step into a featured production
Watch a featured production, then explore the full library of series on the TELA Productions YouTube channel — built to be watched whole for professional learning, or clipped scene-by-scene to open a lesson, staff meeting, or mentoring session.
Visit the YouTube ChannelCHOICES
A heartfelt drama about love, faith, and forgiveness — based on the Robertson Family Story novels.
More clips are coming as Episodes 2 and 3 are filmed — check back for updates.
Anna J. Small Roseboro
Anna is a veteran educator, author, editor, instructional coach, National Board Certified Teacher, and National Writing Project Fellow. Her work reflects nearly five decades of teaching and mentoring teens and adults in middle school, high school, college, community, and faith-based settings.
Through TELA Productions, she turns experience into accessible media that invites viewers to think, discuss, write, lead, and act with purpose.
Discover Anna’s BooksFour ways to bring TELA Productions into your work
Planning with Purpose to Empower Learners
Practical guidance for teachers and mentors.
Legal S.T.E.A.L.ing
Student-centered strategies for learning across the S.T.R.E.A.M.
Innovative Leadership
Brief programs for principals, department chairs, instructional leaders, and faculty mentors.
Anna’s CoachUp Podcast
Conversations and resources for educators, writers, readers, and leaders.
Looking for writing or creative collaboration?
Explore coaching for writers preparing their own work for publication or the screen.
Watch a production, explore a series, or start a conversation
Discover the books behind the work, or contact Anna about educational use, interviews, podcast conversations, book-related media, and creative collaboration.
TELA Productions is the media-production identity of Anna J. Small Roseboro’s educational and creative work.