Each week Ruth Ayres extends an invitation to share the celebrations from our week. Why don't you join the celebration?
Isn't it funny how a single word can bring about change? Changes you think about, changes you hope for,
and changes you never expected.
Today is a simple list of rising celebrations.
In about three weeks I start on my master's degree. After ten years of teaching, it is time to think about different paths. Getting this degree is the first step.
In one week I will be presenting training/professional development on writing traits for our English department. Focusing on literacy instruction in every classroom in my school has been a vision for me, albeit a blurry one. The path to what this may look like is becoming more visible (which is the reason for the above celebration).
In about six weeks our school district and (hopefully) our community will be celebrating the book Wonder by R.J. Polacio. I am spearheading a One Book, One District, One Community project. Thanks to Katherine Sokolowski for the idea. Read about her project here.
A week ago Jennifer Laffin, Michelle Haseltine, Margaret Simon and I launched our new chat for teachers and teacher-writers. I think all four of us were rather surprised at the response we received. Check out the #TeachWrite Chat blog with an archive of the chat along with a call to write for the JOY of it.
I just finished our first full week of school. Another school year with another set of students is always a celebration.
Have a great week, and may you find many celebrations along the way!