Tag: professional development
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I Really Need to Stop Taking Photos of Kids Writing
Saturday Seminars at San Jose Area Writing Project today included the Young Writers – a morning workshop for students from grades 3-10. What is it about seeing young people thinking, writing, imagining? It must be the communicator genes in me, glad to see the craft going on to the next generation. And, I don’t always…
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Writing Changes Your Teaching
NWP gave me a wonderful opportunity to join other SEED grant coordinators and spend 5 days writing instruments to assist teacher consultants who will be coordinating future grants for professional development in writing. What follows here is a shorter version for presenting the idea to administrators and staff when making a proposal. I have worked…
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F E E D B A C K
When I bought my 1917 bungalow in historic downtown, the necessity for a new roof was apparent. What was not so obvious, until I delved into the matter with my contractor, was that the new rain gutters could not be applied nor the rotten soffets repaired until the perimeter of the roof was trussed. So…
River Brown 