The Art of Imitation

Cultivating Student Writing through Imitation Exercises

Rise Up & Write — Supporting and Elevating Youth Advocacy

Teacher Morale: Empowering Educators to Focus on the Good and Not What Sucks

Teachers Never Give Up

When your best intentions and all your carefully researched plans fail…you cry, you get cranky, you go home exhausted…

Those Student Papers Can Be Killers

Like most teachers I spent time this summer thinking about school. My thinking, however, didn’t…

Finding purpose in the chaos

Or, what did I sign up for?

“You are a fraud.”

These words would circulate through my mind nearly every day during the first few minutes of third block as I watched my students write for a mere two-to-five…

Releasing those Butterflies: Reflections on the first NWP Midwest Conference

A World by Design

How a Classroom Open Mic Showed Me the World I Created

“Please respect the spell limits.” The dark iron sign announced our entrance to Hogsmeade at Orlando’s Universal Islands of Adventure. Beyond the sign I glimpsed snow-covered…

A Delicate Balance

Giving students a voice while keeping mine quiet

My Assessment Autobiography

The Past and Present of My GMWP TIWI Journey

Introducing Myself