It would be impossible to capture the immense amount of learning that occurred this week, but I'm going to try to share some highlights here. Tucked down a long hallway behind a sticky door, I grew as a writer, as a coach, as a teacher, and as a person. Shana Frazin, staff developer from NY Teacher's College, taught "her bottom off" for four days and our group of 3-5 teachers walked out of that room today with a new appreciation for many things: the opportunity to do what we ask our students to do everyday, the power of revision, the time to write, the excellent PD that we received, the chance to grow, and much much more!
Here are some of the words that mattered to our group:
My takeaways from the week (many of which you see above):
- Nothing is more important than time spent writing!
- You don't have to like it, you just have to try it.
- Oral rehearsal is writing!
- Revision is extreme makeover - not dusting and sweeping.
- You cannot let the wants of the unit trump the needs of the writers.
- A teacher on her feet is worth 100 teachers in their seats.
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