The First Step!

I just spent the most incredible week at a writing institute presented by staff developers from Teacher's College. Shana Frazin, my facilitator, was amazing and inspired me to ever so cautiously take the first step in starting my own blog. I'm not new to blogging.  I started a personal blog over seven years ago when I first found out I was pregnant with my oldest son. My personal blog chronicles the lives of my two sons and our family. That blog is easy! This blog is different. This blog is a professional blog designed to share tips that I've learned in my 15 years as a teacher and instructional coach. Since I hope this blog reaches a wider, unknown audience, the stakes are higher. I'm just a small town girl in the Midwest hoping to capture what I have learned and what I will learn so that others might learn a little something too.  To borrow the words of author Cynthia Lord, "I only feel a little bit braver than I feel scared." Thanks to Shana, today, I feel a little more brave.