Department Chairs – Teaching English Language Arts

Maximizing Meetings and Maintaining Morale Handout

August 14, 2015September 11, 2017 by admin

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Department chairs regularly seek for ways to use meeting time more efficiently and to keep up the spirits of their department members. Attached are ideas planned for the "Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn: Leading New Initiatives with Love, Agency, and Energy"session at the National Council of Teachers of English held…

On Leadership – April

March 16, 2014April 17, 2014 by admin

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Bad Doesn't Have to Be Permanent* No matter how experienced we are, there are times we blow it. But, that bad time doesn’t have to poison relationships with those with whom we work and for whom we have the responsibility to lead. These excerpts from Bill Rosenthal on October 30th, 2013…

Leadership Workshop – Boston

December 12, 2013November 30, 2013 by admin

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Leadership can be a challenging With the demands on teacher leaders, planning meetings that are informative, inspiring, and engaging creates just one more challenge. With a little help from experienced leaders, current and future department chairs and literacy leaders can learn ways to make these mandatory gatherings a welcome opportunity…

Mentor Modules by Caitlin Dooley

November 15, 2012November 7, 2012 by admin

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It's my privilege to pass along to colleagues who visit my site resources from other educators who give me permission to do so. Here's one I think both classroom teachers, department chairs and literacy coaches will find useful. Mentor Modules is a free online multimedia course and resource for developing…

Fall MCTE and NCTE Presentations

September 18, 2012 by admin

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Professional Development comes in two forms: **** Presenting workshop sessions during which one shares ones own experiences **** Attending conferences and conventions to meet, greet, hear and learn from others This fall, I'll be able to do both. First, I'll giving a workshop at the Michigan Council of Teachers of…

Novice and Veterans – Are You Ready?

August 10, 2012October 26, 2013 by admin

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Novice and Veteran Teachers The opening days of school can be overwhelming, even for a veteran English Department Chair, mentor, or student-teacher supervisor. Inevitably, you’ll have new administration goals for the year that must be implemented and clarified for returning teachers. There are the inherent problems of adjusting classroom assignments,…

Common Core Resources – Other Educators

August 1, 2012March 1, 2013 by admin

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As I learn of them, I'll be adding links to resources to assist you in designing and adapting lessons that reflect goals of the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts. Teri LeSage shares this LITERACY HISTORY Project written to accompany study of Night by Elie Wiesel and All…

Resources from Other Educators

December 2, 2011October 1, 2013 by admin

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Help with Common Core Scroll down. Adapt, Adopt and Enjoy! From Nancy Patterson, associate professor, College of Education, Grand Valley State University, and coeditor of the Language Arts Journal of Michigan: "Don't miss these lesson plans from ReadWriteThink: Exploring Reading Strategies by Creating a Soundtrack and A Picture's…

Roseboro’s Author Talk – Why Buy My Book?

November 26, 2011November 29, 2011 by admin

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I invite you to take a view minutes to view this slide presentation from author talks I given to help answer the question "Why Buy My Book?" Teaching Middle School Language Arts: Incorporating Twenty-First Century Literacies is a professional book designed for novice and veteran teachers, those who teach them,…

Teaching Secrets: 10 To-Dos for New Teachers

October 29, 2011October 26, 2013 by admin

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Starting along the career path as a new teacher, one can avoid pitfalls by following the advice of veterans who have your best interests at heart. Marsha Ratzel, in this article, “Teaching Secrets: 10 To-Dos for New Teachers,” writes, “College commencements are in the air, and while the thoughts of…