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Stepping Stones: My Journey to Becoming a Literacy Consultant- Do What You Love. Love What You Do. (Step 10)
From the desk of Hope… This is my last post in my series Stepping Stones: My Journey to Becoming a Literacy Consultant. If you would like to read Stepping Stones 1-9, you can find them on the ERG website www.myedresource.com. There are many things I could write about to bring this series to a close…
Read MoreStepping Stones: My Journey To Becoming a Literacy Consultant- Staying in My Lane (Step Nine)
From the desk of Hope…. This is step nine in the series Stepping Stones: My Journey to Becoming a Literacy Consultant. If you would like to read my prior blog posts for Stepping Stones 1-8, you can find them on the ERG website – www.myedresource.com ERG Coaches support teachers in the context of their own…
Read MoreAuthentic Instruction
From the desk of Hope… I had an interesting conversation with a teacher about “authentic instruction.” As I reflect on the conversation several days later, I believe it is worth writing about. As a literacy coach I model lessons for teachers, I observe teachers and I also provide written and verbal feedback to teachers. The…
Read MoreStepping Stones: Facing Failures- Step Eight
From the desk of Hope… Alice and I “birthed” ERG in 2004. In my previous blogs I have addressed some of the circumstances that surrounded the “birthing” of ERG. If you are curious, the blogs are posted on our website, www.myedresource.com and the series is named “stepping stones”. One thing that I had not anticipated…
Read MoreStepping Stones: Having the Courage to Make Dreams Come True- Step Seven
From the desk of Hope… I work with teachers in some way almost everyday and a very common question I get is, “how did you become a literacy consultant?” followed by a comment along the lines of, “I want to become one too.” In fact, I have had this conversation twice this week already with…
Read MoreStepping Stones: My Journey to Becoming a Literacy Consultant (Step Six)
From the desk of Hope… I feel like I am at the half way point with my story — becoming a literacy consultant. My Blog, Stepping Stone Five, was about getting my Master’s Degree. That seemed to be a turning point in my career. As I said in that blog, “I kicked it up a…
Read MoreStepping Stones: My Journey to Becoming a Literacy Consultant- Step Five
Salem College. This is one of my most favorite places in Winston-Salem. This is where I received my Master’s Degree in Language and Literacy. I had been teaching about five years, muddling my way through teacher’s manuals and curriculum guides, mostly just doing “stuff” with my students, when I decided to go to Salem College…
Read MoreStepping Stones: My Journey to Becoming a Literacy Consultant- Step 4
From the desk of Hope…. As I was preparing to write this blog I stopped for a minute to reflect on all of the schools in which I have taught , all of the grade levels I have taught and all of the principals with which I have worked. Here is what I came up…
Read MoreStepping Stones: My Journey to Becoming a Literacy Consultant Step Three
From the desk of Hope… One very important thing I remember doing as a “baby teacher” was deciding what I believed in as it related to teaching and learning. Believe it or not there are quite a few philosophies floating around the world of education. I made a decision to become a constructivist teacher many,…
Read MoreStepping Stones: My Journey to Becoming a Literacy Consultant – Step Two
From the desk of Hope… I am a little leery about saying this right out in front of all you but I am going to anyway…… When I first started teaching school, I had no idea what I was doing. I had gone to college for four years to be a teacher and made good…
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