Any time I here the word celebration, it takes me back to my junior year in high school. We were the 1981 boys basketball state champions in Indiana. "Celebrate" by Kool and the Gang was our theme song that we played at every pep session and rally throughout the tournament.
Today is a different kind of celebration.
#TeachWrite Chat will celebrate its one year anniversary next month. Seeing a need for teacher-writers to find a safe place to share their writing, we began our call for guest contributors in December. Since then, we have had over 40 different writers who bravely chose to share their writing with the world. Our writers include published authors and teachers and principals and instructional coaches and doctoral candidates. Our grade levels range from kindergarten to college students, and areas of expertise come from all subjects.
Many writers have found themselves through this process. Many had never "published" outside their own notebooks.
Of the twenty-one posts for the month of July, twelve of those were first time contributors. This tells us that we continue to fill a void for teachers as we continue our mission. Teachers are seeing the need to write and the desire to share. And #TeachWrite Chat Blog is celebrating it all.
We may come from all walks of educational life, but we all have something in common. We are writers.
Today, as we wrap up our month of celebrations, we are honored to celebrate with each of you!
Leigh Anne is about to begin her 12th year of teaching. She has taught 4th, 5th and currently teaches 6th grade ELA at a middle school in Indiana. She is currently working on her Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction at Western Governors University with a goal of becoming a literacy coach. Leigh Anne has a passion for connecting kids with books and helping teachers develop a writing life. You can connect with her on Twitter @Teachr4 or on her blog, A Day in the Life.
Woo hoo! Congratulations on a FABULOUS first year! Looking forward to another year of sharing and learning alongside. Many, many, many thanks for the opportunity to grow as a teacher writer and teacher of writers!
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