3 Ways to Unlock the Writer Within Every Student

I’ve always been a writer. At a young age, I told stories using yarn-bound books and notebook paper. In college, I could crank out essays with an ease that made me the envy of my classmates. So, in my first years of teaching secondary English/language arts, I was a bit arrogant when it came to the writing process. Of course I knew how to teach writing! I was a writer. How hard could it be?

But my teaching days had left less time for me to practice writing myself. Then I had a transformative experience: I participated in the education week webinar.