My Poem Writing Year #118 - Writing

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by Hope LV (years ago)

This poem is dedicated to all writing workshop teachers.  Both this week and next, I will have the opportunity to work with the dedicated teachers of the Iroquois Central School District.  These teachers are taking off with writing workshops in their classrooms this fall, and I admire their grass roots desire to learn about teaching writing and to take it on.

In the early 1990s, I had the good fortune to study under Lucy Calkins at the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Teachers College, Columbia University.  At that time, the office was full of staff developers and teachers including: Randy Bomer, Katherine Bomer, Katie Wood Ray, Carl Anderson, Isoke Nia, Sharon Hill, Karen Caine, Kathy Collins, Kate Montgomery, Pam Allyn, and many more.  I still learn from these teachers today.

Those years of pouring coffee, making copies, listening carefully, and eventually working in classrooms changed my life: writing life, teaching life, mothering life.  I learned that we can do what we believe we can do and what others believe we are capable of.

Believe!

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