Ready to start the next stage of your teaching career? If you are thinking about applying to a PhD program, you will need to prepare a few documents. In this video, I talk about 1) the writing sample, 2) letters of reference, and 3) the …
Things K-12 Teachers Need to Know Before Starting a PhD Program
Considering a PhD? We’re diving into a topic that’s been on many teachers’ minds: starting a PhD program. If you’re a K-12 teacher thinking about this big step, stay tuned because we’re covering the top 10 things you need to know before you begin this …
Spine Poetry
Welcome to Day 5 of the June Open Write. Thank you to Margaret, Susan, Anna, and Jessica for taking such good care of our words; we so appreciate your generosity in preparing and facilitating this month’s writing. If you have written with us before, welcome …
Reflection and Projection
Welcome to Day 4 of the June Open Write. If you have written with us before, welcome back. If you are joining us for the first time, you are in the kind, capable hands of today’s host, so just read prompt below and then, when …
Graduation Day
Welcome to Day 3 of the June Open Write. If you have written with us before, welcome back. If you are joining us for the first time, you are in the kind, capable hands of today’s host, so just read prompt below and then, when …
Duplex
Welcome to Day 2 of the June Open Write. If you have written with us before, welcome back. If you are joining us for the first time, you are in the kind, capable hands of today’s host, so just read prompt below and then, when …
These Poems
Welcome to Day 1 of the June Open Write. If you have written with us before, welcome back. If you are joining us for the first time, you are in the kind, capable hands of today’s host, so just read prompt below and then, when …
Congratulations, Verselovers 2024!
Our Host Sarah lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma with her partner Dan who likes to ask, “What did you write about today?” She was a teacher of readers and writers in junior high for 15 years before making her way into teacher education at Oklahoma State …
First Time for Everything
Our Host Fran Haley is a literacy educator with a lifelong passion for reading, writing, and dogs. She lives in the countryside near Raleigh, North Carolina, where she savors the rustic scenery and timeless spirit of place. She’s a pastor’s wife, mom of two grown …
Strike & Write: Composing a Strikethrough Poem
Welcome to Day 28 of Verselove. If you have written with us before, welcome back. If you are joining us for the first time, you are in the kind, capable hands of today’s host, so just read the prompt below and then, when you are ready, write …