Listen "290: Developing as a Teacher with Melissa Morrison"
Episode Synopsis
Tune into this episode of the Empowering Educators podcast to hear Gretchen interview Melissa Morrison. Melissa has a passion for quality writing instruction within the classroom. You'll love hearing her story of how she went from a psychology degree, to teacher, to consultant. Hit play and get empowered!
Quotables
*All quotables are from the interviewee
Change takes time.
Regardless of what you teach, you have to honestly and truly care about your students.
You have to be willing to continually fine tune your practice.
It’s okay to not be great at something right away.
About Melissa
Melissa was an elementary teacher for 10 years. After being in the classroom, she decided to become a consultant and has done so for the past 4 years. Melissa is passionate about bringing high quality literacy (especially writing) instruction to schools and teachers.
Links Mentioned:
Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom
https://amzn.to/3GvD4UT
Connect with Melissa:
IG teachingtotransformllc
Facebook teachingtotransformllc
Website www.teaching-to-transform.com
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Connect with Gretchen
Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
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Twitter: @gschultek
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Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College
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Quotables
*All quotables are from the interviewee
Change takes time.
Regardless of what you teach, you have to honestly and truly care about your students.
You have to be willing to continually fine tune your practice.
It’s okay to not be great at something right away.
About Melissa
Melissa was an elementary teacher for 10 years. After being in the classroom, she decided to become a consultant and has done so for the past 4 years. Melissa is passionate about bringing high quality literacy (especially writing) instruction to schools and teachers.
Links Mentioned:
Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom
https://amzn.to/3GvD4UT
Connect with Melissa:
IG teachingtotransformllc
Facebook teachingtotransformllc
Website www.teaching-to-transform.com
Join the Always A Lesson Newsletter
Join here and grab a freebie!
Connect with Gretchen
Email: [email protected]
Blog: Always A Lesson
Facebook: Always A Lesson
Twitter: @gschultek
Instagram: Always.A.Lesson
Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College
Leave a Rating and Review:
This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long-lasting effect on our future.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2
Search for my show on iTunes or Stitcher.
Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.’
Under ‘Customer Reviews,’ click on “Write a Review.”
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Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best)
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