About Me


Update (6/1/2011):  I have transitioned into a new role at the wonderful school I work for:  PK-3 Master Teacher.  I have all the same responsibilities as I did as a literacy coach with some additions.  I now coach teachers in all subject areas, instead of just literacy.  I will be part of an evaluation team.  Each teacher in our school will be evaluated by our principal, a master teacher, and a mentor teacher.  For more information about TAP, check out their website:  TAP:  The System for Teacher and Student Advancement.  I am very excited about implementing TAP!

I am an elementary/middle school literacy coach who is married with one "child," our lazy but adorable cat.  I'm in my tenth year of teaching in a small, rural school (there are about 500 students PK-12).  I became a National Board Certified Teacher in Reading/Language Arts in 2010.  It was a very exciting way to end the year.

Reading is my passion and I love sharing that passion with my students and fellow teachers.  I hope that the teachers I coach think of me as a useful resource.  I love learning new ways to motivate students to learn.  The web has many great resources to get students involved and in charge of their own learning.  I want to share that with the teachers I work with.

My first foray into the world of creating on the web was with Wikispaces.  I named my wiki Thinking Out Loud.  I started the space as a place to store all the wonderful resources I was finding and make it easier to share with the teachers I work with.  Then I learned about blogs.  I liked the idea of blogging because it was easier to add commentary about why I thought the resource was useful.

I talked about some random things about myself in a post called "7 Things You Don't Need to Know About Me."



7 comments:

  1. We don't have literacy coaches in New Zealand. Wish we did. We have literacy resource teachers, but they are spread over a number of schools and only help with children who are failing.

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  2. G’day Jana,
    I notice you signed up for a mentor in the teacher challenges. Has your mentor been helpful?

    I hope you are enjoying the activities on the right sidebar at http://teacherchallenge.edublogs.org

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  3. I am loving the activities at Teacher Challenge. They are making it so easy to learn about blogging. I really haven't used my mentor yet. He did send me an initial email to let me know that he was there if I needed him.

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  4. I love the idea that you are trying to share resources with other teachers! Keep up the good work. I added a book to your 111 books....there are so many I had a hard time choosing one...Can you guess which one I chose?

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  5. Just found your blog! I'm your newest follower.

    First Grade Delight
    imgoingfirst@gmail.com

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  6. Good luck in your new role! Thank you for the common core blog links!
    Carla
    Playful Learning Brooklyn

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  7. You mentioned you love to read (so do I!) I just finished Wonder by RJ Palacio - it's actually a kids book but it's fantastic! Have you read it? I highly recommend for both kids & adults! I'm your newest follower!
    ✿Sue✿
    Science for Kids Blog

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