Shownotes
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
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