But the ones that are most relevant to my position as literacy coach are blogs that are written by another literacy coach.
The first blog is called Middle School Teacher to Literacy Coach. She is a middle school teacher who has recently switched to literacy coach. In the beginning her blog talks about her transition from teacher to literacy coach and the battles she faced. I found this blog inspiring as I also had many of the same battles. Now she posts regularly on her blog about ideas and tricks she implements as a literacy coach. I enjoy reading her ideas and trying some of them out for myself.
Middle School Teacher to Literacy Coach
Another blog that I have really enjoyed following is by another literacy coach titled, My Life as a Literacy Coach. She is a veteran literacy coach that blogs about her journey throughout coaching. The struggles of keeping up, information regarding common core, ideas and practices for coaches.
My Life as a Literacy Coach
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Blogging in Education
As a classroom teacher my students had a blog, even my second graders. We blogged in response to our class read aloud, we blogged about ourselves, we blogged to reflect on our learning and to activate our background knowledge.
Last year when I switched from classroom teacher to literacy coach I thought many times that I needed to have a literacy blog for teachers. The only thing holding me back was the time it would take. I am thinking this might be the year, I have my feet a little more grounded understanding my role and responsibilities. I could see myself using a blog with teachers in two different ways. One as a reflection tool for myself and a form of collaboration with other literacy coaches, where I would blog about struggles, ideas, literacy questions and reflections. The other way I could see myself using a blog is for classroom teachers. I get 30 minutes a week with teachers and that is not enough time to convey all of the ideas, information and strategies they might be interested in trying. I could use the blog as a way to send information out and allow teachers to look over it on their own time. I could also use the blog as a reflection tool from our morning meetings. Allowing a place for teachers to reflect and continue the conversation after morning meetings are complete.
Now knowing myself well I need to pick one way to use a blog. Sometimes I tend to jump and do everything all at once and then find myself overwhelmed. So my next step is to ponder which blog I want to do this year and get started.
Last year when I switched from classroom teacher to literacy coach I thought many times that I needed to have a literacy blog for teachers. The only thing holding me back was the time it would take. I am thinking this might be the year, I have my feet a little more grounded understanding my role and responsibilities. I could see myself using a blog with teachers in two different ways. One as a reflection tool for myself and a form of collaboration with other literacy coaches, where I would blog about struggles, ideas, literacy questions and reflections. The other way I could see myself using a blog is for classroom teachers. I get 30 minutes a week with teachers and that is not enough time to convey all of the ideas, information and strategies they might be interested in trying. I could use the blog as a way to send information out and allow teachers to look over it on their own time. I could also use the blog as a reflection tool from our morning meetings. Allowing a place for teachers to reflect and continue the conversation after morning meetings are complete.
Now knowing myself well I need to pick one way to use a blog. Sometimes I tend to jump and do everything all at once and then find myself overwhelmed. So my next step is to ponder which blog I want to do this year and get started.
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