Writing Does Matter, Dang It!!

The thing that struck me the most today is the book, "Because Writing Matters." As a participant in the jigsaw reading Chapter 6, I got really riled up about administrators taking responsibility, and taking initiative in creating successful writing programs. The book mentions a principal who had his teachers write at the beginning of faculty meetings. That's powerful! He (or she) was focused on creating community in his school, and to think of that as a basis for a writing program is astounding! Amazing! Yes, there are teachers who would throw one more hissy fit, but heck, what do teachers NOT throw hissy fits about. There mere fact that faculty meetings exist throw teachers into states of despair. I'm just really worked up about this concept. Teachers being the leaders and administrators being willing to support them in a writing endeavor, parents...PARENTS! coming in for writing nights, where they get to write, too. That just whips me up into an excited frenzy at the thought! I'm buzzing! What an electric idea!! I just wish someone would listen to me at my school.

Yes, the other parts of today were good, too, but this reading is all that wants to occupy my brain right now. I need to plan, plan, plan for next year starting yesterday with all of these good ideas floating around my cerebral cortex. Why can't this course be a whole semester? Teachers should be required to come to UWP. Principals should be required! AAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!