Staying Afloat: Sustainable Practices for Writing Teachers

Teaching young writers is joyful and exhausting, fulfilling and frustrating work. The choices we make as writing teachers can help us stay in it for the long haul, both across the arc of a school year and the course of a career in teaching. Join Brett Vogelsinger for a look at specific, use-tomorrow strategies we can make this work more sustainable for ourselves as we support writers in our classrooms. A mash-up of instructional practices and personal habits to stay afloat will be helpful to anyone who spends their days guiding writers.