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 MelissaMelissa 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 Classroomhttps://amzn.to/3GvD4UTConnect with Melissa:* IG teachingtotransformllc * Facebook teachingtotransformllc * Website www.teaching-to-transform.com
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