A new year! I’m always excited to start a new year. I don’t do resolutions since I usually break them by January 2, but I do like to make goals. So what will my goals for Literacy by Lisa be for 2020?
Goal 1: Stay connected. It is easy as a university professor to become disconnected with classroom teachers. I left the classroom as a job, but I don’t want to leave the classroom as a professional. There is so much change that happens each year, and I want to know what changes and how that affects the educational world. If you are a classroom teacher, please feel free to contact me with topics of interest to you, and I will do my research and write on that topic. Let’s stay connected!
Goal 2: Read. I am toying with the idea of doing book reviews of children’s and YA literature. This is a goal that I will have to be disciplined in accomplishing, but I need to stay current with what students are reading. Do you have any suggestions of books that I should read and review?
Goal 3: Write. I feel that writing is my way of getting a message out to educators. I frequently speak at conferences which I LOVE to do, but that is usually only a 60 minute conversation, and I may or may not see the attendees again. But writing possibly reaches more educators. It connects ideas – not only mine but all who read this blog. Discussions can get started and develop all through a piece of writing. I encourage everyone who reads this blog to add to the conversation through the comments. I can start the discussion, but it doesn’t go very far when I have to reply to my own writing!
I want to thank you for spending a few minutes reading my thoughts and ideas. With these 3 goals before me, I hope to broaden and deepen not only your knowledge base of reading but also mine.
Here’s to a wonderful 2020!