Writing For Professional Audiences: Becoming Powerful Change Agents Juan Araujo February 2, 2013

Let’s Write What is something you've done as an English Language Arts teacher that took guts, and was it worth the risk? (Due November 15) 7-10 minutes

Writing For Publication Reasons:  Contribute to the professional dialogue  To spread knowledge that adds to the language and literacy profession  Share/validate classroom ideas  Publish scholarly findings  To professionally develop oneself  To meet promotion and tenure requirements

Look-Think-Act Identify a Current Problem Collect/think about Data Use the Results in your Teaching Write it up Stringer, E. T. (1999). Action research: A handbook for practitioners. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

It’s a Mindset Writing ReadingListening Speaking Writing crystallizes thought, and thought produces action.” Paul Meyer

What Do The Experts Say?

Always be Writing  Explore who you are as a writer  Know what environment suits you  Are you a Mac or Windows user?  Talk to others about your writing  Put it in your calendar  Carry a notebook  Write

Think-Pair-Share About You  Who are you as a writer?  Who are you as a teacher of writing?  What environment suits you?  What writing tools do you use?  What feelings do you get when you see your name in print? 7 minutes

Publishing in Scholarly Journals  Planning  Writing the manuscript  Submitting the manuscript  The waiting game  Replying to revise and resubmit

Teacher as Researcher “Systematic, intentional inquiry by teachers.” (Lytle and Cochran-Smith, 1990) Why  Increases understanding of educational concerns  Focuses on a problem of immediate need  Geared toward practical needs  Encourages collaboration

Other Practitioner Ideas? Blogs Newspapers – Education Week – Dallas Morning News Teacher Magazines – Yes!Magazine Newsletters – NCTE Inbox – Smartbriefs

One Personal Example Literacy Research Association Yearbook  January/February 2010—Drafted proposal  March 2010—Submitted proposal for review  November 2010—Edit paper and handouts  December 2010—Present paper in FW  January 2011-Submitted paper for review  March 2011—Received provisional acceptance  May 2011—Submit revisions  July 2011—Camera-ready copy  November 2011—Published

Let’s Share For the next five minutes meet someone “new” to you and talk about your publishing experiences.

Find a Buddy  To be a sounding board  To provide mutual support  To be honest  Because writing is social! It needs to be read and heard.  To be that “critical friend”

What Do The Experts Say?

Sharpen Your Writing Write daily Log your time Post your questions somewhere Send papers to non-experts Read aloud Introduce concepts gently

Just Do It—Hit Send Brainstorming Planning and Organizing your thoughts Drafting/ Sharing Draft Revising and Editing Hitting the send button Modified from virtual.yosemite.cc.ca.us/lumanr2/english_25/Writing_Process.ppt