Episode 45 All Things Writing with Special Guest Jacob Chastain Pt 2

Getting Students to Write! Helping Elementary and Middle School teachers transform writing time

What another fabulous episode all about teaching writing with Jacob Chastain!

In this episode, we dig into a few sections of Mr. Chastain's book, Writefully Empowered, and he shares his thoughts on writing assessment, breaking the mold in writing instruction, conferring with your writers and more.

Quotes from this episode:

"The equality of outcome is different than equity of access."

"The standardization of what progress looks like misinterprets the growth of students."

You will be so happy you joined us for this episode!

About Melissa:

Melissa is an enthusiastic educator and continuous learner with over 19 years' experience in education. Her passion and expertise is transforming writing programs so that teachers are confident in writing instruction and student writers thrive! She strongly believes teachers are the key to effective instruction and their writers are their best resources.

Melissa knows that too often, explicit writing instruction is pushed aside in elementary education, and she feels it is her calling to help schools make it front and center, providing teachers with the knowledge and support necessary to implement effective and engaging writing instruction.

Teaching to Transform, LLC was started by Melissa in 2018 and partners with school districts to provide professional development in writing instruction.

If you would like to refer Melissa to your district, check out her website below!