290: Developing as a Teacher with Melissa Morrison

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 Melissa
Melissa 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 Classroom
https://amzn.to/3GvD4UT
Connect with Melissa:

IG teachingtotransformllc
Facebook teachingtotransformllc
Website www.teaching-to-transform.com

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