At a recent 4Blocks Leadership Conference, this question was posed to Jim Cunningham ( husband of Pat and an "expert" himself). His answer was that it is completely a political issue: what the building or district expects.
Since you know him, Deb, I would imagine his personal feelings on the matter are very much like yours. There is no "offical" policy on this in my school so I do just what you outlined in your response. Suzi Yes, you have spoken his position well. He also stated and I agree that we have to be careful 'what clothes we wear.' What he meant by this was that Board members, news media, parents who do not understand do not know or understand about writer's development, walk our hallways. We must wear our best clothes out in public. I use this analogy with my students. When the papers go public, they need to get fancy. I am more than happy to send my book to my editor before it is published. I am also proud to say, my first editor (my father) was impressed with my ability to writer and edit. Then the book went to a wonderful person, the editor who edits lots of books. As I share the process with students, they understand that writing is a process. deb _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
