Coaching and Learning
This Women’s History Month I will be participating in a 5-part series dedicated to different topics concerning women and gender, women’s history and women’s present.
Last Thursday was a joy, so I’m inviting you to our next session! I hope to see you there!
As mentioned in my 2023 resolutions, I am making a concerted effort to expand my educational profile and resume.
So, sticking to these resolutions, I am happy to announce a new page on this website — Writing and Editing Services.
This page has slowly been developed, edited, and revamped since the new calendar year. And, I plan to add more to it. I imagine I will add even more as questions trickle in, as the work evolves, as I grow professionally as well.
Now, I have always enjoyed the writing process.
I am *that* person–the person that enjoys rereading a paper, that enjoys discussing a paper, that enjoys going through the entirety of the revision and editing process to get to the polished draft. I was *that* teacher–the teacher that enjoyed teaching the mechanics of writing, that encouraged writing, that wanted to include more writing. In this way, it is no surprise that once I took some writing and editing classes for fun, I ended up with a certification and a desire to write and edit full-time. I’m not quite at full-time yet, but perhaps with this page I’ll get closer to that dream 😉
With that stellar introduction, make your way over to Writing and Editing Services — like the page, share with a friend, add a comment on what more I can add!
The 2022 calendar year sort of ran away from me in terms of my educational profile and work.
I continued to expand my resume, learning, and teaching outside of the traditional classroom (webinars/professional development, DEI/DEIB advocacy through my social media platform).
I reignited my love and passion for writing and editing. I wrote on a variety of platforms for pleasure and practice. I provided editing services and/or coached students through the writing process–mainly the writing process for admission essays and dissertations; yes, opposite ends of the university experience!
I entered a new educational space (city/community programming), which challenged my pre-existing notion of learning, and planning for learning.
Life continued as planned. Life sent me to old goals and passions. Life provided me with new ideas and passions. It was a good mix, but it was a lot of change and flux that took me out of this space specifically . . .
Given this mix, a mix I have finally learned how to navigate and balance more appropriately, I am taking the opportunity afforded to us all at the start of the calendar year, and the midpoint of the academic year to all educators, to write a few goals tied to my 2022 experience.
This 2023 I plan to:
And so begins the 2023 calendar year, the rest of my school year . . . with reflection, with a little bit of the old and the new, with focused energy on continued growth and development.
It’s the start of a new calendar year, so it’s a fresh start for a number of us — it’s a midyear start or a semester start for many of us in schools.
As we begin anew, let us begin with renewed energy . . . I’ll begin: Welcome back, it is so good to be back writing, learning, and discussing all things education 🤗
There are some school years that make being an educator easy, exciting, fulfilling. The classroom and all its requirements, and all the personality in it, fall into place. As a teacher, as an educator, the craft goes through exponential growth as all the cogs in procedural, administrative, and professional development work seamlessly together–so much of the support necessary to succeed is present, and powerful. It’s just that good of a year–that year undoubtedly made for tremendous learning, growth, and teaching.
And then there are other years . . . where it feels like all you can do is stay afloat, and hope to make it to the end.
This year fell more into the latter. It’s been a whirlwind year–multiple detours, multiple junctures, multiple opportunities, all of which didn’t lead me where I needed to be, where I wanted to be, where I could be the best version of me. But I made it.
As the school year comes to a close for so many of us, whether it was the best year, or the worst year, I want to congratulate everyone on making it another year. As for next year, let’s take a break before we start planning and thinking about what comes next, okay? 😉
C is for Camacho 