Writing for Educators

Introduction.; SECTION I: FINDING YOUR VOICE. What? Me Write? Six Reasons to Write for Publication, James J. Carpenter. Finding Ideas and Developing the Confidence to Write for Publication, Chris Pescatore. Writing-to-Learn: Understanding What You Know, Maureen Boyd. Reading as a Way to Develop a Writing Identity, Nicholas Paley.; SECTION II: WRITING AN ARTICLE OR DISSERTATION. From Idea to Printed Page, Marilyn Tallerico. Writing to be Read: Clarity and Power in Scholarly Writing, C. Beth Burch. Creating a Corpus: Writing to Shape Practice, Beverly Rainforth. Nine Notes From a Novice: Publishing a Teaching Idea, Margaret Golden. Writing With Publication in Mind, Joan Bouza Koster. Completing a Dissertation in Just Over Two Years, Holly Hansen Thomas. Four children and a dissertation, Sandi Graham.; SECTION III: REVIEWS, REVISING, AND EDITING. Surviving the Review Process: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Jenny Gordon. Rethink, Rewrite, Revise: Mining the Gold, Heather Sheridan-Thomas. Revising for Successful Publication, Mitch Rosenwald. Editing a Book: Nine Questions and Some Answers, Karen Bromley. An Editor's Perspective on the Importance of Style, Jean Schmittau.; SECTION IV: GRANT WRITING. Writing a Grant Proposal, Karen Bromley. Grant writing for Teachers, Pat Krizan. The Collaborative Grant Development Process, Allison Alden.; SECTION V: OTHER WRITING IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS. On-Demand Writing by Administrators, Carol Stark. A Principal's Writing Experiences, Doug Green. My Surprising Life as an Author, Jo Malin.; Appendices:; A - Quotes About Writing.; B - Forming a Writing Group.; C - Leads.; D - Feedback on Manuscripts.; E - PQS (Praise, Question, Suggest).; F - A Writing Rubric.; G - Sample Cover Letter.; H - Manuscript Tracking Form.; I - Annotated Bibliography of Books for Administrators.; J - Annotated Bibliography of Books for Academics. About the Authors.