| Many classroom teachers have to combine their | | | | marketable articles and blogs, try the following ways: |
| teaching job with at least another source of income. | | | | - Keep an ongoing teacher's journal - Journal writing is |
| Many do part time tutoring positions to supplement | | | | an excellent technique for reflecting on your lessons. |
| while others write about their teaching experiences. | | | | You'll be surprised at how many ideas you can write |
| Hopefully, you'll be able to take these experiences | | | | about from just one journal entry. |
| and write about them. What can you actually write | | | | - Read about ongoing research trends in education. |
| about? Just about anything of course that is helpful | | | | Subscribe to teachers' blogs and articles and read |
| for a new or seasoned teacher to read. In one of | | | | about their classroom stories. |
| my earlier submissions I wrote about how a | | | | - If your thing is to write more scholarly, researched |
| struggling ELL student overcame his language barrier | | | | based journals, attend a few in-service meetings and |
| and learned to love studying English. Today he is a | | | | conferences and catch up on the latest hot issues in |
| very successful businessman at a high-tech software | | | | literacy and education. |
| company in Israel. These experiences provide the | | | | Always read the online version of the teacher |
| slice-of-life lessons that educational companies like to | | | | magazine first to get an idea of the type of writing |
| receive. | | | | and voice they include in their articles. Keep mindful |
| If you're still unsure how to transform your | | | | of the guidelines and word count. |
| wonderful ideas and classroom experiences into | | | | |