A good teacher is listening, changing, and adapting

 

A quotation from Penny Kittle on teaching the skill of writing

 Penny writes:  "If you aren't as driven to teach and nurture writers as writing demands, then you'll lose kids who need all of the scaffolding that brings the power of writing well within their reach. Organization leads struggling writers to competence. Writing teachers must be writers and they must be master teachers. When the two come together, kids learn fast... All kids learn with patience, empathy, and good instruction. But the instruction has to come during the process of creating the piece, not in polishing the product, or nothing changes."

• Penny Kittle, "Write Beside Them" (8)