By Jessica Salfia With the new school year in full swing, I’ve seen teachers all over Facebook and Twitter sharing donors choose projects and Amazon Wish Lists filled with books for their classroom libraries and curriculums. As you continue buy books to diversify your classroom libraries, think about the ways Read more…
By Jessica Salfia This is my first post for the Best Practices Blog in a while. Usually this time of year, I try to craft an inspirational back-to-school post with tips and tricks, a little humor or inspiration for a new year (i.e. the infamous barnacle goose chick post of Read more…
By Jessica Salfia Last weekend was our second annual WVELA Conference, and this was pretty much all of us at WVCTE and NWP@WVU this week… (Actually, we all looked more like this until about Wednesday/Thursday:) But after a few days to rest, recoup, and process all the incredible learning and Read more…
By Jessica Salfia We are gearing up for WVELA19 and we couldn’t be more excited! Let’s be honest, the last few months—heck, the last few years–as a West Virginia teacher have been trying. We’ve listened to our elected officials falsely claim our schools are failing. We’ve spent the last few Read more…
By Jessica Salfia This spring WVCTE and NWP@WVU will be hosting our second annual WVELA conference. A West Virginia for All: Creating Diverse and Inclusive ELA Classrooms will take place March 29-30, 2019 at the Mountain Lair on the campus of WVU in Morgantown, West Virginia and will focus on ways Read more…