STLinATL

A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades
To be effective, writing instruction starts in elementary school. Good writing starts with explicit instruction, deliberate practice, and revision.  Let’s write together and discuss a roadmap to provide clear, coherent, evidence-based instruction no matter what subject or grade level you teach. 

In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, securing research funding is critical to driving innovation, supporting student- centered learning, and sustaining transformative teaching practices. Yet, many educators and school leaders find the grant-seeking process daunting, time-consuming, or inaccessible. This session will demystify the research grant process, providing actionable strategies to help educators identify funding opportunities, craft compelling grant proposals, and effectively manage awarded grants to maximize their impact.

Participants will leave with a clear understanding of how to:
✅ Identify grant opportunities that align with their educational initiatives and research interests.
✅ Structure a compelling grant proposal using proven frameworks that increase funding success.
✅ Integrate student-centered, research-backed innovations into grant applications.
✅ Leverage data to demonstrate impact and secure continued funding.
✅ Manage awarded grants efficiently to ensure long-term sustainability and meaningful outcomes.

Becoming a Junkyard Dog involves unlearning and relearning. It’s the process of deprogramming and reprogramming. PityCat culture lives inside our vocabulary, protocols, processes, and paradigms. This session will calibrate your lenses so that you can avoid the destructive seduction of PityCat Culture.