by Mary E. Cronin | Nov 29, 2024 | Conferences-workshops, NCTE
Because I am a Literacy Coach, the writer part of my brain and the educator part of my brain are often working in concert… but going to the NCTE Convention in Boston last week brought that to a whole new level! For four days, I learned from, collaborated with, and...
by Mary E. Cronin | Dec 3, 2023 | Community connections, Conferences-workshops, Poetry, Teaching
Have you ever felt like you were in the sweet spot, a place where the two overlapping circles in a Venn diagram meet? That was me, attending the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) 2023 Convention in Columbus Ohio. Being at the conference brought...
by Mary E. Cronin | Mar 3, 2023 | Cape Cod, Conferences-workshops, Poetry, Teaching
This week I led a professional development session for teachers, “Vitamin P: Boosting the Use of Poetry in the Literacy Block.” For three hours, we played with poetry! We talked about how to infuse poetry across the curriculum, find rich and meaningful poems, and...
by Mary E. Cronin | May 1, 2017 | Conferences-workshops, LGBTQ+, SCBWI
Take risks: that was the most powerful message I took away from the New England SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators) regional conference, I’ve been home a week, and I’m still reflecting on moments and messages from the conference. It’s a...
by Mary E. Cronin | Oct 10, 2016 | Conferences-workshops, Uncategorized
Who gets to narrate the world? That was one of the questions tackled in the day-long Write to Change the World seminar, led by the OpEd Project in Boston in early October. The mission of the OpEd Project is to “increase the range of voices and quality of ideas...
by Mary E. Cronin | May 2, 2016 | Conferences-workshops, LGBTQ+, SCBWI, We Need Diverse Books
Lively conversation and great questions added rocket fuel to our presentation yesterday on Writing about Characters with LGBT Parents. The New England SCBWI* Conference is broad and deep– 700 attendees, many workshops on all aspects of the writing life, and...