Recently, I have been quite convinced that I can't do what I am doing too much longer - I give myself about 5 years. I love my students, I love my colleagues, I love my material, I love great conversation, and I love impacting lives, but I hate the politics, the red tape, the incompetency, the inconsistency, and the bureaucracy. I hate the system. So, I need a plan. I'm not clinging to the plan. It could change tomorrow or in five years and a day, but I need a plan nonetheless - a plan that is practical yet visionary, determined yet flexible - a plan that I hold in my open hand, not my closed fist.
During the next five years, I want to...
- Gain more teaching experience at North
- Continue my literacy research (Advanced Academic Literacies Course)
- Pursue a Master's in Educational Leadership/Curriculum Development
- Pursue a Supervisor/Principal Certification
- Present at the National Literacy Convention
- Publish my first book
- Publish articles in education journals
- Pursue Literacy Consultant opportunities
- Design and lead seminars
After that???
- PhD in Literacy Education?
- Administrative position in curriculum development?
- AIDS relief in Africa?
- Get married and have babies?
- Own a little Bed and Breakfast and write books on the beach?
- Change the world?
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