Tips for Battling Professional Loneliness

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A few strategies for battling the professional loneliness that can come with changing one's practice.

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TIPS FOR BATTLING PROFESSIONAL

LONELINESS

Presented by Your Ah.mazing TCRWP Staff Developers

TIP 1

Take part in TCRWP twitter chat.

(most Wednesdays at 7:30 pm EST)

LINDSAY MANN SAYS…

Set a goal and share it with a partner…

then check in across the year!

MARY GREEN SUGGESTS…

Splurge on a trip to NYC for an institute!

TIP 4

Start a think tank with

like-minded colleagues

in your area.

TIP 5

Be Positive: look for the humor and the

good stuff when things feel hard.

TIP 6

Make friends with “distance teachers”

(aka published authors)!

TIP 7

Reach out to your “local experts”

(aka literacy specialists)

DEE KLOSS RECOMMENDS…

A little at a time—Implementing writing workshop is like driving a car at night.  You can see only as far as your headlights, but you

can make the whole trip that way. (apologies to E. L. Doctorow)