Hurray!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

2022 was a lot. 2023 will also be a lot. Rest accordingly. 💜✨

A Reflection: 2022 was…a year teacherlesley.com/2022/12/31/a-r…

Out here collecting stars like Mario ⭐️ Thank you @booklist_ala #nearermyfreedom Monica Edinger instagram.com/p/CnVgUl7MokP/…

On Writing: Squeezing in Craft teacherlesley.com/2023/01/31/on-…

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I’m woke all year long, but this month I’m wokety-woke. 😏

This post contains ideas for launching a picture book writing journey. teacherlesley.com/2023/02/28/on-…

A lot of teachers are leaving the classroom but today I will resign my contract because 1) I finally make my worth 2) I am good at it AND getting better and 3) Teaching still brings me joy. 💜✨

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Nearer My Freedom received a star ⭐️ from SchoolLibraryJournal 🙌🏾 That is FIVE starred reviews ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ slj.com/review/nearer-…

On Writing: Literary Legacies and Coming Home teacherlesley.com/2023/04/02/on-…

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On Teaching: Hard! But Worth It! teacherlesley.com/2023/05/01/on-…

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What an honor for NEARER MY FREEDOM to have made the cut! 🎉 Rivers may rise and empires fall, but a great book lives forever. Here are 55 of our favorites from 2023. bostonglobe.com/2023/12/15/art… via The Boston Globe

They are out here firing and putting teachers on leave for social media posts like teacher prep programs are full and the attrition rate isn’t at an all time high. Contracts are due. Testing season on the horizon and looking for emergency subs. I wonder how that will turn out.