In celebration of NCTE’s National Day on Writing, I reflect on why I — despite a (self-inflicted) heavy teaching & service load — write.

Writing a FDP helps you capture and distill the inner voice— informed by many years of scholarship, professionalization, and experience— that intuitively guides the choices you make when planning, delivering, and assessing a program or workshop.  

Let’s flip the teaching philosophy script to reimagine this important career document as a creative platform for self-efficacy and intentional storytelling.