I’m a Literacy Coach in an inner-ring suburban school district in Metropolitan Detroit where I have been for almost 25 years. I started as a junior high choir director and elementary music teacher, then taught grades 2-5 (mostly 3). In 1997 I was ready for a new challenge and spent the next five years as an elementary media center teacher. I currently in my 7th year as a coach–a job I love.

My other “job” is doctoral candidate at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. I’m currently working on my dissertation proposal ABD and awaiting IRB approval for my dissertation study so I can begin data collection collecting data. One of the reasons I started this blog is to have a place to talk about the ups and downs of this process and hopefully connect with others in the same situation.