What are you trying to accomplish with your students?

Good writing. Every week we are writing. It’s like going to the gym—a writing gym. No good writing comes without lots of mental blood, sweat and tears.

Good writing involves a process. I walk them through that process and give them feedback all along the way.

In addition to the basics, we hone their writing voice. Each student’s potential to write is unique—as unique as their personality and their perspective of the world.

How does bulb help you?

Having digital portfolios for each student has really helped me to see all their stages of writing in one place. They have a bulb collection for each piece with a series of pages for all the phases in their writing process.

When I want to see one student’s work across the entire semester or school year, I don’t have to search through various assignments in our school’s LMS. Instead, it’s all right there in a single portfolio.

It must be rewarding when you see great progress.

I am always proud when my students receive journalism scholarships or win essay competitions but my greatest satisfaction is when a student comes out of the most difficult of backgrounds and exceeds everyone’s expectations. There’s nothing more rewarding as a teacher than to give a student the opportunity to radically and positively change the trajectory of their future.