Following the wisdom of teacher and writer Ruth Ayres, we’ll take some time from our busy lives to find ourselves and declare who we are as teachers through composing our own manifestos.

Manifesto stems from the Latin word manifestus, which means “obvious.” When we know who we are, it becomes more obvious what we are to do as writers, teachers, and humans. Without intention, it is easy to lose ourselves. Through writing and living our manifestos, our relationships with ourselves and our students become stronger.

Join us virtually to work through a writing process to create your own manifesto and be ready to live into the coming school year.