Oak+Profile

[[image:DSC06363.jpg width="201" height="267" align="left" caption="Amy Oak 3-22-11"]]Writer's Profile for Amy Oak
Amy Oak is currently a consultant at the Muskegon Area Intermediate School District (MAISD) for early childhood and literacy. Her educational background includes degrees from The University Without Walls and Center for Open Teaching and Learning both in Berkley, California where she received teaching certification in 1971 and Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri, M.Ed. in Special Education. Writing was not a comfortable topic for Amy in school. Papers often were returned with red marks for spelling and conventions, with a "good content" or "nice ideas". Writing work in Muskegon County, two original blogs for K-2 teachers and 3rd-6th grade teachers

What is your educational background? Where do you live? Where do you teach? Who do you teach? What is your relationship with writing? Who was a writing mentor for you? What genres and topics do you like to write about? Who are the writers that you like to read? Mentor texts/authors?

One of our videos to capture the feeling of beginning a writing workshop "from scratch"

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