communicate with your school community ; how your school / district ’ s evaluation process is affecting ( for better or worse ) your teaching ; photos of your kids in action …. we ALL have something to share ! Please consider submitting a short article ! Remember that this publication features informal articles and information sharing ! Your writing doesn ’ t have to be “ scholarly ”— think of it as sitting around and chatting with your colleagues … in written form !
Here are some guidelines for your Motif submission :
• Use Word , Pages , or Google Docs . Sending a PDF won ’ t allow me to do the formatting / editing I need to do to get your article “ publication ready ”.
• Include pictures ! Please attach these separately . Don ’ t worry about trying to figure out how to format them into your document . That ’ s my job ! Also , remember that we can ’ t include student faces without a release form . You can also include tables , written musical examples , etc … Hopefully , in the near future , we ’ ll also be able to include audio and video !
• There is no minimum or maximum word count for articles . I ’ d recommend “ shorter ”, but take as much “ space ” as you need !
• Please include a short bio . This can be as brief as where and what you teach ! It ’ s also great to include contact info so people can connect with you if they have questions or would like more information .
• I ’ d love to let your administrator know you ’ ve been published ! Please include your admin ( principal , superintendent ) contact information so I can share the news and a link to the magazine !
• I ’ m ALWAYS accepting articles ! Don ’ t feel you need to wait for an announcement calling for submissions . Send it ANYTIME , especially if your article is not “ time sensitive ”. That being said , there WILL be announcements reminding folks about upcoming submission deadlines .
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this issue ! We hope you enjoy ! We ’ d love your feedback ! Please take a minute to complete a short survey or send any comments or suggestions directly : mainemmeaeditor @ gmail . com
Have a wonderful start to your school year ! -Heidi Anderson , Editor