ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the pedagogical and personal significance of teachers developing their own literacy. It discusses the ‘teachers as writers’ movement and provides full and rich guidance on how teachers can develop themselves as writer-teachers to the benefit of their classroom practice and themselves. It discusses how teachers’ writing, undertaken outside the classroom, can be used as a powerful and effective educational tool within it. It describes how writer-teachers are better positioned to help their classes develop and progress as writers. It gives guidance on how teachers can share their writing effectively with the classes. Finally, it gives support and further reading on how schools can create their own special interest or writer-teacher groups.
