About Me

I’m Janet Neyer

About

I have been a teacher of English Language Arts and psychology for over 30 years. I also serve as a teacher consultant and member of the leadership team with the Chippewa River Writing Project (CRWP). In my role with the CRWP, I have been fortunate to present at the local, state, and national level in face-to-face and online professional development events. I present about and blog on such topics as authentic research and writing, design thinking, tech tools for English teachers, and using Google for Education in the classroom. 

In addition to my involvement with the National Writing Project, I also serve as the media manager for the Michigan Council of Teachers of English. In that role, I manage the website and the social media accounts for MCTE. 

I love learning, teaching, reading, and writing! And I love connecting and collaborating with other educators!

Publications

Telling Our Stories: Creating Authentic Narratives of Home

“When I finish [reading] my story and those of my former students, the class is usually buzzing with remembrances from their years growing up here, memories that are the seeds for wonderful narratives”  (LAJM, 2014)

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Vulnerable Learning

“I am trying to model for my students what a First Attempt In Learning (FAIL) means for me. I want to take a risk in front of them by acknowledging that I don’t have all of the answers, and, in fact, on any given day, I have many more questions than answers” (Guest Post for Three Teachers Talk, 2016).

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Why Read? Infographic

Based on Kelly Gallagher’s Ten Reasons to Read

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Writing Assistance Tools for Apprentices

“What sort of classroom environment do I want to apprentice the writer into? And how do writing assistance tools fit into that environment?” (Ahead of the Code on Medium, 2021).

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Teaching English from a Distance, Grades 6-12 (Co-Author)

“Ask for student feedback early and often, and then be prepared to adapt based on the feedback they give” (Norton, 2020).

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“When I reflect on my process as a writer, I realize how important the read/write/revise cycle is. My process is rarely linear. As a writer, I often stop to read something else — a piece of research, a mentor text, a piece of my own writing from a previous year — in order to move my writing forward…As a teacher of writing, I know this process needs to be replicated in my classroom, or, at the very least, shared with my students as a strategy they may use” (UpNorthLearning Blog post, 2017).

My Skills

I teach high school students and adults. I coach educators in using technology in authentic ways, as well as in implementation of writing instruction. I write, review, and edit for professional organizations such as the Michigan Council of Teachers of English, the Chippewa River Writing Project, and the National Writing Project. Past projects have included printed publications, blogs, websites, press releases, and social media. I am proficient with WordPress, Google Workspace (user and admin level), Microsoft 365, Mailchimp, Buffer, Twitter, Facebook, and Mighty Networks.

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