Would you like to write for Something Better?

Something Better is looking for beginning teachers to write columns about their experiences in Missouri public schools.

We would like to run a regular column with alternating authors, providing insight into what it’s like to be a beginning teacher. The column will be by and for teachers in their first five years. It will focus on successes and challenges with students, joys and frustrations of the teaching profession, classroom discoveries and surprises, rewards and disappointments, survival tips, union involvement, and any other insights the authors can provide about working in today’s classrooms.

Authors will receive $200 for articles published in Something Better and $50 for articles published on the Web site or in other MNEA publications.

We are also interested in featuring articles by experienced teachers. Perhaps you have an innovative program that you created to address your students’ needs. Tell Something Better readers your story and how they might learn from your experiences.

Please e-mail your resume, with writing samples, to: Debra Angstead, MNEA communications director, at debra.angstead@mnea.org. Or send your work to Debra Angstead, Missouri NEA, 1810 E. Elm St., Jefferson City, MO 65109.