As of this writing, our story is really only beginning. It started with an idea back in April of 2009. Chris Wondra, an 8th grade Language Arts teacher from St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, wanted to create a place for teachers to share their professionalism and passion for teaching and learning, without the intimidation and process of professional journals. He believed there was much more going on out there than most people could see. Incredible things.

He thought that if he could create a space to share these things, incredible people would come.

That didn’t take long, because Jeff Ayers, a high school English teacher from New Richmond, Wisconsin was the first to chime in. Listening to Chris sparked in Jeff another idea. Something more than a blog. Something to compliment and expand the on-line community. Jeff has big ideas. The barriers to creating an on-line community today are really very small. Jeff’s ideas have bigger barriers, and will take a little more time.

But incredible people with incredible ideas just kept coming, and the following month Laurie Walsh, an English teacher from River Falls, Wisconsin, took what Chris and Jeff had begun and made it even more exciting and more accessible to even more teachers.

But again, these things take time. Phase 1 was the creation of this blog. We sincerely hope you are enjoying it. We certainly are. If you’re new here, we invite you to grab your favorite comfort beverage, put your feet up and dive in. Seriously, professional development has never been so interesting.

If you haven’t yet introduced yourself, please do so by commenting on an article somewhere, or emailing us. The best email to reach us at this time is probably Chris’s at: mrwondra@gmail.com . He’s volunteered to be the point man for our web presence for now.

The rest? Oh, it will come, and as it does, we’ll keep you posted on all the developments–and what that might mean for incredible teachers like yourself.