Danielle Rudl, Jessica Cruff and Deb Farias

The team’s innovative teaching idea, “Brookfield Parent Press,” focuses on developing a parent-run publishing company that will bring student work to final publication in a hard-covered book format. In Writers Workshop, students use informational writing, research, math and science skills to create an original text. Once finished, members of the Brookfield Parent Press will bind the completed books. Students will be able to share the final products with their families at an ‘Authors’ Night’ event at school, at the local senior center, and at the local public library. Rudl and her team believe that establishing this organization will motivate authorship, involve parents, celebrate student work, provide an opportunity to share beyond the classroom, and engage with the community.