About NaNoTeacher Laura Bradley
Laura Bradley taught middle school English in Sonoma County, California from 1988 until her retirement in 2024. She also developed and taught a design lab class, and co-created and taught a broadcast media class, where her students produce the school’s daily news show. Laura holds an M.A. in Educational Technology, and is a Google Certified Innovator, PBS Digital Innovator All-Star, National Board Certified Teacher, Bay Area Writing Project Teacher Consultant, and first place winner of the Henry Ford Teacher Innovator Award. Her students' enthusiastic response to NaNoWriMo in 2011 inspired Laura to share the experience with other teachers so that more teens could join the ranks of novelists.
Contact Laura here if you'd like more information.
Contact Laura here if you'd like more information.
In the news:
"A Passion for Learning is Hard to Quantify," The New York Times
"Petaluma's Kenilworth students write novels in a month," The Press Democrat
"Students Inspired by Novel Writing," Petaluma Argus-Courier
"The Magic Assignment," Office of Letters and Light blog
"A Novel Idea," Sonoma Family Life Magazine
"Teacher Scraps All Classroom, Homework and Tells Students: Just Write" PetalumaPatch.com
"A Passion for Learning is Hard to Quantify," The New York Times
"Petaluma's Kenilworth students write novels in a month," The Press Democrat
"Students Inspired by Novel Writing," Petaluma Argus-Courier
"The Magic Assignment," Office of Letters and Light blog
"A Novel Idea," Sonoma Family Life Magazine
"Teacher Scraps All Classroom, Homework and Tells Students: Just Write" PetalumaPatch.com
