Ms.+Giglio

Welcome!

My name is Monica Giglio, and I am the Curriculum Director for Putnam Public Schools in Putnam, CT. I started out in education as an English teacher about fifteen years ago. After moving to Connecticut, I was awarded a fellowship to the University of Connecticut to study second language acquisition and earned my M.A. in TESOL.

Since I've held my administrative "tags," I have been a district coordinator, assistant principal, department chair, and now Director of Curriculum for a wonderful small district out here in the Quiet Corner of Northeast CT. Last year, I was lucky to be accepted into the [|Connecticut Writing Project's Summer Institute] at the UConn Storrs campus. There, I relearned what it is to be a writer, to take the emotional chances that one must take when presenting one's work to others. We ask our students to do this all the time. When was the last time any one of us was willing to take the same chance?