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Application Deadline:
March 20,
2009
Dates and Times: Please see
Timeline section below
Location: Humboldt State
University Campus
Participants: 15 teachers--pre-kindergarten through
college, across disciplines--and administrators
Benefits: $1000 stipend ($800 summer; $200 academic-year follow up),
professional texts, and professional leadership opportunities
Professional Development Units (University Credit)
Available: 9 units at
$75 per unit (7.5 for Summer 2009 and 1.5 for Spring 2010)
Approved for AB 472 follow-up hours
The Redwood Writing Project
(RWP), a California Subject
Matter Project and an affiliate of the
National Writing Project, is a
professional development program of, by, and for teachers
at all grade
levels and in all disciplines. RWP is dedicated to improving writing in grades
Pre-K through 16 and maintains that significant change happens over time. We
encourage diverse approaches to teaching writing, and unlike many teacher
training and mandated inservice relying on outside consultants, all Writing
Project sites are collaborations among successful practicing teachers who have
been designated Teacher-Consultants (TCs) after having completed an Invitational
Summer Institute. We work from a firm belief in the power of classroom-tested
knowledge.
The collaborative design of the
Summer Institute allows teachers to develop strategies that will fit their
teaching styles and meet the needs of their students. During the Summer
Institute, participants will read and discuss research on the teaching of
writing and how it may be applied to subjects across the curriculum; explore the
ways in which state- and district-mandated curricula can be successfully
integrated into a dynamic learning environment; work in response groups and
share writing; explore relationships among writing, thinking, and learning;
investigate a teaching practice and develop a demonstration workshop; and
develop professional leadership roles as practitioners, researchers, writers,
and inservice providers. Therefore, teachers accepted to the Invitational
Summer Institute commit to ongoing professional development opportunities, and
RWP TCs act as peer coaches, study group leaders, classroom mentors, and
inservice coordinators.
Timeline for the Summer 2009 Invitational Institute:
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Application
Deadline: March 20, 2009
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Spring Conference:
March 28, HSU Campus
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Orientation:
April 24-25, 8:00-4:00, Location TBA
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Pre-Institute Intensive:
June 22-24, 8:00-4:00, Location TBA
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Institute: 9:00 a.m. through 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
July 6-10 and July 13-17, Location TBA
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Follow-up
Activities equivalent to 1.5 unit hours: September
2009 through April 2010
Contact the Redwood Writing Project
office at 707.826.5109 or rwp@humboldt.edu for an application brochure, or complete the following:
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Complete the application; click
here to
download
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Submit a
curriculum vitae or resume demonstrating a minimum of three years
teaching experience
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Submit a piece of writing in which you discuss
the following:
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your
interests and passions as a teacher
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your interest in becoming a provider of
inservice for other teachers
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the ways in which involvement in the
Invitational Summer Institute would promote your professional goals
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Submit a letter of recommendation from
a Writing Project colleague,
administrator, department head, or other educator qualified to comment
on your teaching and professional work
For more information, please contact
Invitational Summer Institute Co-Directors Stefanie Watson (sjwatson5@suddenlink.net)
or Sue McIntyre (skm27@humboldt.edu).
Updated:
05.16.10
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