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DISTRICT 259 SECONDARY INSERVICE 10/13/08 Steve maack /Teralyn Cohn Former Fellows

DISTRICT 259 SECONDARY INSERVICE 10/13/08 Steve maack /Teralyn Cohn Former Fellows. DISTRICT 259 SECONDARY INSERVICE 10/13/08 Steve maack /Teralyn Cohn Former Fellows. Who we are….

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DISTRICT 259 SECONDARY INSERVICE 10/13/08 Steve maack /Teralyn Cohn Former Fellows

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  1. DISTRICT 259 SECONDARY INSERVICE 10/13/08 Steve maack/Teralyn Cohn Former Fellows

  2. DISTRICT 259 SECONDARY INSERVICE 10/13/08 Steve maack/Teralyn Cohn Former Fellows

  3. Who we are….

  4. South Central Kansas Writing Project (SCKWP) is located at Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas. • This local site is one of 195 sites located at universities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U. S. Virgin Islands. • Each university site partners with local schools to improve teacher writing and the teaching of writing in order to improve student writing and learning. • The umbrella organization that provides funding, direction, structure, management, and encouragement for all of the 195 sites is the NWP.

  5. National Writing Project A tenet of the National Writing Project is that every child deserves a highly skilled teacher of writing. • The National Writing Project (NWP) is the premier effort to improve writing and the teaching of writing in America. • NWP builds the leadership, programs, and research needed for teachers to help their students become successful writers and learners. • Summer institutes, advanced seminars, writing marathons, young writers camps, and professional development are some of the services offered by local sites to accomplish these goals.

  6. SCKWP Summer Institute • The summer institute sponsored by Wichita State University’s South Central Kansas Writing Project is an intense 18-day immersion into the production of personal writing expression, the study of writing development, and the acquisition of ideas for teaching writing, K-12. • Writing projects across all 195 sites conducted summer writing institutes to assist teachers in preparing for leadership roles by demonstrating their most effective practices studying research. • Participants improve their knowledge of writing by writing themselves.

  7. meet the instructors. . . Dr. Shirley Lefever -Davis Director Wichita State University 2008 - present Steve Maack Summer Institute Instructor Wichita High School East Teralyn Cohn • Technology Liason • Wichita High School Southeast Nancy Sturm Summer Institute Asst Instructor Wichita High School Heights Jeff Roper Assistant Director Andover High School

  8. a typical day. . . • Sacred writing time • Review notes from the day before • Writing prompt and sharing of responses • Teacher Research Inquiry Project • Reader/author chair • Writing response groups • Blog, wiki and e-anthology postings • Food for body and soul

  9. writing time . . .participants may begin each day with a quiet time for writing logger notes . . . the logger shares notes from the day before writing prompt . . . participants present a variety of prompts for written response

  10. teacher research inquiry project. . . Participants address an issue in their classroom forming the basis of an ongoing action research project – workshop approach reader’s chair . . . members share literature or their own work

  11. writing response groups . . . time for collaboration on written work computer postings . . . time to read and post work on blogs, wikispaces and e-anthology

  12. writing marathons . . .

  13. special events . . .

  14. thoughts from SCKWP. . . • “You have all helped me find a voice again after many years…” • “I can now say, "I am a writer!“ • “This experience has invigorated my teaching and my life!” • “We became a genuine writing community.” • “...to my second family at SCKWP 2006 - Thank you all for your inspiration and love.” • “Thanks to the South Central Kansas Writing Project I have dedicated more time to writing. I now find myself resuming the journey.”

  15. “. . .we came in as strangers, yet we leave with voices discovered. . . all of us sharing, all of us writing, all of us leaving as friends inspired to write!”

  16. http://sckwp.wikispaces.com Wiki

  17. http://sckwritingproject.ning.com Ning Community

  18. Back in the classroom…. • Professional Development Workshops • Action Research Projects • Advanced KWP Seminar (WSU credit) • Student Writing Workshops • Prairie Winds Camp for Students

  19. How Do I Participate? • Online application: • http://sckwp.wikispaces.com • http://sckwritingproject.ning.com • Writing Sample • Support letter from principal/colleague • Interview • Pre-Institute – 1 Saturday/month • Stipend paid @ end of Summer Institute helps offset expenses.

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