Teachers engaged in collaborative discourse at the ISI 2007 in the Mural Room, Oakes College, at UCSC.
CCWP is an authorized provider for NCLB programs, including HOUSSE hours when combined with local Writing Project follow-up programs, and approved by your district.Your district can use funds from:
Title I, Part ATitle II, GeneralTitle III, NCLP, LEP & IMMIGRANT FUNDS
EIA, SIP, BTSA, GATE, PAR 7 SB1193
2010 Scholastic Writing Awards Contest
The National Scholastic Writing Awards were launched by the founder of Scholastic Inc. in the
1920s as a way to reward students’ creative work, grades 7-12, and to recognize excellence in
teaching. To date, more than 12 million teenagers have participated in the nation’s most
prestigious writing and arts awards program for talented students. The California Writing Project
is a proud sponsor of this exciting opportunity for student writers across Calfornia. More information on their website.
California Early Submission Deadline: December 18, 2009
California Final Submission Deadline: January 8, 2010
Igniting Writing: Creating Equitable and Relevant Classroom Communities for Literacy, Inquiry and Reflection
Explore new strategies for teaching and assessing writing?
Improve the writing of culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse students?
Collaborate with colleagues to explore how writing can expand students' thinking and learning across the content areas?
Reflect on and inquire into your own practice as a teacher of writing?
Develop professional leadership skills as a member of a network of teachers dedicated to equitable, relevant models of education?
Retreat dates: Friday April 30th at 10:00 a.m. through May 1st at 4:00 p.m
Summer Institute: June 16, 2010 through July 9, 2010.
Continuity Days: four days during the 2010-2011 academic year.
Application deadline: January 31st, 2010
Ongoing Interviews throughout March/April
CCWP invites applications from teachers and specialists with a minimum of three years of classroom experience in teaching writing and/or using writing to support students' learning in the content areas. We especially encourage teachers of English learners to apply. The CCWP Summer Institute provides a unique opportunity to develop your leadership skills and to play a part in improving the teaching of writing in schools and communities around the Monterey Bay Area. We invite teams of teachers from the same school or district to apply.The Invitational Institute is funded by the National Writing Project and the California Writing Project to foster teacher leadership. Upon completion of the Invitational Summer Institute and four follow-up days, participants will receive a $1,500 fellowship stipend. Credit is available for units from UC Extension. The CCWP Summer Institute meets NCLB HOUSSE Highly Qualified Teacher requirements.
To apply, please submit the following 3 items:
2010 ISI Application
One professional reference
A typed statement describing the role writing plays in your classroom or work with your students, including these questions:
How do you value and teach writing in your classroom?
What successes have you and your students had with writing?
How do you work with students to overcome the challenges they face as writers?
What inquiries into your teaching would you like to investigate?
What is your experience with or thoughts on teacher leadership?
If you would like more information or have questions, please contact us at theccwp@gmail.com or phone the CCWP office at 831-459-4506
Who should attend: All educators and administrators, K-university, who value academic writing and educational equity to promote student achievement and student voice.
What: A rich forum of relevant workshops featuring instructional strategies and roundtable discussions on the teaching of writing and literacy, K-16, with a special emphasis on English Learners.
Highlights include: "best practices" wokshops; roundtable discussions on current issues in literacy education, equity, and social justice; networking opportunities and resources for teaching.
Click here for an example 2009 flyer. If you would like more information or have questions, please contact us at theccwp@gmail.com or phone 831-459-4506.
Beginning Workshop: Three day intensive workshop to provide you the basics for creating your own digital story, from authentic narrative to filmic finesse. Day one focuses on writing. Day two we learn the tools and begin production. Day three you walk away with a finished product. Mount to the web.
Advanced Workshop: Three day intensive workshop to expand your digital storytelling skills. Day one we explore different examples, then you will workshop your story and lay down sound. Day two learn more techniques: sound editing, photo capture, the Ken Burns effect, and more. Day three finish editing and producing your own video. Think of the infinite possibilities…
Date:
Beginning Workshop Series
Four Thursdays, November 5 &February 2, 9, & 16 and March 9
A three-day mini-institute with a three-day follow-up TBA for middle school and high school teachers who are eager to learn new ways to teach writing to all students, including English language learners, helping them to prepare for college writing.
Date: TBA
Time: TBA Location: TBA
Cost: TBA
Check back soon for our ISAW 2010 flyer
If you would like more information or have questions, please contact us at theccwp@gmail.com or phone 831-459-4506
The Advanced Leadership Institute is designed to build the leadership skills of CCWP teacher consultants who have already been through the Invitational Summer Institute. The goal is to build sustainable leadership capacity to meet the needs of current and future CCWP programs in our region. Teacher consultants will: identify components of effective staff development; define their roles as teacher researchers; develop a common language with which to articulate the content and teaching of writing in our standards-based schools; and, design programs that include workshops, in-service, community outreach events, and study groups, collaborating to develop meaningful demonstrations of successful teaching practice and effective facilitation skills based on models of professional development.
Date: TBA
If you would like more information or have questions, please contact us at theccwp@gmail.com or phone 831-459-4506
Are you a teacher with a great writing idea, useful practice, or inquiry question that you would like to share with veteran teachers, pre-service teachers and others interested in education?
Do you have a particularly challenging student or situation related to writing that you would like to figure out?
Have you always wanted to publish your work in a teacher's magazine or online?
Do you want to be part of a supportive group of educators also interested in exploring writing practice and reflecting on current theory in a meaningful way?
CCWP is currently designing a Teacher Inquiry Group that may be just what you need to inspire your personal writing, rejuvenate your teaching practice and feel connected in a community of other interested practitioners.
As a teacher participant in this group you will have the opportunity to work with a UCSC graduate student who is interested in helping out in your classroom with questions that you want to explore. Not only does this partnership enable you, the teacher, to explore issues and questions you may not have time to inquire about, but it also gives the graduate student an opportunity to join theory to practice, an important component to graduate level research.
The CCWP Teacher Inquiry Group strives to bring together teachers, graduate students and expert researchers in an effort to support the publication of useful, effective and inspiring writing about teacher practice in current teacher magazines.
Teacher participants will be paid a stipend and will receive a free subscription to their favorite teaching magazine. If you would like to apply, please check back here for an application.
If you would like more information or have questions, please contact us at theccwp@gmail.com or phone 831-459-4506
~The Writerama~ Any willing writer is invited to join us for a few hours to write, to connect, to reconnect at assorted locations. Bring writing tools, layered clothes, a camera. It's free! Exact details on the date and times of the next one will be posted here.
If you would like more information or have questions, please contact us at theccwp@gmail.com or phone 831-459-4506.
The
CCWP Young Writers Camps are summer camps aimed at
providing students with fun, challenging, and empowering activities
that develop their writing abilities and talents. The
goal is to foster each student's sense of themselves as real
writers.
YWC Aptos for High School students
Date: TBA
Time: TBA
Location: TBA
Cost: TBA
YWC Salinas for 5th-8th graders
Date: TBA
Time: TBA
Location: TBA
Cost: TBA
For more information, contact us at theccwp@gmail.com or phone the CCWP office at 831- 459-4506
The Steinbeck Young Authors Program is the result of a powerful collaborative alliance between 5 regional educational institutes dedicated to improving the writing of middle school students, and in particular, the needs of our English Language Learner population. These 5 partners are: The CCWP, The National Steinbeck Center, Monterey County Office of Education, Hartnell College, and California State University of Monterey Bay. The SYA Program consists of three stages: a classroom component, a day-long writing event for top students, and an awards ceremony honoring the student-participants, their teachers, and the community members (including lawyers, journalists, university professors, and business professionals) who volunteered as writing coaches during the Day of Writing event. The CCWP is honored to be an pro-active member of this formidable community alliance working to improve the writing skills of our local youth. For more information, contact the National Steinbeck Center.
Professional
Services
The CCWP offers a variety of professional development workshops tailored to helping districts and school sites improve students writing.
CCWP is an authorized provider for the following NCLB programs, when combined with local Writing Project follow-up programs, and approved by your district :
• Title I Title V High Objective Uniform State System of Evaluation (HOUSSE) Highly Qualified Teachers (HQT)
• Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
Your district can use funds from the following sources to cover your professional development costs:
* Title I, Part ATitle II, GeneralTitle III, NCLP, LEP & IMMIGRANT FUNDS
* EIA, SIP, BTSA, GATE, PAR 7 SB1193
If you would like more information or have questions, please contact us at theccwp@gmail.com or phone 831-459-450
