GAY WRITES NOW!
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The Central California Writing Project (through UCSC) has created an exciting new group.
CCWP Gay Writes Now is a new program that promotes literacy for teens.
We will explore literature, non-fiction, and our own creative writing.
On the last weekend of each month, we will meet to discuss what we have written and read.
CCWP Teacher Consultant Brandon Bowen is inviting two representatives from each of our area's schools' Gay/Straight Alliance clubs (advisors welcome) to the meetings. They will work on inspirational projects such as an alphabiography, developed by Brandon Bowen of the Watsonville Charter School for the Arts (and inspired by the novel, Totally Joe, by James Howe). All who attend should have a notebook and a pen.
If you would like more information or have questions, please contact us at theccwp at gmail.com or phone the CCWP office at 831-459-4506
Building Bridges: Making Connections
The Central California Writing Project Fall Conference
- Saturday, November 6th 8:30-12:30
- La Paz Middle School, Salinas
- $20 or $45 for a school team of three
UCSC students Free!
Scholarships available- just ask!
- More details on the flyer
Tech Café
CCWP’s Itinerant Tech Café... Bringing digital insight and inspiration to a site near you
NO CHARGE! (donations for hot drinks & treats appreciated)
Times: 10 AM - NOON, Second Saturdays
Format: a two hour wake up blast of powerful integrated learning and teaching techniques and resources -- recharge from the week that was, gear up for the week to come...
1st hour the group is divided into thirds, each of three presenters will share a tech insight or tip or approach that they’re excited about, for twenty minutes at a time to each of the three groups
2nd hour we each explore and practice what we just learned, or anything else you ask for, and we’ll support each other’s growth
TOPICS to be covered: digital storytelling, online writing tools, podcasting, comics, claymation video, Twitter and the personal learning network, sharing tips for personal computer use (tricks, techniques, habits bad&good)--and your burning question!
REGISTER: 831-459-4506 or email theccwp at gmail.com or use the online form below each date.
Dates & Places:
April 9 at Aptos Public Library
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May 14 at San Juan School Library
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ISI
2011
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?
Orientation dates
April 13, 2011, 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
May 14, 2011, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
(Location TBA)
Summer Institute at theMonterey Bay Academy: June 22 through July 15, 2011
Continuity Days: four days during the 2011-2012 academic year
Application deadline: EXTENDED TO March 31, 2011!
Ongoing Interviews throughout March & April
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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:
- 2011 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 at gmail.com or phone the CCWP office at 831-459-4506
Application coming soon!
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7th Annual Writing Matters Conference 2011
A Symposium on Literacy, Equity, and Social Justice
When: Saturday, March 5, 2011 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Where: Pajaro Valley High School
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" workshops; roundtable discussions on current issues in literacy education, equity, and social justice; networking opportunities and resources for teaching. Download the flyer!
If you would like more information or have questions, please contact us at theccwp at gmail.com or phone 831-459-4506.
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Maker Introduction
Students as Makers
An introduction to CCWP's collaboration with NWP's Maker Project
TBA
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Digital Storytelling Workshop Series
We all have stories to tell!
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:
Advanced Workshop Series
TBA
Time:
3:30 - 5:30 PM
Location: TBA
Cost:
NO CHARGE!
If you would like more information or have questions, please contact us at theccwp@gmail.com or phone 831-459-4506.
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I.S.A.W. Improving Students Academic Writing 2011
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: July 26-28, 2011 & 2 follow-up days during the school year TBA.
Time: 8:30-3:30
Location: TBA
Cost: $150 or $325 for school teams
of three
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If you would like more information or have questions, please contact us at theccwp at gmail.com or phone 831-459-4506
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Advanced
Leadership Institute 2011
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: June 27-29, 2011
If you would like more information or have questions, please contact us at theccwp@gmail.com or phone 831-459-4506
Take a look at an example invitation letter.
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Teacher Inquiry Groups- Fall 2011
Collaborative Inquiry Group
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
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