Programs for Educators
Register Online for Invitational Summer Institute (ISI)
Join educators from throughout Northeast Ohio this summer for the Invitational Summer Institute (ISI), a reading, writing, and professional development workshop that provides plenty of fresh ideas for engaging students in reading and writing. It's also a wonderful opportunity to make connections with educators who are passionate about bringing the best learning experiences to their students. The two-week Institute is offered at five sites in the summer of 2020:
Three options for participation:
Questions? Comments? Contact Dr. Lori Wilfong at lgkrug@kent.edu. |
Advanced Leadership Institute Open to ISI Alumni
The Advanced Leadership Institute (ALI) is returning to NWP-KSU for summer 2020. This institute is for Teacher Consultants who are looking for ways to deepen their study of writing instruction and to examine their roles as teacher leaders. Open only to alumni of the Invitational Summer Institute, the ALI encourages teachers to develop a project that they can take back to their schools to enact change beyond their own classrooms. A social justice focus is planned for this summer's session. The ALI will take place June 8-11, 2020, at Kent State University and will include attendance to Write Here! Write Now! The cost is $300. Two graduate workshop credits will be available through Kent State University. This workshop will be facilitated by Lori Wilfong, co-director, NWP at KSU. Email lgkrug@kent.edu with questions. |
Write Here! Write Now!
Writing Our Identities:
Discovering the Power of Voice and Choice
Date: June 11, 2020
Location: Moulton Hall at Kent State University
Keynote: Dr. Kristine Pytash, Kent State University
Dr. Kristy Pytash is an Associate Professor in Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies at Kent State University, where she directs the Secondary Integrated Language Arts Teacher Preparation program. She is a former high school English teacher.
Her research focuses on the literacy practices of youth in juvenile detention facilities, disciplinary writing, and how to prepare teachers to teach writing. An underlying theme across all her lines of inquiry is how technology significantly influences young adults’ literacy practices and their literacy instruction.
The keynote is followed by breakout sessions featuring classroom strategies. Attendees may also choose to participate in a writing marathon. Download the flyer and share it with colleagues. Register online through June 6. An early bird discount is available through May 15.
Writing Our Identities:
Discovering the Power of Voice and Choice
Date: June 11, 2020
Location: Moulton Hall at Kent State University
Keynote: Dr. Kristine Pytash, Kent State University
Dr. Kristy Pytash is an Associate Professor in Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies at Kent State University, where she directs the Secondary Integrated Language Arts Teacher Preparation program. She is a former high school English teacher.
Her research focuses on the literacy practices of youth in juvenile detention facilities, disciplinary writing, and how to prepare teachers to teach writing. An underlying theme across all her lines of inquiry is how technology significantly influences young adults’ literacy practices and their literacy instruction.
The keynote is followed by breakout sessions featuring classroom strategies. Attendees may also choose to participate in a writing marathon. Download the flyer and share it with colleagues. Register online through June 6. An early bird discount is available through May 15.
Summer Workshops
Each summer, NWP-KSU offers workshops in the teaching of writing. In 2018, our workshop focused on the National Writing Project's College, Career, and Community Writers Program. In 2019, we wrapped up the summer with Write Where You Are, at Cuyahoga Valley National Park, connecting writing to learning in the outdoors. |
Book Clubs
The Wandering Book Club meets in the Akron-Cleveland area throughout the school year. Mahoning Valley Book Club meets year-round at the border of Boardman and Canfield. |
NWP-KSU Celebrates
National Day on Writing
at Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Visitors stopped by the NWP-KSU activity table at Cuyahoga Valley National Park's Octagon Shelter throughout the afternoon of October 20 to celebrate the National Day on Writing. Participants engaged in activities such as "What Am I?" riddles, personalized comic strips, a "leaf" poem, or a nature journal. Each visitor also contributed a line to a "Where I'm From" poem, as well as a found poem
The event was co-hosted by Cuyahoga Valley National Park and NWP-KSU as part of a two-week celebration of Write Out, a place-based learning partnership between the National Writing Project and the National Park Service.
National Day on Writing
at Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Visitors stopped by the NWP-KSU activity table at Cuyahoga Valley National Park's Octagon Shelter throughout the afternoon of October 20 to celebrate the National Day on Writing. Participants engaged in activities such as "What Am I?" riddles, personalized comic strips, a "leaf" poem, or a nature journal. Each visitor also contributed a line to a "Where I'm From" poem, as well as a found poem
The event was co-hosted by Cuyahoga Valley National Park and NWP-KSU as part of a two-week celebration of Write Out, a place-based learning partnership between the National Writing Project and the National Park Service.
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