Teacher+Consultants

=Teacher as Consultant=

Summer Institute 2010
I think the most important thing I gained was the confidence of feeling like a professional, not just a teacher. Being able to share what so many teachers at so many different districts across so many grade levels have done with their students had allowed me to collaborate more in the last four weeks than I have in my first three years as a teacher. I feel that I have a more extensive background knowledge of the field of writing, better strategies for teaching and practicing writing, a network of colleagues that I hope to keep in touch with over the years. These are all of the things I have felt were lacking in my first three years of teaching, and I am confident now that they are and will remain a part of my professional life.

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Monthly Workshops Presented by the Eastern Michigan Writing Project
Second Saturday - 9:30 - 12:30 SB-CEU's for the Series = = An Authorized External Service Provider of The Michigan Department of Education



Summary
We develop and support professional learning communities which Ø Engage teachers as writers and reflective practitioners Ø Use writing-to-learn and multiple genres to enhance learning Ø Learn to read student writing for strengths, developmental traits, and focused attention on conventional errors Ø Develop a consensus that respects the learner and the multiple purposes of writing

Every teacher consultant has taught at an appropriate grade level, has taken the Invitational Institute at a National Writing Project site and has been mentored by experienced professional developers. Some are published authors on teaching writing.

We can offer: Ø A series of in-service workshops for teachers and administrators Individual coaching and classroom modeling Ø Consulting with NCA or school improvement teams Ø Support in assessment design Ø Teacher inquiry groups on a text or a question Ø Family Literacy workshops for families, caregivers, teachers, and students Ø Summer institutes on special topics Ø Summer camps for young writers with embedded professional development

A Fall Conference for All: “Writing for Real” By Kimberly Pavlock, Teacher Consultant ‘92 One highlight for the EMWP this past year was a special fall conference devoted to writing across the curriculum that we co-sponsored with Eastern Michigan University: “Writing for Real: Writing for Professional, Social, and Exploratory Purposes.”

Twenty four presenters, most of them EMWP Teacher Consultants representing grades K – college, offered sessions on Saturday, September 27, 2008, for more than seventy five conference attendees on issues of how to engage students in writing for their future roles as professionals; how to frame writing projects that address community goals and problems; how to use writing to reinforce ways of observing, analyzing and discovering; and how to instill continuity in the writing curriculum across grade levels. [ Carol Sliwka presenting "Using Persuasive Prompts in All Content Areas"