Writing Matters: Exploring Literacy Lessons With the Capital District Writing Project
Writing Matters workshops are half-day professional development workshops open to teachers of any grade level or content area. They are intended to help teachers improve their teaching by carefully exploring effective lessons developed by experienced CDWP teachers.
At the Capital District Writing Project we have been working—passionately and collaboratively—to develop, share, analyze, and refine effective lessons about literacy and writing for all age groups and all content areas. Writing Matters workshops are an opportunity for teachers to join our conversations about writing, teaching, and learning and to share ideas about effective instruction.
What makes Writing Matters a unique and enriching professional development experience?
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In each Writing Matters session, participants experience several different writing lessons that have been carefully developed by CDWP teachers, with actual materials used in the classroom.
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The lessons demonstrate research-based principles of effective literacy instruction and can be adapted to any grade level or content area to improve students’ literacy skills and content learning.
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Following each lesson, participants have the opportunity to discuss the lesson in depth, consider the research and theory on which it is based, and explore adaptations to make the lesson suitable for learners in all grade levels.
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The format of these sessions makes them very useful for new teacher and mentor teams or grade-level or curriculum teams to attend together.
There is no fee to attend a Writing Matters session!
Spring Sessions for 2011:
When: Saturday, March 26, 2011, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (4 professional development hours)
Where: Lisha Kill Middle School Library, 68 Waterman Ave, Albany, NY 12205-3621 (off Central)
Presenters: Members of the Capital District Writing Project (Elementary & Secondary Lessons)
For more information, contact Aosta Edelman (aosta46@nycap.rr.com).
