Invitational Institutes

2013 Institute Dates - New Configuration:

  All Institutes meet:

     Spring - two 1/2 Saturdays in April and May
     Summer - July 1 - 3, 8 - 12, and 15 - 18. 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

     Fall - five dates in September, October, and November. 
              Spring/Fall dates and times vary by Institute.
             (Click below for exact dates of each Institute)

Full need-based scholarships are available from the National Writing Project for applications received by December 7.

Partial scholarships/stipends available to other applicants.

     Final application deadline for all Institutes is April 5, 2013.

   

Writing Institute Reading and Literature Institute

The Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project offers Invitational Institutes in the Teaching of Writing and the Teaching of Reading and Literature. Participants earn six graduate credits from West Chester University.

Experienced teachers come together to demonstrate and examine their classroom practices, study the latest research about teaching, and develop their own teaching skills. As a result of these activities, teachers are better prepared for their own classrooms and for teaching other teachers.

This teachers-teaching-teachers model is the heart of the Project philosophy.

Stipends are available through the National Writing Project to help defray costs.

Teachers who successfully complete an Institute are eligible to become paid teacher-consultants who coordinate courses, present in-service programs and teach in our summer Youth Programs.

An application form, endorsement from a PAWLP Fellow or school district administrator, and interview are required. Applications are considered on a rolling admission basis. For more information or an application please call the PAWLP office at 610-436-2202 or e-mail smalarney@wcupa.edu.

Animotos by
Institute participants

Six words         
Institute responses

Writing Project classroom

 

 

On-line portfolio by an
Institute participant