Teacher Writing Workshop

San Antonio teachers are invited to spend a week on a college campus and learn from college writing professors what college-level writing is really like. San Antonio College in collaboration with the San Antonio Writing Project (SAWP)  is holding  an Open Institute on college and career readiness in writing titled: "Making Connections with Expository and Persuasive Writing."

Following the National Writing Project model of teachers-teaching-teachers, participating teachers will learn more strategies for connecting reading and writing and teaching expository and persuasive writing. They will see demonstrations of successful writing lessons from experienced San Antonio Writing Project teacher consultants and read selections from "What is College-Level Writing" by Patrick Sullivan, "Readicide" by Kelly Gallagher, "The Literature Workshop" by Sheridan Blau, and "Designing Writing Assignments" by Traci Gardner.

Teachers will also spend the week collaborating  to develop a writing assignment geared toward college-readiness standards they can use in the classroom next year.

The  workshop is  free to the first 15 SAISD teachers who register, thanks to the support of SAC and SAWP.

WHEN:  9 a.m.- 4 p.m.  July 23-27, 2012
Deadline to register is July 12.

WHERE: San Antonio College, 1300 San Pedro Ave., 78212

Friday (7/27)  the workshop will be held at UTSA-Downtown

WHO:   Workshop leader is Dr.  Lennie Irvin, Co-Director of the San Antonio Writing Project and Associate Professor of English at SAC. 

Participants will receive 30 hours of professional development credit (PCD) through the Academy for Teacher Excellence at UTSA.

COST: $150 (for non-SAISD teachers) 

HOW: Interested teachers can register at the San Antonio Writing Project homepage at: www.sanantoniowritingproject.org

FOR MORE information, contact Dr. Lennie Irvin, lirvin@alamo.edu