Professional Development
Upcoming Institute Day!
Save the Date!
The Eastern Illinois Writing Project Institute Day at EIU!
October 5, 2012
Creative Teaching That Meets the Standards: Integrating Reading and Writing Throughout the Curriculum
You’re invited to join us at the Eastern Illinois Writing Project Institute Day at Coleman Hall on the Campus of Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL. This year’s conference will focus on best practices to help teachers meet the language arts Common Core Standards
This free Institute Day will run from 8:00 – 1:00 and will include teacher-driven presentations and workshops that allow both attendees and presenters to share effective ideas and confer with one another, emphasizing our belief that the best teachers of teachers are other teachers.
Topics will include the writing workshop approach, writing to learn, implementing language arts Common Core Standards, Implementing Writing Centers in Middle and High Schools, Reading and Writing in Science and Math, Reading and Writing in Social Studies, Assessing Writing Across the Curriculum, and Digital Learning Communities.
Continuing Professional Development: Participants may earn up to 4 Continuing Professional Development Units (CPDUs) toward teacher certification renewal.
For more information, please email Robin Murray (rlmurray@eiu.edu) or check our website (www.eiu.edu/~easternnwp). You can also register on our website at http://castle.eiu.edu/~easternnwp/registration.php
Back-to-School Conference (9/24)
EASTERN ILLINOIS WRITING PROJECT PRESENTS:
THE 3RD ANNUAL BACK-TO- SCHOOL CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2011
Mark Your Calendar for the September 2011 Back-to-School Conference!
September 24, 2011
Coleman Hall
Eastern Illinois University
8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Only $30 per teacher including lunch and CPDUs!
•Creative Writing
•Implementing Cross-Curricular Writing Support Discussion Forums
•Creating a Literary Resume
•Writing to Learn: Quick Writes
•Common Core Language Arts Standards
•& much more!
The Eastern Illinois Writing Project seeks to provide K-16 teachers across the curriculum with opportunities to improve student writing in all disciplines, provide schools with an effective in-service model, identify, celebrate, and enhance the professional role of successful teachers. To facilitate teaching and learning in all of our programs, we follow the National Writing Project principles and believe “The best teachers of teachers are other teachers” and “The best teachers of writing are writers themselves.”
Please register by completing the attached form or by downloading our brochure:
TO REGISTER, Download our brochure here, or
Complete the following form:
Name: ______________________
School: _____________________
District: _____________________
Grade Level: _________________
E-mail Address: _______________
Phone Number: ________________
Mail Completed form and payment of $30 per person to
Robin Murray, EIWP Director
Eastern Illinois University
600 Lincoln Avenue Charleston, IL 61920
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Our Breakout Sessions are all presented by teaching consultants who have completed the EIWP Summer Institute.
GENERAL SESSION PRESENTERS:
Ms. Jennifer Garrison is the Superintendent of Sandoval Community Unity School District 501 and a member of the ISBE Language Arts Committee Responsible for implementing the Common Core Standards in Illinois.
Dr. Letitia Moffitt teaches creative writing, twentieth-century literature, multicultural literature, and composition. She writes short fiction, as well as creative nonfiction, poetry, and literary criticism. She also has been published in various journals including Black Warrior Review, Fairfield Review, The MacGuffin, Dos Passos Review, Aux Arc Review, and Critique.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Location: The conference will be held in Coleman Hall on Eastern Illinois University’s campus in Charleston, Illinois. Charleston is located in east-central Illinois, just off of I-57 on Route 16. A campus map, a list of hotels and motels in the Charleston/Mattoon area, and parking information will be mailed out to those who register.
Continuing Professional Development: Participants may earn up to 4.3 Continuing Professional Development Units (CPDUs) toward teacher certification renewal.
For Further Information: Please call (217) 549-0199 or e-mail Robin Murray at rlmurray@eiu.edu
