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Representative Gabrielle Giffords connects with SAWP
This year's Slice of SAWP had a special guest. Pam Simon, outreach
coordinator for Congresswoman
Gabrielle Giffords, visited with
Teacher Consultants from the 2011 Invitational Summer Institute. Ms.
Simon, who is a retired Marana English teacher, updated us on
the continuing progress of Congresswoman Giffords' recovery and spoke
about the benefits of professional development programs that focused
on teachers sharing best practices with other teachers. On
behalf of Congresswoman Giffords’ office, Ms. Simon presented
SAWP participants with a Congressional certificate of recognition
to acknowledge their dedication to quality teaching and student
achievement.
Developed by
Council of Writing Program Administrators
National Council of Teachers of English
National Writing Project
This Framework describes the rhetorical and twenty-first-century skills as
well as habits of mind and experiences that are critical for college success.
Based in current research in writing and writing pedagogy, the Framework was
written and reviewed by two- and four-year college and high school writing
faculty nationwide and is endorsed by the Council
of Writing Program Administrators,
the National Council of Teachers of English, and the National
Writing Project.
The SAWP Write to Learn Saturday Program is
designed to bring you a broad selection of presentations and demonstrations
to provide you with excellent ideas for working effectively in your classroom.
The sessions take place at the University of Arizona campus, at the Transitional
Office Building, from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.. Street parking is available for free
on Saturdays. Download the 2010-2011
Saturday Write to Learn Program (pdf)
SAWP Writing Community on Second Saturdays Are
you interested in continuing a writing project you started during the summer
institute, or starting something new, but have trouble finding time and space
to write? Join us on the second Saturday of the month, 9 am-12 pm, in the TOB
(the same location as the Summer Institute) for the SAWP Writing Community!
This open block of time and space (similar to the first hour of the Summer
Institute) is for teachers to start, continue, and/or finish an individual
or collaborative project. Join us for:
- Writing for professional, research, or personal purposes
- Focused professional or personal reading with no interruptions
- Investigating a new teaching idea and developing a plan of implementation
- Collaboration among SAWP fellows
- Revising or re-working your teaching demo
Please bring projects and/or project ideas. We will provide treats
and coffee. Please RSVP to Jenni
Hunt so we can be sure to have enough goodies. If you decide to come
at the last minute, please feel free to just drop in. Feel free to bring
guests to write with us!
The Southern Arizona Writing Project Teacher Inquiry Community and Forum Institute:
An online/face-to-face hybrid class
The institute, which is the first component of the new SAWP Teacher Inquiry
Community and Forum, is conducted throughout the school year in order to support
teacher and action research projects that meet actual classroom needs. After
an initial five-day introduction to the program and the process, most collaboration
will be online, with three meetings scheduled at which we will share collected
data, artifacts, and provide support. (Download
PDF flyer)
The Online Teacher Research and Inquiry Institute and Forum is available for
both graduate credit and contact hours.
This will be our second year using this online/face-to-face hybrid model.
To learn about the work of our first year, please visit http://sites.google.com/site/onlinetrcommunity/
Please visit the websites of the teacher researchers who participated in the
2009-2010 Online Teacher Research Community. You may access their inquiries
by going to http://sites.google.com/site/onlinetrcommunity/
Also, you can explore the inquiries of the action researchers in the Sunnyside
Unified School District's Career Ladder program which were conducted in partnership
with SAWP. Please visit http://sites.google.com/site/sunnysideactionresearch2010/
Summer Institute in the news! The
2009 Summer Institute was featured in the June 26, 2009 edition of the Arizona
Daily Star: Teachers learn to be as good as their words (pdf)
June 21, 2010, our Teacher Research Program participated in an online radio
broadcast through the National Writing Project (NWP) BlogTalkRadio. Listen
to it as a podcast at the BlogTalkRadio website: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nwp_radio/2010/06/21/a-visit-with-teacher-researchers-from-the-southern.
Check out our Publications Page,
where we feature works of and about SAWP Fellows. Let us know if your work
should be included on the list!
Find out more about Desert
Living is Different!
Click
Here to Get involved in one of SAWP's Working Groups!
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