Summer Invitational Institute

6 graduate credit hours—Reference Numbers: Eng 5880/TCH ED 6880
Dates: 9:00 a.m.—3:30 p.m.
June 11—July 10, 2008

Locations: Monday through Thursday at Incarnate Word Academy
Instructors: Michael Lowenstein, PhD, GWP Consultant
And Astra Cherry, GWP Co-director and Teacher Consultant

Credit hours are applicable to MA in English, writing certificate, and graduate programs in Education.

The Gateway Writing Project (GWP) is the official St. Louis site of the National Writing Project. Since 1978, GWP has sponsored a variety of workshops, conferences, and credit courses based on the premise that teachers of writing must write and must see themselves as writers. The institute brings together strong teachers of writing (all levels, K-college) who will:

• Write revise, and prepare their own writing for in-house publication.
• Study current theory/research, especially research by teachers of writing.
• Demonstrate their most successful teaching practices.

Under the sponsorship of GWP, graduates of the summer institute may conduct workshops and school in-service programs in the future. They may also assume leadership roles for improving writing in their own school settings.

Course expectations include:

• Portfolio of essays, creative writing, and other work in varied genres.
• Demonstration workshop that shares a successful approach to teaching.
• Reading response journal.
• Inquiry project (small-scale action research).
• Participation in study groups.
• time and opportunity to think, talk, read, and write about best practices in the company of peers.

The Summer Invitational Institute, the centerpiece of the Gateway Writing Project, requires two brief application essays, a letter of recommendation, and an interview. Stipends of $1,000 are available to those accepted into the institute.

Fees will be charged at the University of Missouri-St. Louis Summer 2008 rate.

To request an application, contact director Diane Scollay at (314) 516-5578 or e-mail her at dsgateway@umsl.edu.

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