College Ready Writers Project

Educators will work with resources from the National Writing Projects College, Career, and Community Writers Program (C3WP) that support students in reading critically, exploring multiple points of view, and taking their own stand on important issues.

Writing is an essential skill in modern American society. It is crucial to careers and civic engagement. Yet U.S. students’ writing falls far short of national expectations. States have adopted new standards to increase the chances that students will graduate from high school prepared for college and careers, but most students are not yet receiving instruction that is aligned with those standards.

CRWP was initially designed in 2012 to support secondary teachers in high-poverty rural school districts in 10 states. With a specific emphasis on improving students’ skill in writing arguments based on nonfiction texts, the results indicate that this project is worth replicating in CESA 8.  

Cost per teacher: $1000

July 9-13, 2018 - An introduction to the basic framework for CRWP with teachers working on their own source-based argumentative writing. A focus on how this will work in each classroom, text sets, assessment that moves writing/writers forward, and scaffolding the teaching of argumentative writing.

Quarterly Network sessions - A continuation of the work from summer through an action research model, a lesson study approach, or a combination of the two. (Dates to be determined with input from summer participants.)

Participants will showcase their work to other educators in a culminating activity.  

 

(Dates to be determined with input from summer participants.)

*For full evaluation, see: https://www.sri.com/ sites/default/files/publications/sri-crwp-research-brief_nov-2015-final.pdf    

 

Participation is limited to 30 teachers. Save your spot now!

College credit through UW-Madison will be available at a reduced rate.

 

Participation lends itself to the development of common SLO’s and formative assessments across districts.

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