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Festival of Words 2010

February 02, 2010

The 10th Annual Festival of Words will be held Saturday, March 13th on the University of Delaware campus. The keynote speaker will be Patricia McCormick, who will discuss her books Cut, Sold and Purple Heart. Teacher sessions include a presentation by Poetry Alive! with ways to make poetry come alive in your classroom. Dawn Downes and the DWP/DRP Study Group will explore ways to integrate technology with writing. Join us after at the Deer Park on Main Street for lively discussions about the workshops. Click here for more details.

2010 Summer Institute

September 09, 2009

Do you want to become part of a teacher teaching teachers model of professional development? Do you have a dynamic writng lesson that has helped your students become better writers? Do you consider yourself a leader in research-based best practicies in literacy? Are you interested in learning new research-based strategies to teach writing to your students?

If you answer “yes” to any or all of these questions, the Delaware Writing Project invites YOU to participate in the DWP Summer Institute!

Teacher participants will earn graduate level credits as well as a stipend for the development and delivery of a workshop worthy of a presentation to other teachers in the state.

Teacher applications are due by March 19, 2010.

Download the flyer for the Summer Institute: 2010 Summer Institute Flyer
Download the application form here: 2010 Summer Institute Application

Dates of Summer Institute: TBA

Location of the Summer Institute: TBA

For additional information, contact Christine Evans: cmevans@udel.edu or 302-831-4030

Summer Institute Reflections

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The Delaware Reading Project is a consortium of teachers teaching teachers, co-sponsored by the University of Delaware, the Department of Education, and Delaware school districts. As with the Delaware Writing Project, the DRP operates on several assumptions including the following ideas: reading is fundamental to learning across all instructional levels and all disciplines; teachers of reading need to know the current literature and research on best practices; and teachers teaching teachers is an effective mode of staff development.

The Delaware Writing Project is a consortium of teachers teaching teachers, co-sponsored by the University of Delaware, the Department of Education, and Delaware school districts. The Delaware Writing Project is an affiliate of the National Writing Project, which currently has sites in 48 states across the nation.