Category: Professional Development
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CRWP Welcomes Jim Burke – 10/20/2012
Join teacher, author, and educational leader, Jim Burke, for a day of inquiry based learning. The Chippewa River Writing Project invites you to register for for a day-long workshop with Jim Burke. During this session, Jim will share his insights about inquiry based learning with secondary teachers. From asking essential questions to generating unit plans, join us…
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CRWP Announces Two Free Professional Development Events
This spring and summer, teacher consultants from the Chippewa River Writing Project will be leading two substantive — and free — professional development events in mid-Michigan. If you have questions about either of these exceptional opportunities, please contact Troy Hicks, CRWP Director, at troy.hicks@cmich.edu What’s the Big Idea? – Seminar Series Tuesdays, 4:30 to 6:30 PM at…
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CRWP Teacher Explores Multigenre/Multimedia Writing
Writing with cell phones and computers. Writing about bodily functions and war. Writing multigenre digital media projects. This is how Fulton Middle School language arts teacher Jeremy Hyler gets 7th and 8th grade boys to enjoy reading and writing in his classroom. According to Hyler, successfully motivating boys to write means giving them plenty of…
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Young Writers Find New Ways to Grow at the Chippewa River Writing Camp 2011
At a glance, it may seem like just another classroom at Central Michigan University. A writer stands before an audience of half a dozen people, calmly walking her audience through a software that allows her to upload one of her poems onto her personal wiki. She smiles as she presses a button, and a digitally…
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CRWP Teachers Advocate for Continued NWP Funding
While the debate continues about the funding for the National Writing Project, teacher leaders from the Chippewa River Writing project have made their support of the national network known in a variety of ways, from face-to-face meetings in Washington D.C. to interviews with national media, and participation in a grassroots blogging effort. 2011 NWP Spring…
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CGRESD Writers’ Series Continues Through Spring 2011
Focused on the broad theme of “Teaching Writing for Middle School and High School Students,” the Chippewa River Writing Project’s latest professional development partnership with the Clare-Gladwin RESD continues through the spring of 2011. Over the course of six sessions starting last fall and continuing through May, nearly 20 participants have engaged in conversations and activities…