Dates for next year: June 7 - July 2, 2010.  (Nomination process will begin in Fall 2009 for next summer's event)

"The Southern Nevada Writing Project's Invitational Institute is a vibrant and energizing professional development experience. It provides the opportunity for excellent teachers from all levels and areas of the curriculum to come together as a writing community."

During the Invitational Summer Insitute, participants:

• Share and extend our best classroom practices and talk about aspects of our teaching we find challenging
• Write and respond to each other's writing
• Read, discuss, and inquire into the latest classroom-based professional books and research on writing.

Twenty participants will be selected to participate in each institute. Teacher participants are selected with the criteria in mind: (1) success as classroom teachers; (2) openness to learning; (3) ability to contribute to the professional writing and learning community established in the institute; and (4) our need to create an overall balance in grade level and subject area representation, ethnic and cultural diversity, and variety in demonstration topics.

For more information, please e-mail Marilyn McKinney at marilyn@unlv.nevada.edu

Visit our Participant Page to view photos and information from Summer Insitute 2009.