Invitational Summer Institute
Held on the campus of UNLV since 1986, the SNWP invitational summer institute is a four-week professional development event for local kindergarten through college-level educators who seek to enhance their professional practices through inquiry, community, and the power of writing.
"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."
The institute is led by a dynamic facilitation team consisting of university faculty and teacher consultants representing different schools, subject areas, and grade levels. This highly interactive, "hands-on" workshop encourages teachers to view themselves as writers and explore new modes of teaching and learning.
During the summer institute, 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.
Participants of the summer institute frequently return to their schools:
- With a renewed appreciation and passion for writing that positively impacts their students and classrooms
- With innovative instructional strategies that support Common Core Standards
- Able to bring the power of technology to their classrooms, to more effectively prepare today's diverse group of students for the future
- As strong "teacher-leaders," more capable of affecting positive changes in their schools and leading professional develop for their colleagues
- With a dynamic local and national network (National Writing Project) of colleagues and resources that becomes a "professional home" for members.
Interested in joining us?
Look for registration information in February 2013 for the Summer 2013 institute.
Writing samples, references, and an interview are requirements of our invitational institute.
Participants who successfully complete the summer institute earn six graduate credits from UNLV. All costs must be paid by participants. SNWP awards a limited number of fellowships to offset the cost of tuition and fees for the event. Fellowships are distributed after successful completion of the institute.
"The institute will completely change the way you approach the teaching of writing. It will open your eyes to the writing process as a student, which in turn changes how you approach and discuss the process with students."
